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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8165814 | Neutrally buoyant sensor apparatus and method for mapping a water pathway An apparatus and method for mapping a water pathway. A group of sensors can be employed for detecting one or more features associated with the water pathway in a direction of flow through the water pathway. A buoyant vessel maintains the sensors, and the sensors ass... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8156157 | Geospatial modeling system providing windowed geospatial model data inpainting and related methods A geospatial modeling system may include a geospatial model data storage device, and a processor. The processor may cooperate with the geospatial model data storage device for windowing geospatial model spatial domain data to define a plurality of windowed geospatia... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8099239 | Electromagnetic surveying for resistive or conductive bodies A method of analyzing electromagnetic survey data from an area of seafloor (6) that is thought or known to contain a conductive or resistive body, such as a subterranean hydrocarbon reservoir (12), is described. The method includes providing electric f... | 01/17/2012 |
| 7937220 | Generating digital terrain models representing sub-surface strata Integrated computing systems and methods for applying sub-surface material location and composition information to engineering plans for designing, highways and other roadways, are provided. Utilizing the described systems and methods, surfaces, highways, may be mor... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7930103 | Utility mapping and data distribution system and method A system and method of mapping underground utilities and other subsurface objects involves one or more of acquiring utility location data using a number of different detectors and sensors, processing the multiple detector/sensor output data to produce mapping data, ... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7917292 | Systems and methods for flood risk assessment In various embodiments, points from flood maps (e.g., geospatial flood risk zoning maps) may be used in generating a flood frequency versus flood elevation curve for reducing the uncertainty in the flood risk assessment. In some embodiments, geospatial flood elevati... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7908085 | Method for acquiring and processing magnetometric data by local updates in real time The invention concerns a method for acquiring and processing magnetometric data for representing on an at least two-dimensional map magnetometric characteristics of a geographical zone including a step of measuring the intensity of a magnetic field (1) on a g... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7890509 | Parcel data acquisition and processing In some embodiments, scripts may be used to perform parcel data acquisition, conversion, and clean-up/repair in an automated manner and/or through graphical user interfaces. The scripts may be used, for example, to repair geometries of new parcel data, convert multi... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7805246 | View-independent tagging of geospatial entities in images In some aspects, locations of geospatial entities in a map image are identified. A record of entity model-to-tag mappings is accessed so that tag data corresponding to a geospatial entity in the map image can be identified. Both the tag data and an outline surroundi... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7792643 | Generating digital terrain models representing sub-surface strata Integrated computing systems and methods for applying sub-surface material location and composition information to engineering plans for designing, highways and other roadways, are provided. Utilizing the described systems and methods, surfaces, highways, may be mor... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7650240 | Estimating an attribute value using spatial interpolation and masking zones Aspects of the present invention are directed at estimating the value of an attribute at a specified geographic location. In one embodiment, a method is provided that estimates the elevation at a principal point using LiDAR data that was collected from spatially rel... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7647181 | Computer generated land cover classification A method and system for generating land cover classifications is provided. Embodiments of the invention are directed toward a method in a computing environment for determining land cover classification that includes identifying a geographic unit and determining a hu... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7627428 | Method of evaluating surface deformation The present invention generally relates to methods for rapidly calculating the surface displacement that results from an arbitrarily shaped load on the surface of a layered substrate. Some embodiments include sparse direct calculations of surface displacement in com... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7526384 | Method for correcting a 3D location measured by a tracking system assuming a vertical offset Position measurements by a tracking system associated with a survey tool are corrected for tilt. The tracking station typically incorporates some offset from the surface across which a survey is conducted, and the offset will be subject to angular displacement as th... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7487046 | Geospatial modeling system for performing filtering operations based upon a sum of differences of a given and neighboring location points and related methods A geospatial modeling system may include a geospatial model database and a processor cooperating therewith for performing at least one noise filtering operation on data comprising elevations associated with respective location points. The at least one noise filterin... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7480572 | Method for recognising hot targets on the Earth A method for detecting a hot target on the Earth by a satellite is disclosed. The satellite includes a sensor for acquiring data in spectral channels in the IR spectrum, and a navigation system for detecting position and orientation data of the satellite. The method... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7457706 | 3-dimensional interactive image modeling system A system and method for generating custom geospatial information maps and precision corrected images allows real-time interactive production of a desired output image by incorporating user selectable parameters that define various image synthesizing operations. A gr... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7433785 | Method for predicting grain size distribution from reservoir thickness The present invention is a method for predicting the grain size distribution at a designated location within a water-lain sedimentary deposit. Initially, the vertical thickness of the sedimentary deposit at the designated location must be determined, as well as the ... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7428476 | System and method of simulating with respect to spheroid reference models using local surface coordinates Described are a method and system for describing a position of an entity in a three-dimensional coordinate system with respect to the reference model. The reference model is of a three-dimensional curved surface defined in the three-dimensional coordinate system. Th... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7424415 | Automated system for modeling faulted multi-valued horizons In a method for modeling a reservoir having a horizon surface with a reverse fault, a volume of the reservoir is partitioned into fault blocks. A bounding surface of each of the fault blocks includes a portion of the reverse fault. The interior of each of the fault ... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7421344 | System and method for presenting personalized weather information and the like A system and method for generating weather reports and the like which are precisely computed automatically for a particular individual user's geographic location, e.g., home or work, and which are provided to the individual user in both graphical and textual format ... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7415356 | Techniques for accurately synchronizing portions of an aerial image with composited visual information A facility for producing a composite aerial image is described. The facility receives information specifying a geographic area. The facility obtains an aerial image showing the specified geographic area that was prepared using one or more aerial image sections. Each... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7403856 | Method and system for processing and analyzing Digital Terrain Data A method for processing and analyzing digital terrain data utilizing Digital Terrain Elevation Data (DTED). The method comprises defining approach azimuth and visibility limitations angle which are used for defining directional fans by determining fan opening angle,... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7403855 | Method and apparatus for tracking individual plants while growing and/or after harvest An apparatus and method of tracking individual plants growing and/or taken from a growing location, such as a field, growing bed, plot or greenhouse. Machine-readable data related to selected individual plants is maintained in close association with corresponding pl... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7400976 | Utility mapping and data distribution system and method A system and method of mapping underground utilities and other subsurface objects involves one or more of acquiring utility location data using a number of different detectors and sensors, processing the multiple detector/sensor output data to produce mapping data, ... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7395157 | Method and system for automated location-dependent recognition of flood risks The invention relates to a system and method for automated location-dependent recognition of flood risks, whereas a central unit (20) comprises a lookup table (203) corresponding to a spatial high resolution grid (60/61) based on decentralized m... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7383129 | Method and system for geo-referencing and visualization of detected contaminants A system and method are provided for visualizing a scene that is monitored for substance contamination. The scene is scanned with a substance detector to detect a substance, such as a harmful chemical or biological substance. The position of the substance is determi... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7383130 | Weather-based activity advisor A weather-based activity advisor that provides activity recommendations to a user based on location and a time parameters. The activity recommendations are based on assessments of the desirability of potential activities such as weather-based index values. The weath... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7376516 | High accuracy survey grade GIS system A method of coordinating surveys of different origins and which may be projected into different coordinate systems. The method provides a translation and rotation of the surveys to be coordinated without disturbing the internal geometry of each survey. A geographic ... | 05/20/2008 |
| RE40321 | Remote reservoir resistivity mapping A method for surface estimation of reservoir properties, wherein location of and average earth resistivities above, below, and horizontally adjacent to the subsurface geologic formation are first determined using geological and geophysical data in the vicinity of th... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7376513 | Geospatial modeling system for separating foliage data from building data based upon noise filtering operations and related methods A geospatial modeling system may include a geospatial model database and a processor. The processor may cooperate with the geospatial model database for extracting ground data from foliage and building data, performing at least one noise filtering operation on the f... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7369980 | Method for constructing a geologic model of a subsurface reservoir The present invention is a method for constructing a geologic model of a subsurface reservoir which is a composite sedimentary body (30) composed of many smaller fundamental sedimentary bodies (32). In one embodiment, the fundamental sedimentary bodies... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7365544 | Methods of adjusting airborne geophysical measurements based on mapping instrument measurements This invention concerns a method of making airborne geophysical measurements. Such measurements may be made from fixed or moving wing airplanes or dirigibles. The method comprises the following steps: taking first real time measurements from one, or more, geophysica... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7362439 | Method of detecting the condition of a turf grass A method of detecting the condition of a turf grass is described. According to one aspect of the invention, the method comprises steps of attaching an active sensor to a mower; traversing a section of turf grass; and processing the output of the sensor. A device for... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7363158 | Method for creating a stratigraphic model using pseudocores created from borehole images A method for creating a stratigraphic model is provided. A core is obtained from a wellbore and a detailed graphic core description is created. Wireline data, including a borehole image, is obtained for a cored interval corresponding to the core and processed into a... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7363157 | Method and apparatus for performing wide area terrain mapping A method and apparatus for performing wide area terrain mapping. The system comprises a digital elevation map (DEM) and mosaic generation engine that processes images that are simultaneously captured by an electro-optical camera (RGB camera) and a LIDAR sensor. The ... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7359555 | Detecting roads in aerial images using feature-based classifiers A method detects roads in an aerial image of ground topology by determining low-level features, such as intensities and gradients, for each pixel in the aerial image, determining middle-level features, such as an orientation for each pixel from the low-level feature... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7359931 | System to facilitate pipeline management, software, and related methods A system for facilitating pipeline management, software, and methods are provided. The system includes a pipeline company computer positioned at a pipeline company site to define a pipeline company server, having a processor, memory coupled to the processor to store... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7356414 | Seismic image deformation method for improved interpretation The present invention is a method of geometric deformation of a seismic image for interpretation. The method includes selecting a geologic layer represented in the seismic image determining by stratigraphic modeling a mean topographic depositional surface for said l... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7353114 | Markup language for an interactive geographic information system Interactive geographic information systems (GIS) and techniques are disclosed that provide users with a greater degree of flexibility, utility, and information. A markup language is provided that facilitates communication between servers and clients of the interacti... | 04/01/2008 |
