Podcast: Remote Sensing for Detecting Urban Growth and Open Space Loss: A Case Study from New Jersey

In this interview, Editor in chief Joe Francica speaks with Dr. Richard Lathrop, Director for the Center for Remote Sensing and Spatial Analysis at Rutgers University. Dr. Lathrop recently published a study on land use and land cover classification of the entire State of New Jersey entitled "Changing Landscapes in the Garden State: Urban Growth and Open Space Loss in NJ 1986 thru 2007."(pdf) Francica discusses some of the GIS and remote sensing technology applications used to produce this study. The podcast highlights the specifics about the GIS technology and techniques he used and the implications for New Jersey’s communities and legislature to act upon his findings for smart growth initiatives within the state.

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Podcast: Interview with Kass Green, Remote Sensing Rock Star

If anyone can provide a perspective on the "consumerization" of satellite imaging and its impact on the profession of remote sensing science it’s Kass Green. Editor in Chief Joe Francica recently to sit down with this true remote sensing rock star in Scottsdale, Arizona and they discussed the impact of Google Earth on the remote sensing, privacy issues, and how change detection applications of remotely sensed data might well become just another feature provided by Google.

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Podcast: Landsat 5 Retrospective…an Interview with Dr. Tom Loveland, USGS EROS Data Center

On March 3rd, the U. S. Geological Survey marked the 25th anniversary of the launch of the Landsat 5. The earth imaging satellite in a sun synchronous orbit with the Thematic Mapper (TM) payload offered both better spectral and spatial resolution than previous Landsat missions with the Multispectral Scanner (MSS). Editor in chief Joe Francica speaks with Dr. Tom Loveland, a USGS scientist at the EROS Data Center with over 30 years of experience with the Landsat mission.

Dr. Loveland was among the first to create continental and global-scale land cover data sets derived from remotely-sensed imagery. He currently leads a USGS research team that is developing a contemporary land cover history of the United States. In addition, Dr. Loveland is leading the Landsat Data Continuity Mission Science Team and is a member of the NASA National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) Preparatory Project science team. He is a member of the editorial board for the Journal of Land Use Sciences and has served in leadership roles in a number of national and international science organizations including the American Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Climate Change Science Program, and the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme. Dr. Loveland has published almost 90 scientific papers and has received career achievement awards from the American Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing and the Association of American Geographers. Dr. Loveland has B.S. and M.S. degrees in geography from South Dakota State University and a Ph.D. in geography from the University of California, Santa Barbara.

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Podcast: Spatially-enabled Data Warehouse Appliances

This week two different vendors, Netezza and Teradata announced spatial extensions for their data warehouse appliances. Our editors explain the new offerings and explore what questions they prompt for geospatial practitioners and well as traditional database administrators. Is one of these solutions in your future?

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Podcast: DigitalGlobe CEO Jill Smith on GlobeXplorer Acquisition

Directions Editor in Chief Joe Francica and Executive Editor Adena Schutzberg speak with DigitalGlobe’s CEO, Jill Smith, about the acquisition of GlobeXplorer in this exclusive interview. The 25 minute discussion was recorded on January 5, 2007.

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Podcast: DigitalGlobe CEO Jill Smith on GlobeXplorer Acquisition

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