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LETTERS
We received several letters in response to Mark
Eustis’ piece in the August/September issue titled
“The Myth of Commercial Satellite Remote Sensing.” The
two below were addressed to the author, and are reprinted
with the writers’ permission.
Finally somebody has the guts
to call a spade a spade. I have been in the photogrammetry
business since 1957, and it always amazes me when talking
about imagery to the novas [novices] they almost always
say “well isn’t that available from the satellite
imagery?” You and I both know what a misgiving a lot of
people have when it comes down to the facts. Keep up the
good work; there are not enough of us to spread the word.
—James a. Living
CP#554 PSM Fla.
Your Soapbox article in the
August/ September issue is a well-balanced view of the
commercial satellite industry. The high resolution
commercial satellites have many unique and useful
capabilities. However, it is my opinion that many have
overlooked the ability of airborne mapping companies to
respond, adapt, innovate, and compete. As you point out in
your article, this miscalculation is strikingly similar to
that made by Motorola in the 1980s when they created the
Iridium business plan. There is a market for commercial
satellite imagery—just not the one that was predicted 10
and 5 years ago.
—Michael
Bullock
Vice President, Sales and Marketing
Intermap Technologies, Inc.
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