Aerial photos as inspiration for carpet design!

Florian Pucher has always been inspired by watching the landscape go by when flying and thought that it would be great to transform these impressions into floor covering for a home.

He browses through large areas of various countries via satellite image services to find a typical landscape, then trace the main features, abstracting and simplifying in the process to finally expose the essence of the landscape and country it represents.

Details can be found at

http://www.florianpucher.com/designer.html

Aerial Photography uncovers Archaeological Sites in the UK

Archaeologists observe cropmarks, which occur when crops grow over ancient sites, at a different rate.

Read more:
http://heritage-key.com/blogs/prad/aerial-photography-drought-hit-britain-uncovers-hidden-archaeological-sites

Aerial photos of Crop circles and the solution to the mystery.

Here are the original photos

Read four related posts about the solution to the mystery:

2008 Barbury Castle Pattern is Pi to 3.14159265358

Easy as pi: Astrophysicist solves riddle of Britain's most complex crop circle

Wiltshire crop circle identified as symbolic code for first ten places of pi

Most complex crop circle ever discovered in British fields

Aerial photography as a tool for the archaeological research

The remains of the Via Egnatia between Amphipolis and Philippoi in Greece were found using aerial photos of the region.

Four researchers of the Department of Cadastre, Photogrammetry and Cartography, Aristotles University of Thessaloniki, Greece, found buried archaeological remains with the aid of the Pan-sharpened (fused) image Quickbird-2.

The full paper with photos is located here: http://www.isprs.org/istanbul2004/comm7/papers/202.pdf

Model Airplane Found Missing Man

In October 2005, a model airplane fitted with a digital camera found a man missing in West Texas, US, four months after he went missing.
During that time search parties on foot and horseback had scoured the desert in an expensive search. In just three sorties within one day the model airplane took 200 images and the search team rapidly found the body of David Lee Pettiet.

Read the whole story here.

Memphis Tornado damage aerial photos.

Memphis Tornado damage. Some amazing aerial photos.

http://www.laj-bus-assoc.com/tornado-02-05/index.htm

Sharper aerial pictures spark privacy fears in London

Read the story published in "the Guardian".

See the "super zoomed" map in www.192.com

CFP: International aerial archaeology conference

Here's an interesting call for papers.

CALL FOR PAPERS

International aerial archaeology conference (AARG 2008)
Ljubljana, 9 - 11 September 2008

Hosted by the Department of Archaeology, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana
Proposals for sessions, papers and posters are invited.

Read the details here.

Improper development spied from sky

Comparing old and new aerial photographs, state environmental officials spotted a suspicious-looking change in the landscape in Methuen, Massachusetts.

In July, they visited a horse stable on Tyler Street and confirmed that the owner had graded and filled wetlands without a permit, in violation of state environmental laws and regulations.

Read the whole story here

Policemen in Nebraska, US use aerial photos

Aerial photos are a tool for police officers in a variety of situations: special events planning, tactical operations, missing person searches, crime scene and traffic crash investigation.

You can read the details here.

Using aerial photography to improve services

A consortium of Local Authorities in Nottinghamshire, UK, has chosen aerial photography to aid decision-making, support delivery of essential council services and improve communication with residents.
More details in this link.