Mr. Mike Aslaksen This is Me

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1. 1. » Commerce | ZDNet Government | ZDNet.com

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   Published on: 6/28/2007   Last Visited: 11/6/2007

   Mike Aslaksen, acting chief of NOAA's Remote Sensing Division, said that while it took a week to process and make public images taken of the World Trade Center after the terrorist attacks four years ago, the post-Katrina images have been available within 24 hours.
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   Of the many lessons learned since the 2001 terrorist attacks, "one is that there is an overwhelming desire for geospatial data," said Mr. Aslaksen of NOAA. "It's become a tool as necessary as a word processor."
   
   The intended uses of the NOAA images, of course, are official. For instance, the photos are helping the Army Corps of Engineers to assess levee damage, Mr. Aslaksen said, and NOAA has used them to determine major shoreline changes that might pose a risk, and to see if piers or vessels have sunk. The Federal Emergency Management Agency has also used the images for damage assessment.
   
   But Mr. Aslaksen said he welcomed the popular use. "We thought it important to give the public access to the data," he said.

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   Published on: 12/5/2005   Last Visited: 11/16/2007

   "NOAA's scientific objectives have pushed the technology right to the edge and the results are promising," said Mike Aslaksen, project manager for the Altair mission and chief of the NOAA Ocean Service Remote Sensing Division.

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   Published on: 9/6/2005   Last Visited: 9/6/2005

   Mike Aslaksen, acting chief of NOAA's Remote Sensing Division, said that while it took a week to process and make public images taken of the World Trade Center after the terrorist attacks four years ago, the post-Katrina images have been available within 24 hours.
   ...
   Of the many lessons learned since the 2001 terrorist attacks, "one is that there is an overwhelming desire for geospatial data," said Mr. Aslaksen of NOAA. "It's become a tool as necessary as a word processor."
   
   The intended uses of the NOAA images, of course, are official. For instance, the photos are helping the Army Corps of Engineers to assess levee damage, Mr. Aslaksen said, and NOAA has used them to determine major shoreline changes that might pose a risk, and to see if piers or vessels have sunk. The Federal Emergency Management Agency has also used the images for damage assessment.
   
   But Mr. Aslaksen said he welcomed the popular use. "We thought it important to give the public access to the data," he said.
   
   Mr. Aslaksen, whose e-mail address is on the NOAA Web site, said he had received nearly a thousand e-mail messages from people seeking information on the condition of their homes. He tries to respond to all of them, he said.