DigitalGlobe Announces Winners of Inaugural 8-Band Research Challenge
December 16 2010 - 8:00AM
Marketwired
DigitalGlobe (NYSE: DGI), a leading global content provider of
high-resolution earth imagery solutions, today announced the
winners of the inaugural 8-Band Research Challenge. The 8-Band
Research Challenge encourages researchers to investigate how 8-Band
Imagery, available exclusively from DigitalGlobe, can enhance
analysis and classification research and enable the development of
next generation geospatial applications.
Judged by a panel of remote sensing experts, submissions were
evaluated based on the quality of the science, innovative
methodology and broad applicability of 8-Band Imagery to real-world
challenges.
The five winning papers demonstrated scientific excellence in
terms of sound reasoning, problem definition, methodology and
presentation. In addition to the five winners, the judges
identified 10 additional high-quality papers that presented
compelling research into how 8-Band Imagery adds substantial value
in a wide range of applications.
Overall, the fifteen papers found that 8-Band Imagery provides
measurable improvements across a range of multispectral, remote
sensing applications. These results translate into practical
applications in many areas including bathymetry, feature
extraction, vegetative analysis, environmental monitoring and land
cover classification. The complete list of recognized papers, along
with their abstracts, can be found at www.8bandchallenge.com
"We were thrilled with the thoughtful and thorough science
behind the submissions. In fact it was difficult to choose a group
of winners from the many entrants, because the quality of
submissions was so high," said DigitalGlobe CTO Walter Scott. "We
expect that a number of these papers will go on to be accepted in
scientific peer reviewed journals, as they represent elegant and
sophisticated research that will have a profound impact in the
remote sensing community."
The five winning submissions are:
- James F. Bramante -- National University of
Singapore, Tropical Marine Science Institute Derivation of
Bathymetry from Multispectral Imagery in the Highly Turbid Waters
of Singapore's South Islands
- Jeremy M. Kerr -- Nova Southeastern
University, National Coral Reef Institute WorldView-2 Offers
New Capabilities for the Monitoring of Threatened Coral Reefs
- Christoph C. Borel -- Air Force Institute of
Technology Vegetative Canopy Parameter Retrieval Using 8-Band
Data
- Hamdan Omar -- Forest Research Institute
Malaysia (FRIM) Commercial Timber Tree Species Identification
Using Multispectral WorldView-2 Data
- Antonio Wolf -- Ball Aerospace &
Technologies Corp. Using WorldView-2 Vis-NIR MSI Imagery to
Support Land Mapping and Feature Extraction Using Normalized
Difference Index Ratios
These five studies found practical benefits from 8-Band Imagery
in the following areas:
- Bathymetry Two studies clearly documented
significant improvements in the accuracy of water depth
measurements with 8-Band Imagery. These studies point out the value
of rapid, accurate and inexpensive bathymetry in efforts to
preserve coral reef habitats and maintain safety in active ports
and harbors.
- Feature Extraction 8-Band Imagery was
shown to dramatically simplify the process of feature extraction,
making it more accessible to imagery analysts and ultimately
enabling "on-the-fly" land cover classification map products.
- Tree Species Classification With 8-Band
Imagery, researchers were able to map tree species in both planted
and natural forests with an accuracy of about 90%. Collecting
detailed and accurate information on the species composition of
entire forests is critical for the assessment of biodiversity,
environmental monitoring and sustainable forest management.
- Plant Health Researchers clearly
documented how 8-Band Imagery could be used to extract key plant
information that would provide invaluable insights to farmers and
foresters about the health of crops, the appropriate levels of
fertilizer or irrigation and the impacts of disease, drought or
storm damage.
Each winner will receive a cash grant of $5,000 USD to support
their research and will present their findings at the Geospatial
World Forum in Hyderabad, India in January.
Scott added that to accommodate overwhelming interest, the
8-Band Challenge has been extended to a second judging period in
mid 2011, when five additional winners will be named.
To learn more about DigitalGlobe's 8-Band multispectral imagery
visit:
http://www.digitalglobe.com/index.php/48/Products?product_id=27
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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