AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY: WORLD CLASS DISASTER FIGHTER

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 17, 2010
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Aerial Photography:
World Class Disaster Fighter
Arthur C. Lundahl
Former Director
National Photographic Interpretation Center
Dino A. Brugioni
' Former Senior Ot~icial and Reconnaissance and Photo
Interpretation Expert for the C.I.A.
Abstract The value of utilizing aerial photographic col-
lection systems along with varied photo interpretation and
photogrammetric techniques in connection with disaster man-
agement is better understood with each passing year. Not only
is it possible to compare new sensor coverage with historical
graphic records, but analytical methods allow a sophistication
of data manipulation considered impossible in the recent past.
Damage assessment, together with a remarkable capability for
predictive reporting, has brought a new dimension to emer-
gency management.
Man has constantly sought new windows on his world and has,
with each increase in altitude attained by aircraft, and now space-
craft, gained an ever widening view of the earth. This insatiable
quest for knowledge of every aspect of his environment has led
man to photograph the planet from a wide range of platforms-
from balloons and helicopters hovering a few feet above the earth
to meteorological satellites photographing the hemispheres and
oceans from an incredible 23,400 miles in space. Man/has also
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