Norcross, GA - ERDAS Inc. announces support for WorldView-2 satellite products, enabling users to employ the most accurate satellite stereo imagery for terrain, feature and intelligence production.
Using ERDAS IMAGINE and LPS 2010, GEOINT and military analysts, state and local governments, civil organizations, first responders, and non-governmental organizations can now transform WorldView-2 imagery into timely, relevant and accurate geospatial intelligence.
Previous ERDAS software versions (using existing NITF and WorldView-1 RPC models) also support WorldView-2 data using the RPC model. By exploiting WorldView-2 imagery in ERDAS products, users minimize their pre-processing requirements and utilize sophisticated production capabilities to deliver intelligence and highly accurate terrain, feature and image products.
The wealth of information inherent in WorldView-2's eight spectral bands can be fully exploited using ERDAS IMAGINE's multispectral image processing capabilities. Multispectral capabilities include supervised and unsupervised classification for feature extraction, anomaly detection, vegetation health mapping and mineral analysis through indices, rigorous pan sharpening across all eight bands, Principal and Independent Component Analysis, change detection. For nearly 40 years, ERDAS IMAGINE's multispectral tools have been nearly perfected through ongoing research and development.
"Commercial satellite imagery, such as that generated by WorldView-2, has been consumed at a rapidly increasing rate for Department of Defense, intelligence and civil applications," said Tom Lobonc, Director of Photogrammetry and Defense Products, ERDAS. "We have added support for WorldView-2 imagery to ensure that our users immediately benefit from an unprecedented pairing of this high-resolution, high-accuracy satellite multispectral and panchromatic imagery with the most sophisticated, comprehensive, and flexible geospatial solutions available."
According to Ian Anderson, ERDAS' Director of Remote Sensing Products, "The eight spectral bands provided by WorldView-2, combined with the high spatial resolution provide unprecedented opportunities for using software such as ERDAS IMAGINE for extracting quantitative, timely and ultimately useful information from remotely sensed data. The broad spectral range of data facilitates improved analysis in everything from the littoral zone to vegetation and mineral analysis."
Owned and operated by Digital Globe, WorldView-2 was launched in 2009 to provide highly detailed imagery for precise vector and terrain data creation, pan-sharpened imagery, change detection, and in-depth remote sensing image analysis. WorldView-2 is a panchromatic imaging system featuring half-meter resolution imagery, combined with a multi-spectral capability featuring two meter resolution imagery.
For more information on WorldView-2 and other sensors supported by ERDAS, please visit HERE. To learn more about ERDAS' solutions, please call +1 770 776 3400, toll free +1 866 534 2286, or visit www.erdas.com.
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