Comparing Products to Google Earth
St. Tammany Parish in Louisiana upped its budget to support $150,000 for Pictometry imagery/software. Of note in the discussions was a challenge as to how the solution was better than Google Earth.
Gary Mirabeau, district manager for Pictometry, offered three:
- Resolution is not as high on GoogleEarth as in Pictometry. Photographs are taken at 3,000 feet, not from satellite, like many images on GoogleEarth.
- GoogleEarth does not include measurements, for example how close two building are to each other and how far above sea level a structure is built.
- Pictometry software can provide 3D models of terrain, viewed from every angle.
by Adena Schutzberg on 01/23 at 06:43 AM |
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