In my last blog entry from Beijing, I focused on the UltraCamX large format digital aerial camera that was highlighted at the ISPRS conference. The UltraCam is a big part of the Virtual Earth story, providing the high resolution aerial imagery found in Virtual Earth (and the Live Search Maps consumer site that it powers) and enables business intelligence applications to bring clarity to customer data by allowing customers to view their data within the context of its location and surroundings.

Mark Brown, product manager for Virtual Earth, is putting together a new Microsoft (MSDN) Channel 9 video series entitled "Behind the Maps." As follow-up to my last posting, I would like to share the following link to his first video in which he interviews the brains behind the UltraCam technologies from our Graz, Austria photogrammetry division, Vexcel Imaging. The interview focuses on the technology behind the industry leading UltraCam as well as the UltraMap data workflow management software.

Note that the video is around 40 minutes in length.

 
Behind The Maps - UltraCam