LANL surveillance system used to show LA evacuees situation in LA right now
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http://www.inciweb.org/incident/article/2385/12142/Laboratory-Developed Military Technology Put to UseIncident: Las Conchas Wildfire News Release Noon News Media Information: 505-820-1226 NR#28 Laboratory-Developed Military Technology Put to Use for Las Conchas Fire Evacuees LOS ALAMOS, New Mexico July 1, 2011 Los Alamos National Laboratory and a New Mexico aerial technology firm on Thursday deployed a cutting-edge surveillance system�normally used to help U.S. conventional military forces in combat for a peaceful purpose: helping Las Conchas fire evacuees see an up-to-date view of their homes. A higher resolution version of the system, known as Angel Fire, was developed by LANL and the Air Force Research Laboratory for the Department of Defense. It's described as a surveillance camera for a city-sized area, complete with instant replay and the ability to zoom in to see, for example, someone planting an improvised explosive device. But over Los Alamos, the system is providing snapshots in time viewable over a Web site. "This is like Google Earth, except it's a Google Earth image from today," said William Rees, LANL's principal associate director for Global Security. "Our evacuees can access the image and see their homes, or their favorite hiking areas, or the burned areas, on images just a few hours old." "This is yet another example of a technology developed for global security missions being used to help everyday people in a very real way," said LANL Director Charles McMillan. "When I learned we might be able to use it here, I said 'let's make it happen.'" The image will allow zooming no closer than a typical Google Earth picture, but will nonetheless provide a bird's-eye view of tens of square miles. Transparent Sky LLC, a small, New Mexico business, is donating the equipment and time for these flights.To access the images, users should go to http://www.lasconchas.lanl.gov/ Media should call 505-820-1226 for updates and monitor http://www.nmfireinfo.com/ for official fire updates. About Los Alamos National Laboratory www.lanl.gov Los Alamos National Laboratory, a multidisciplinary research institution engaged in strategic science on behalf of national security, is operated by Los Alamos National Security, LLC, a team composed of Bechtel National, the University of California, The Babcock & Wilcox Company, and URS for the Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration.Los Alamos enhances national security by ensuring the safety and reliability of the U.S. nuclear stockpile, developing technologies to reduce threats from weapons of mass destruction, and solving problems related to energy, environment, infrastructure, health, and global security concerns.About Transparent Sky, LLC Transparent Sky is a small New Mexico firm specializing in aerial imagery, mapping and airborne surveillance for research and development. Its founder, Steve Suddarth, PhD, developed Transparent Sky's wide-area surveillance system while working as a US Strategic command liaison to Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL). ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org |
Re: LANL surveillance system used to show LA evacuees situation in LA right now
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Hi,
Here are Photosynths for the raw data.
There may be dense textured 3-D models (e.g. viewable with
WebGL) in progress, but these were easy to run, so I ran them.
I imagine it is hard for the LANL experts on this to do the
fancy reconstructions because the lab is empty, important
computers are down, etc. (Kudos to the guys that got the
imagery collected and up on the web.)
This one has some interesting views, but it isn’t fully integrated. Step through these by hand (e.g. the play or play/stop button).
A small one:
Marcus On 7/1/2011 1:45 PM, Victoria Hughes wrote:
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Helicopter flyover of fire from Rio Rancho pilot.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9rzhQ5UE7M
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Re: Helicopter flyover of fire from Rio Rancho pilot.
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Argh, I hate it when people add gratuitous soundtracks to things.
Except this is kind of funny: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OaQan4O0K_Q&feature=player_detailpage On 7/1/2011 7:59 PM, Steve Smith wrote: > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9rzhQ5UE7M > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org |
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