Digital Mapping System

Status

Status
Unit 1:
Retired
Unit 2:
Retired
Operated By
PI

The Digital Mapping System (DMS) is an airborne digital camera system that acquires high resolution natural color and panchromatic imagery from low and medium altitude research aircraft. The DMS includes an Applanix Position and Orientation system to allow precision image geo-rectification. Data acquired by DMS are used by a variety of scientific programs to monitor variation in environmental conditions, assess global change, and respond to natural disasters.

Mission data are processed and archived by the Airborne Sensor Facility (ASF) located at the NASA Ames Research Center in Mountain View, CA. DMS imagery from Operation IceBridge are archived at the National Snow and Ice Data Center in Boulder, CO.

Instrument Type: Canon/Zeiss Camera with IMU/GPS
Measurements: 21-Mpixel natural color Imagery

Instrument Type
Camera
Measurements
Imagery
Aircraft
DC-8 - AFRC,
P-3 Orion - WFF,
C-130H - WFF,
HU-25A Guardian - LaRC,
Gulfstream V - NSF
Recent Missions
OIB
(C-130H - WFF)
;
OIB
(DC-8 - AFRC)
;
OIB
(P-3 Orion - WFF)
Point(s) of Contact
James D. Jacobson Jr.
(POC; Mgr)
Range of Measurement
Ground
Instrument Pointing
Downwards pointing but not directly downwards
Notes
21 megapixel Framing Camera (3744x5616)
TRL
9
Website
http://asapdata.arc.nasa.gov/dms/

 

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