COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF AIRBORNE LASER ALTIMETRY A review of the commercial instrument market and its projected growth
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Preliminary results of a study to estimate the instrument base required to support a competitive laser altimetry sector within the global remote sensing industry are presented. The recent growth of the commercial laser altimetry sector and the current breakdown of the installed instrument base are reviewed. Projections for future growth in the installed base are presented based on the current adoption rate and projected growth curves through 2005. A comparison to the established aerial camera market is used to set a constraint on the upper growth of the instrument base. The projection provides an estimate of the size of the market for commercial instrument sales and consequently a view of the future competitive environment for survey companies offering laser altimetry services. A significant gap is identified between the current installed base and estimates of the required instrument base.
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تاریخ انتشار 2004