Aerial infrared thermography: linking thermal mapping results to CAD and GIS systems

CADalyst, Sept, 2004 by Gregory R. Stockton

A Commercial Future

Aerial infrared thermography has a military past and a commercial future. With improvements in camera quality (IR and visual), methodology, platform, and software, aerial infrared thermography and aerial infrared reports are becoming better and more usable every day.

Gregory R. Stockton is president of Stockton Infrared Thermographic Services (www.stocktoninfrared.com) of Randleman, North Carolina. Its aerial division, AITscan (www.aitscan.com), operates ten aircraft from coast to coast. Greg has 25 years' experience in facilities construction, maintenance, and energy-related technologies. He has performed infrared thermography since 1989 and has published fourteen white papers and many articles on infrared thermography.

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* "New Tools Deliver BIM Data," December 2003, p. 34

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* For more articles on BIM, see past issues of Cadalyst AEC Tech News Newletter at:

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