DigitalGlobe Announces Judges for 8-Band Research Challenge
December 02 2010 - 5:00PM
Marketwired
DigitalGlobe (NYSE: DGI), a leading global content provider of
high-resolution earth imagery solutions, today announced it has
finalized the judging panel for its inaugural 8-Band Research
Challenge. The judges, respected scientists from around the world,
will be responsible for reviewing final submissions and selecting
the 15 papers that best exemplify sound science and innovative
applications of 8-band, high-resolution imagery. Winners will be
announced on December 16 and invited to present their findings at
the Geospatial World Forum in Hyderabad, India in January.
The DigitalGlobe 8-Band Research Challenge encourages
researchers to investigate how 8-band, high-resolution imagery can
enhance image analysis and classification research. Commercial
8-band high-resolution imagery is exclusive to DigitalGlobe and
delivered via the company's WorldView-2 commercial satellite.
WorldView-2's 8 spectral sensors are narrowly focused and provide
complete coverage of the visual spectrum, along with 2
near-infrared bands. Together the bands are designed to improve the
segmentation and classification of land and aquatic features beyond
any other space-based remote sensing platform. Ultimately they give
scientists a more detailed view of the earth and the ability to
analyze information in completely new ways.
The judging panel includes top remote sensing scientists from
Europe, the Asia Pacific region and the United States:
- Dr. Ing. Anko Börner -- Head of the Department of Information
Processing of Optical Systems, German Aerospace Center (DLR),
Germany;
- Dr. Stuart R. Phinn -- Director of the Terrestrial Ecosystem
Research Network (Australia), and Director of the Centre for
Spatial Environmental Research, School of Geography, Planning and
Environmental Management, The University of Queensland,
Australia;
- Dr. Hrishikesh Samant -- Associate Professor of Geology, St.
Xavier's College, India and Senior Associate Editor at GIS
Development;
- Dr. Walter Scott -- Founder and CTO, DigitalGlobe, United
States.
"We are honored that such esteemed researchers share our
excitement about the potential for 8-band technology, and are eager
to help marshal in the next great evolution for geospatial
imaging," said Walter Scott, CTO of DigitalGlobe.
To learn more about DigitalGlobe's 8-Band multispectral imagery,
including detailed datasheets and whitepapers, visit:
http://www.digitalglobe.com/index.php/48/Products?product_id=27
For more information about the DigitalGlobe 8-Band Research
Challenge, visit www.8BandChallenge.com.
About DigitalGlobe DigitalGlobe is a
leading global provider of commercial high-resolution earth imagery
products and services. Sourced from our own advanced satellite
constellation, our imagery solutions support a wide variety of uses
within defense and intelligence, civil agencies, mapping and
analysis, environmental monitoring, oil and gas exploration,
infrastructure management, Internet portals and navigation
technology. With our collection sources and comprehensive
ImageLibrary (containing more than one billion square kilometers of
earth imagery and imagery products) we offer a range of on- and
off-line products and services designed to enable customers to
easily access and integrate our imagery into their business
operations and applications. For more information, visit
http://www.digitalglobe.com.
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