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We capture these amazing aerial point clouds with proprietary multi camera clusters flying under our tethered surveillance aerostat balloon. (Unmanned)
DDIS developed this lighter than air platform to help crowd counters and first responders get an accurate sense of the size and extents of crowd. This information is shared with First Responders and emergency medical personnel to help them asess potential safety or security problems.
Transparent gridded tally sheets are superimposed on the entire landscape to break the count and projections into manageable cells. Density averages are estimated for the significant masses of people under shade trees or behind jumbotrons, portapottys and umbrellas. Scenic shots are available under www.ddis.smugmug.com


Olympics 2010 - W Curling 2/17/2010: Vancouver Olympic Centre
Olympics 2010 - W Curling 2/17/2010: Vancouver Olympic Centre
curtw (Over 1 year ago)
I'd love to see aerials of this exciting forum from multiple perspectives so the curling action can be seen with out blockage. Fun to explore! ---C. Westergard

synthhero (Over 1 year ago)
Congratulations! This synth got made the "hero" of ou front page on today. Great work!

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Iceberg, Wilhemina Bay, Antarctic Peninsula
Iceberg, Wilhemina Bay, Antarctic Peninsula
curtw (Over 1 year ago)
I enjoy the block like nature of the iceberg..like the Olympics Ceremony with 1000's of little wavy lights.

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Pogue's Office
Pogue's Office
curtw (Over 1 year ago)
I enjoyed your frustrating fixed camera postioning your tutorial. To give New Yorkers ultimate liberation from fixed cameras I took a number of aerial photosynths from our custom tethered aerostat balloon at various altitudes above NYC. If you are reading this then type airphotoslive and ddis in your Photosynth browser and enjoy the ride. See in particular what we (and MS) agree is the largest fully 'synthy' collection to date. It was above the Manhattan Bridge. Love to get your comments.

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Washington DC 07-05-1951
Washington DC 07-05-1951
curtw (Over 1 year ago)
as a dc based aerial photographer I enjoyed this. search keyword ddis, airphotoslive to compare...

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