Does Remote Observation Technology Pit Tax Assessors Against Small Business and Private Interest???

[Space Privateer]

Why should tax assessors have the ability to tax a property, using
satellite hardware and software, to track land use by satellite?

Increased taxing of land, based upon acreage, and yield of every
square yard is an invasion of personal privacy !!!

Why, why, why should an increasing army of relentless bean-
counters be observing from space, the soil type, and whether
a land is growing a crop? E.G. a field of corn may have two
or three tax rates applied to it !!! Thus orbital photos with a
stored digital map, once plugged in to a specific geolocation,
will have a tax bill automatically computed and sent to the
owner of the property, on a yearly basis !!!

The U.S. currently has nearly 2X the remote surveillance capability
of Europe !!!

Since CCD imaging from scintillator tube reception has improved
dramatically over the past 10 years, remote mappings approach
laboratory spectrometer quality, and hidden features, such as one
would have with radar and even gamma imaging, penetrate the
surface of buried structures, such as would exist pertaining to
oil deposits and minerals... Where does it end ??? Surveying and
drilling for exploration thus becomes a thing of the past !!!

Below are a list of satellite companies, some of which may (or
may not) be involved with the processes of
"private enterprise snitching":

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Advanced Resources International, Inc. provides satellite image
processing, analysis, and digital cartography for geologic
resources exploration and environmental assessment.
Arlington, VA, USA

Aerial Images, Inc. - Raleigh, North Carolina, USA

Agricultural Management Systems Inc. - Managing crop production
through remote sensing technology. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA

Airborne Data Systems, Inc. manufactures airborne multispectral
systems. - Wabasso, MN, USA

University of Alaska Fairbanks - Remote Sensing Group

Alaska SAR Facility Homepage

Analytical Imaging and Geophysics (AIG) is a value-added analytical
Earth remote sensing company offering contract research, image
processing, and field verification. - Boulder, Colorado

Analytical Spectral Devices, Inc. - field portable
spectroradiometers.
- Boulder, Colorado

Applied Analysis Inc. - Their products help exploit multispectral and
hyper-spectral data. - MA, USA

Applied Signal and Image Technology, Inc. (ASIT) provides high-perfor-
mance hyperspectral processing software to government and industry
in the US. - Millersville, MD, USA

University of Arizona - The Remote Sensing Group at the Optical
Sciences Center, Tucson

Autometric, Inc. - Alexandria, Virginia

Bio-Geo-Recon specializes in commercial applications of Remote
Sensing and GIS - CA, USA

Boston University - Center for Remote Sensing

Brigham Young University - Microwave Earth Remote Sensing
Research Group (MERS)

University of California

California Space Institute

Institute for Computational Earth System Science (ICESS)

University of California, Berkeley - Center for the Assessment
and Monitoring of Forest and Environmental
Resources (CAMFER)

University of California, Davis - Center for Spatial Technologies
And Remote Sensing (Dr. Susan Ustin's Remote Sensing Group)

University of California, Santa Barbara - The Remote Sensing
Research Unit (RSRU) is part of the Department of Geography

Cary and Associates provides marketing services in remote
sensing, photo-grammetry, GIS, GPS and surveying - Longmont,
Colorado, USA

Center for Earth and Planetary Studies (CEPS) at the National
Air and Space Museum of the Smithsonian Institution

CIRA - Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere,
Department of Atmospheric Science at Colorado State
University

University of Colorado at Boulder

Center for the Study of Earth From Space at CIRES (The
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences)

Remote Sensing of the Environment at CIRES (The Cooperative
Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences)

Aerial Photography and Remote Sensing by Shannon Crum,
The Geographer's Craft Project, Department of Geography,
The University of Colorado at Boulder

Core Software Technology - Developer and a provider of ImageNet

Cornell University - CIRIS - Cornell Institute for Resource
Information Systems

Corvallis Forestry Sciences Laboratory - Laboratory for Applications
of Remote Sensing in Ecology

CRSSA Grant F. Walton Center for Remote Sensing and
Spatial Analysis (CRSSA)- Rutgers University in New Brunswick,
New Jersey.

University of Delaware - Center for Remote Sensing Home Page
at the Graduate College of Marine Studies

DigitalGlobeTM is building a constellation of high-resolution earth
imaging satellites and a comprehensive geo-information product
store - Colorado

Earth Resource Mapping - ER Mapper home page

Earth Satellite Corporation (EarthSat) is a geo-information company
using GIS and remote sensing data - Rockville, MD

Earth Search Sciences, Inc. - Idaho

Earthpace identifies new opportunities for satellite remote sensing
data and geographic information systems (GIS) - Washington, DC.

ENVI Home Page - "The Environment for Visualizing Images", the
software package for analyzing all types of remote sensing data

RSI ENVI Home Page - Research Systems, Inc. - Boulder, Colorado

ERDAS®, Inc. - The ERDAS IMAGINE software line offers total
ImagingGIS solutions on UNIX-based workstations as well as
on PCs

ERIM - The Environmental Research Institute of Michigan

Flight Landata, Inc. specializes in the development and worldwide
use of advanced high-resolution digital remote sensing
technologies - MA, USA

University of Florida - GIS, GPS and Remote Sensing Laboratory
at School of Forest Resources and Conservation

GeoData Systems Management Inc., is a high-technology firm
specializing in technical systems integration, support, and man-
agement. Berea, OH, USA

GeoMetrics, Inc. is an engineering and GIS resource consulting
practice which specializes in the geoengineering and geoscience
disciplines. Columbia, SC, USA.

Geophysical & Environmental Research Corp. (GER) provides
standard or customized spectral imaging systems - NY, USA

MDA Geospatial Services (formerly RADARSAT International)
provides Earth observation data, information products and services
from the majority of commercially available radar and
optical satellites.

Global GeoScience - GIS and Remote Sensing Consultants

Global Imaging Inc. offers complete site preparation, system in-
tegration and installation, user training, system management
training and software support programs - CA, USA

University of Guelph - Integrated Image and Geographic Analysis
Center utilizes high end computing power, along with REMOTE
SENSING, GIS and GPS techniques to aid in agricultural
monitoring and management

University of Hawaii - School of Ocean & Earth Science &
Technology (SOEST)

IAVO Research and Scientific is a professional geoservices
company with emphasis on photogrammetric sciences, remote
sensing, and geographic/geospatial information systems
- Durham, North Carolina

The IDRISI Project within the Graduate School of Geography at
Clark University

ImageLinks, Inc. is a high-volume, commercial processor of geo-
metrically corrected satellite and aerial imagery - Melbourne, FL

i3 - information integration & imaging, LLC - Satellite imagery,
digital
ortho-photographic products, image enhancement services, and
application expertise

Informatics International, Inc. is a world-wide corporation dedicated
to
providing services in the integrated technologies of Geoinformatics -
North Carolina, USA

Institute for Technology Development (ITD) conducts applied research
and converts the results into marketable products or services. The
primary technology product of the company is multispectral and
hyperspectral imaging systems.

- NASA's John C. Stennis Space Center in Mississippi.

Integrated Geoscience, Inc. is an earth science consulting company
that specializes in applications of Geographic Information Systems
technology for environmental and natural resource project
management. - Helena, MT, USA

Intergraph International Online

The Johns Hopkins University, Space Science & Engineering at
Applied Physics Laboratory

Ocean Remote Sensing Group - University of Kansas
Radar Systems & Remote Sensing Laboratory (RSL)
Kansas Applied Remote Sensing (KARS Program)

Kestrel Corporation is a research and development company
specializing in low-cost multispectral and hyperspectral imaging
systems and software for airborne remote sensing.
- Albuquerque, NM

Landsat.org supports the purchasing, distribution, and sharing of
Landsat 7 imagery worldwide by providing a simplified, platform-
independent user interface and search engine with online
data ordering.

Laser Mapping Specialists Inc. operates the Optech ALTM system
for collecting topographic data. Raymond, MS, USA

LH Systems features a variety of products and systems for aerial
photography, photo interpretation, digital photogrammetry,
orientation
management and much more worldwide.

Louisiana State University Remote Sensing and Image Processing
Lab

ESL - Earth Scan Laboratory, Coastal Studies Institute

World Health Organization Collaborating Center For Remote
Sensing and GIS For Public Health

Maine Image Analysis Laboratory in the Department of Forest
Management at the University of Maine

The MapFactory - Their Open Sky Images division provides
practical remote sensing and geographical information manage-
ment solutions - Walnut Creek, California

University of Maryland - The Laboratory for Global Remote
Sensing Studies(LGRSS) in the Department of Geography

Mercator GIS and Environmental Corporation is a provider of
digital multispectral aerial imagery, map products, digital data
and GIS consultancy. Houston, Texas, USA

University of Miami - Remote Sensing Group at Rosenstiel School
of Marine and Atmospheric Science

Michigan Technological University - Remote Sensing of the
Global Environment

MicroImages, Inc. provides TNT software products. Lincoln, NE,
USA

University of Minnesota - Remote Sensing Laboratory

Mississippi State University - Remote Sensing Technologies Center

University of Mississippi Remote Sensing Home Page at the Depart-
ment of Geology and Geological Engineering

National Remote Sensing and Space Law Center at the School
of Law

MJH Remote Sensing - M.J. Harden Associates, Inc. Kansas
City, Missouri.

NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration

NASA Headquarters Commercial Remote Sensing Program at
John C. Stennis Space Center

Earth Observatory Earth System Science Office (ESSO) at John C.
Stennis Space Center EOS - Earth Observing System Home Page

Landsat Program Terra - EOS AM-1 spacecraft
JPL Imaging Radar Home Page

Earth Science Enterprise - The official website for NASA's Earth
Science Enterprise

New Millennium Program

Earth Orbiter 1 (EO-1)

The Observatorium - is a public access site for Earth and space data

Public Use of Remote Sensing Data (RSD Program) - Visualization of
Remote Sensing Data

National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA) - Department of Defense
(DoD), USA

National Operational Hydrologic Remote Sensing Center (NOHRSC)

National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) - Chantilly, Virginia. U.S.A.

The Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) - Remote Sensing Division

University of Nebraska at Lincoln - Environmental Remote Sensing
Laboratory Homepage

NOAA - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

ESDIM - Environmental Information Services

ETL - Environmental Technology Laboratory

NGDC - National Geophysical Data Center

SAA - Satellite Active Archive

University of North Texas - Center for Remote Sensing and Land
Use Analysis

The Remote Sensing Pages at Northern Arizona University

Ocean Imaging Corporation specializes in the acquisition, processing
and analysis of aerial and satellite-derived environmental data.
- Solana Beach, CA, U.S.A.

Opto-Knowledge Systems, Inc. (OKSI) - California, U.S.A.

ORBIMAGE(sm) - Dulles, Virginia, U.S.A.

Pacific Meridian Resources is a GIS and remote sensing consulting
firm based in San Francisco, California, U.S.A.

The Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Remote Sensing develops
customized aerial and satellite monitoring and analysis techniques
for
environmental and national security applications. It is operated by
Battelle for the U.S. Department of Energy.

PAR Government Systems Corporation - New Hartford, U.S.A.

Pixoneer Corporation is a provider of image processing software
and services. Their image processing software is EARTH. Falls
Church, VA, USA

Polar Science Center, APL-UW - University of Washington

Positive Systems, Inc. is a provider of aerial remote sensing systems
and contract aerial imaging services worldwide - Whitefish,
Montana, USA

Purdue University Purdue/LARS MultiSpec© Home Page

Radiometrics Corporation produces portable radiometers for remote
field applications - Boulder, Colorado

Rochester Institute of Technology - Digital Imaging and Remote
Sensing Laboratory - Chester F. Carlson Center for
Imaging Science

Redlake designs and produces digital cameras for digital imaging and
remote sensing markets - San Diego, California

ROFFS Homepage - Roffer's Ocean Fishing Forecasting Service
Inc. combines fisheries oceanography and real- time satellite
remote sensing to produce tactical and strategic fisheries forecast.
R.S.A.T. - Remote Sensing Advanced Technology is an educational
and commerce site demonstrating the capabilities of Systems for
World Surveillance, Inc.

Rutgers University Center for Remote Sensing and Spatial Analysis
(CRSSA)

Coastal Ocean Observation Lab is part of the Institute of Marine and
Coastal Sciences

Sandia National Laboratories - Synthetic Aperture Radar Department,
U.S. Department of Energy

Satellite Imaging Corporation (SIC) is a global high resolution image
data, GIS and mapping solution provider. Houston, Texas, USA

SeaSpace, Corporation - San Diego

James W. Sewall Company - Mapping, GIS, and resource manage-
ment consultants to government, utilities, and private industry,
Old Town, ME, U.S.A.

Space Imaging - Thornton, Colorado

SpecTIR Corporation - Spectral Technology and Innovative Research
(SpecTIR) are a remote sensing group, located in Santa Barbara,
CA, specializing in polarimetric and hyperspectral Sensors.

Spectra Resources, Inc. - Consultants offering image processing,
interpretation, and GIS mapping worldwide. - Houston, Texas

Spectral International Inc. is a remote sensing company using
field infrared Reflectance Spectroscopy and Hyperspectral
Imaging technology. - Colorado, USA

Stanford University - Space, Telecommunications, and Radioscience
Laboratory

Institute of Atmospheric Sciences at South Dakota School of Mines
and Technology

University of Texas at Austin - Remote Sensing Group at the Center
for
Space Research

3Di's Remote Sensing Division

TRIFID Corporation - The Resource for Image Fusion and Information
Display - St. Louis, Missouri

UBC Radar Remote Sensing Group at University of British Columbia,
Vancouver BC, Canada

United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)

Hydrology and Remote Sensing Laboratory of the Agricultural Research
Service

Remote Sensing Applications Centre of the Forest Service Engineering

University of Rhode Island, Graduate School of Oceanography

Ocean Color Remote Sensing

Air Sea Interaction - The group led by Dr. Tetsu Hara

USGS - United States Geological Survey

EROS Data Center - Earth Resources Observation Systems
Flagstaff Field Center

TerraWeb Homepage (Terrestrial Remote Sensing Group)
Spectroscopy Lab

Utah State University - Remote Sensing and GIS Laboratories
Vexcel Corporation - Boulder, CO, U.S.A

Versfelt & Associates, Ltd. is a worldwide oil and gas consultancy.
Houston, Texas, USA.

University of Washington - UW Geological Remote Sensing Lab

University of Wisconsin-Madison - Environmental Remote Sensing Center

The Woods Hole Research Center

Yale University - Center for Earth Observation

[be...@iwaynet.net]

On 12/6/2011 2:09 PM, Space Privateer wrote:
> Why should tax assessors have the ability to tax a property, using
> satellite hardware and software, to track land use by satellite?
>
> Increased taxing of land, based upon acreage, and yield of every
> square yard is an invasion of personal privacy !!!

Come on. Politicians have said it, and you need to believe it: Privacy
is an artifact of the past. If you are not up to any trouble why should
you be ashamed to show what your land is used for or when and where you
travel or what and where you bought things or what you said on the
phone, the internet or your bedroom? So long as you are not engaged in
anti-sovie...er anti-American activities you shouldn't be worried.
Privacy is a thing of the past. You want to travel then you just have to
accept radiation, or molestation, or simply having you and your family
strip naked for your government. And why shouldn't that go for other
"sensitive" areas as well such as entering a federal building or touring
the White House?

[Skywise]

Space Privateer <ieeeeng...@hotmail.com> wrote in news:656d0ddf-89fe-
4164-80b3-b...@e19g2000yqk.googlegroups.com:

> Below are a list of satellite companies

Thanks for the list. I'm always on the lookout for new sources
of GIS data.

Brian
--
http://www.skywise711.com - Lasers, Seismology, Astronomy, Skepticism
Sed quis custodiet ipsos Custodes?

[Brad Guth]

FEMA and the NWO wants to know everything, just in case you've figured
out how to hide something or yourself from them.

http://translate.google.com/#
Brad Guth, Brad_Guth, Brad.Guth, BradGuth, BG / “Guth Usenet”


On Dec 6, 11:09 am, Space Privateer <ieeeengineer...@hotmail.com>
wrote:

[GovShill]

On Dec 7, 11:34 am, Brad Guth <bradg...@gmail.com> wrote:

> FEMA and the NWO wants to know everything, just in case you've figured
> out how to hide something or yourself from them.
>
>  http://translate.google.com/#
>  Brad Guth, Brad_Guth, Brad.Guth, BradGuth, BG / “Guth Usenet”

The biggest conspiracy has always been the
fact that there is no conspiracy.
Nobody's out to get you.
Nobody gives a shit whether you live or die.
There, you feel better now?
-- Dennis Miller


--
FUD-Master #2

[be...@iwaynet.net]

On 12/6/2011 7:59 PM, GovShill wrote:

> The biggest conspiracy has always been the
> fact that there is no conspiracy.
> Nobody's out to get you.
> Nobody gives a shit whether you live or die.
> There, you feel better now?
> -- Dennis Miller

And the reason we should accept your word, "GovShill", would be? Your
pretty face? Your proven honesty? Your lack of criminal intent? Because
the American people are all so stooopid that they automatically believe
anything some anonymous clown says on the INTERNET?

Oh. Wait!

Actually the blatant PROOF that you are simply lying is that the data is
actually collected. If nobody truly gave a shit, there would be no
reason to waste the money. Sorry, Shill, but politicians ALWAYS care
about political power and watching your enemies (which in this case is
seen to include anyone not in the ruling elite...oh wait...THEY get
watched too, don't you know?)is the number one rule to "cover your ass".

Unlike you though, we don't get paid to cover up criminal acts.

[Geoff]

The residence in which you live and the Acre of land it sets on should
all be tax free.

Excess land or a second residence is a luxury and not a necessity.
Therefore, should be taxed.

It is interesting to note, each person requires maybe 50 acres of land
just to live, but with 7 billion people on this earth, there is not
enough land for everyone here to live today.

It is also interesting to note, it only takes the intelligence of a
cockroach to survive.