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BMT ARGOSS is a consulting and information services company monitoring, analysing and forecasting environmental conditions with a focus on providing meteorological and oceanographic solutions to the offshore, coastal and harbour sectors, and urban management authorities.

BMT ARGOSS is a consulting and information services company monitoring, analysing and forecasting environmental conditions with a focus on providing meteorological and oceanographic solutions to the offshore, coastal and harbour sectors, and urban management authorities.

Founded by a group of enthusiastic specialists in 1995 and located in the Geomatics Business Park in Marknesse the Netherlands the company under leadership of Han Wensink has grown steadily developing innovative applications. In 2008 ARGOSS joined the BMT Group and started operating as BMT ARGOSS in October 2008. Joining BMT is already proving to be a successful and mutually beneficial step.

From the outset the company has specialised in using earth observation data from satellites in combination with in-situ data and has established true expertise and experience in processing radar, optical and acoustics measurements, numerical modelling, algorithm development, calibration & validation and assimilation of measurements into models.
The company recognised at an early stage the value of making satellite based information available to its customers. For instance, in regions where no reliable wave buoy records are available, wind and wave climate estimates were derived from ship’s observations or from predictions by numerical wave models. Improvement was needed and with the idea to establish global databases and models and make them available through the Internet work started to acquire satellite data and develop models in 1995. With the support of NIVR and ESA alongside own investment the first web portal “waveclimate.com” was launched in 1996.
Today, BMT ARGOSS operates four portals to support customers providing services 24 hours a day 365 days per year. www.waveclimate.com targets the offshore and coastal engineering sector to assess downtime and workability conditions. www.routeclimate.com is used by the insurance sector and shipping industry to support voyage planning and design. www.tidalinfo.com provides information on depth reduction and the planning of operations that are critically dependent on currents and sea level. Lastly, www.coastalwaterquality.com which is mainly used by the governmental, environmental, and coastal engineering sectors to determine allowable limits and warn of impending levels that may be critical to operations. E.g. coastal fisheries.

Alongside the portals BMT ARGOSS performs consultancy work, operates managed services, does R&D work using own funds or studies together with universities and national institutes, and leads/participates in national and European projects. It is this mix of work which attracts and stimulates the BMT staff comprising highly qualified physicists, mathematicians, coastal engineers, meteorologists and information technology engineers.

MetOcean Information and Forecasting Service

BMT ARGOSS is experienced in the assessment of the wave and wind climate for both downtime assessment and extremes. Applying a diverse range of satellite and in-situ data sources and using global and regional atmospheric models, wave models and flow models a fully automated 120 hours forecast for weather, waves, and sea level can be provided for any location in the world. This is the benefit of having more than 20 years of quality checked satellite data and access to real time satellite data which allows BMT ARGOSS to guarantee best quality forecasts for any location in the world.

To meet both an internal and external demand for high resolution data in the North Sea area BMT ARGOSS have set up a new regional model at a fine resolution of approximately 10 by 10 kilometres. The model extends to the Northern North Sea and also covers the Baltic Sea and the Irish Sea. Just like the global wave model and other regional models developed by BMT ARGOSS the continental shelf model is based on the NCEP WaveWatch III code. WaveWatch III is 3rd generation wave model that has proven its accuracy and efficiency over the years. Using validated historic wind data a hindcast simulation was performed, providing a time series that covers the period from 1992 to 2008. To meet the high quality standards we set for the environmental databases in-house satellite measurement databases of wind and wave measurements are used to validate and calibrate the model at every grid point. A final check against buoy measurements at various sites is used as well.

Coastal Water Quality Services

BMT ARGOSS conducts water quality studies to support decision making and reporting.
Areas of specific expertise are:
• Modelling of the atmosphere and atmospheric correction;
• Modelling of suspended matter;
• Consultancy for water quality interpretation, advice, and reporting. E.g. Algae bloom;
• Maps for total suspended matter and chlorophyll showing concentration near the surface, integrated over the water depth, concentration at a given position as a function of season and/or tidal phase.

Coastal Charting

BMT ARGOSS has performed considerable research on the use of radar and optical imagery for charting the depth of shallow tidal seas. The results are several specific services for e.g. sand wave detection, rapid updating of charts, and charting of the inter-tidal zone.
This is complimented by support to analysing and optimising surveys employing acoustic methods. BMT ARGOSS have developed methods to assess the accuracy of the depth charts and an advanced tool for interpolation of sounding data.

Weather and Air Quality Prediction Services

There is an ever-increasing interest in air quality (air pollution) for both monitoring (health and environment warnings) and legislative reasons. The pollutants are principally the products of combustion and may not only prove a problem in the immediate vicinity of these sources but can travel long distances, chemically reacting in the atmosphere to produce secondary pollutants such as acid rain or ozone.

In the ESA PROMOTE project BMT ARGOSS uses the high resolution atmospheric WRF models to support an air quality project carried out for the province of Zeeland in the Netherlands combining WRF with the atmospheric chemistry model Chimere. In addition to this ongoing project, for which both forecast and historic simulation information is required, several other projects have been performed using the WRF model. These projects have been carried out to support for example current modelling studies, wind energy studies and air quality studies. Recently BMT ARGOSS provided a simulation of wind, precipitation and solar radiation for an area situated in Queensland in Australia.

This project follows several other projects where atmospheric data was required. The data is used to drive hydrological models that are developed and operated by a sister company BMT WBM. Data from the WRF model was used for atmospheric information running models at high resolutions as fine as 1 km. The results reap the benefits of a number of years of investment and R&D projects providing accurate and cost efficient simulation and analysis capabilities.

Managed Services

Combining the resources of BMT and leading remote sensing companies BMT ARGOSS is making inroads to providing full solution managed services for remote sensing consultancy and data provision.

Recently a BMT ARGOSS led consortium won a five year framework contract with Agip KCO to build up capacity and capabilities in providing geo-ice-metocean services using satellite data for the Caspian Sea area.

Under the contract BMT ARGOSS will deliver remote sensing data, services and specialists for a wide range of operational aspects including ice charting, oil spill / seepage monitoring and health safety and environmental monitoring and reporting. Additionally, support will be provided to Agip KCO to develop and improve capabilities focusing on applications, infrastructure and data delivery.

For questions or further information please contact Leslie Gale, Business Manager leslie.gale@bmtargoss.com or by phone (+31 (0) 527 242 299).

BMT ARGOSS Summer 2009.pdf

10 September 2009. The Westin, Paris.
Commercial satellite-based Earth observation business gaining ground

The Symposium on Earth Observation Business will take place in Paris on 10th September 2009 and will bring together over 100 leaders from the Earth observation community including CEOs and top executives from leading businesses and government agencies.

The commercial data market is expected to reach over $1 billion in 2009, after growing by 27% from 2007 to 2008 (for $0.9 billion in revenues in 2008), with both private and public sector demand for data driving this growth. Meanwhile, Earth observation is a key area for governments with $6.7 billion in investment in 2008. Over 250 Earth observation satellites are expected to be launched from government and commercial operators into LEO and GEO orbit in the next ten years, meaning significant returns for the manufacturing industry. Operators, manufacturers, and service providers alike all play a role in driving growth and shaping the market and all are seeking to benefit from the opportunities for revenue, profit, and market share growth.

The launch of next generation commercial satellites from US operators DigitalGlobe and GeoEye and European initiatives from Infoterra and RapidEye vastly increase commercial data available in a fast changing market. Their challenge is to expand their service offering and grow a larger customer base for data sales, including private sector customers and export government markets.

Despite past difficulties in building a customer base, a growing number of operational systems from an increasing number of sources (commercial & government) including low-cost/free data offer services providers’ a more stable platform on which to develop products and grow business. In addition, mechanisms for service development such as GMES and awareness created by virtual globes such as Google Earth will further encourage service development.

1st Symposium on Earth Observation Business
is a unique opportunity to review business models, assess customer requirements, do business and refine development strategies. CEO’s and top executives from DigitalGlobe, Astrium Services, European Union Satellite Center, EMSA, GeoEye, Total, MDA GSI, Fugro NPA Group, C-Core, Deimos Space, NOAA, Thales Alenia Space and SSTL among others will discuss their business development strategies. Visit website to view full program. The event provides an unmatched opportunity to network with the key leaders and decision makers that are shaping the evolution of EO services.

For further information & registration, visit www.satellite-business.com or contact Ruth Mandeng on mandeng@euroconsult-ec.com or +33 1 49 23 75 24

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The National Space Research Development Agency (NASRDA) says the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Nigeria and Russia on exploration of outer space will foster the cooperation of both countries for peaceful purposes.

Dr. Saidu Muhammad, director-general of NASRDA told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja, that the agreement would enhance their cooperation in the use of outer space for peaceful purposes.

He said the agreement would also encourage cooperation in areas of astrophysical research, planetary studies, remote sensing of the earth from space meteorology, satellite navigation and associated technologies and services, exchange of information and technical meetings.

``Space is for humanity and we are part of the global community and at every point we must share the benefit in the course of space to enable us enjoy the cooperation in various areas of scientific study.
``The agreement is mindful of the provision of the UN treaty on principles governing the activities of the states and exploration of the outer space including the moon and other celestial bodies of January 27, 1967, ’’ he said.

_He said the National Centre for Remote Sensing had been using earth observation in areas of agriculture, mineral exploration, water study, irrigation command and environmental monitoring.
Muhammad said satellite navigation would be used in strategic areas such as army, construction and other areas of technology as well as global positioning of systems._

He said the agency had been using earth observation satellite for the production of land mapping which improves quality of images, adding that the agreement would boost other alternative satellite images too.

The director-general said that the mapping would also be used for land evolution to know the type of crops to grow on a particular soil type through land capability classification assessment.

Muhammad said the earth observation also offered assessment of the health of the crops affected by pest and for environmental monitoring in issues of locust invasion which constantly affect farms.

He said that the centre for astronomy was working on radio telescope, about 28 metres, the biggest in the southern hemisphere, would facilitate space research and help to demystify science, especially in the nation yet to fully accept science and technology as a culture.

He said the technology would also be used to determine the extent of drainage pattern and density as well as identifying rivers and where agriculture could possibly take place.
NAN reports that the agreement will end in 2014.

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ENVI and SARscape software provide support and image processing tools for COSMO-SkyMed satellite data geoprocessing and analysis.

ITT Visual Information Solutions, a wholly-owned subsidiary of ITT Corporation (NYSE: ITT), announced its ENVI software product and add-on SARscape Modules for ENVI now provide tools and support for processing the Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) data and imagery generated by COSMO-SkyMed – a satellite system launched and managed by the Italian Space Agency (ASI).

SAR data is becoming more popular for commercial, research, and government purposes because of its ability to provide crucial data both day and night and in virtually all weather conditions.

“We are committed to providing consumers of satellite imagery and data with the tools and support they need for the latest data types and formats available,” said Beau Legeer, director of product marketing for ITT Visual Information Solutions. “ENVI with SARscape is an excellent choice for consumers of SAR data, as it allows users to take advantage of proven SAR processing technology directly from the familiar ENVI workflow.”

ENVI and the SARscape Modules for ENVI, along with the frequent data coming from the COSMO-SkyMed satellite constellation, provide users with the ability to obtain crucial information from SAR imagery quickly and easily. These solutions provide the tools for fully automated geocoding of SAR data through a simple user interface allowing users to create a high precision product without the need for ground control points. The SARscape Modules for ENVI, developed by sarmap SA of Switzerland, provide dedicated SAR processing algorithms enabling users to automatically generate speckle filtered, calibrated and geocoded products from Single Look Complex data or any other COSMO-SkyMed standard product. They also deliver easy to use, powerful interferometry tools for generating Digital Elevation Models (DEMs) and land displacement maps, which are particularly useful for defense and intelligence, land mapping, disaster monitoring and seismic applications.

For more information about ENVI and SARscape support of COSMO-SkyMed data, visit http://www.ittvis.com/ProductServices/ENVI/SARscape/CosmoSkyMed/tabid/256/language/en-US/Default.aspx

About ITT Visual Information Solutions

ITT Visual Information Solutions of Boulder Colorado, a wholly owned subsidiary of ITT Corporation, provides integrated software solutions that help scientists, engineers, researchers, and medical professionals turn complex data into useful information. The company’s 150,000 customers from more than 80 countries use IDL, ENVI and IAS to analyze data and imagery and deploy imaging applications. ITT Visual Information Solutions’ products are used in a variety of industries, including remote sensing, engineering, earth sciences, aerospace, defense and intelligence, medical imaging, oil and gas exploration and biotechnology. Combined with a host of support services including training, consulting and technical support, ITT Visual Information Solutions offers the most complete data visualization, image analysis and image delivery solutions available. For more information visit:www.ittvis.com

About ITT Corporation

ITT Corporation is a high-technology engineering and manufacturing company operating on all seven continents in three vital markets: water and fluids management, global defense and security, and motion and flow control. With a heritage of innovation, ITT partners with its customers to deliver extraordinary solutions that create more livable environments, provide protection and safety and connect our world. Headquartered in White Plains, N.Y., the company generated 2008 sales of $11.7 billion. www.itt.com.

© 2009 ITT Visual Information Solutions

RapidEye, the only geospatial solutions provider to own and operate their own constellation of Earth observation satellites, announced today a new strategic partnership agreement with Washington, DC area based MDA Federal (formerly Earth Satellite Corporation – EarthSat) to be one of their distributors in the United States.

This partnership grants MDA Federal distribution rights for products and services to some U.S. government markets and was signed earlier this month.

“Since MDA in Vancouver was our prime contractor for our space and ground segment, it was only natural that MDA Federal in the United States would be part of our distributor network. We have been discussing this agreement for a long time, and have finally made it official. We’re proud to have them as part of our distribution network,” commented Wolfgang Biedermann, CEO of RapidEye.

Greg Koeln, President of MDA Federal, said: “MDA Federal has been providing geospatial products and services to U.S. government agencies, conservation organizations, and various corporations since 1969. We are extremely pleased to partner with RapidEye and to provide the U.S. government with products and services derived from RapidEye data. We believe that RapidEye data will provide our clients with unique capabilities including: land use analysis, terrain categorization, change detection, alternative source data for creating high-resolution geospatial products, and unique agricultural assessments.”

RapidEye’s worldwide network of distributors continues to grow to provide customers an avenue to purchase RapidEye products in their own region and in their own language. You can follow the progress of RapidEye’s partner team by visiting www.rapideye.de/home/about-us/distributors-partners/

About MDA Federal

MDA Federal Inc. (formerly Earth Satellite Corporation, founded in 1969) has been preeminent in the development and use of powerful and advanced geospatial technologies. MDA Federal Inc. is the U.S. subsidiary of MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (MDA), the prime contractor for RapidEye’s space and ground segment, in Richmond, British Columbia. MDA Federal’s Quality Management System is certified to ISO 9001-2000 with design. For 40 years, MDA Federal Inc. has conducted resource programs around the world for private and public clients. MDA’s technical staff have made substantial contributions to the advancement of image processing, information technology and GIS. In addition to providing essential geospatial products to U.S. civil, defense, and intelligence agencies, MDA Federal also provides weather and agricultural information to more than 200,000 customers every day.

About RapidEye AG

RapidEye is an ISO-certified geospatial information provider focused on integrating customized and industry specific solutions into the workflow of global customers in agriculture, forestry, energy, infrastructure, government, security and emergency. RapidEye experts and the satellite system – a constellation of five satellites capable of downloading over 4 million km² of high resolution, multi-spectral imagery per day, and a ground segment for processing and archiving data – allow for cost-effective customized services. The unique combination of large area coverage, high spatial resolution and the possibility of daily revisit to an area provide for superior management information solutions. Currently, more than 100 experts from more than 20 countries are employed by RapidEye, with plans to grow the team to 140 by late 2009.

RapidEye benefits from a public-private partnership with the Space Agency of the German Aerospace Center (DLR), which is supported by the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology. RapidEye is also co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF). For more information on ERDF please contact efreinfo@mw.brandenburg.de

For more information about RapidEye, please visit www.rapideye.de

RapidEye Contact:
RapidEye AG
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14776 Brandenburg a. d. Havel, Germany
press@rapideye.de

For more information about MDA Federal and sales of RapidEye imagery to the U.S. Defense and Intelligence Community please e-mail RapidEyeSales@MDAFederal.com

MDA Federal Contact:
MDA Federal Inc. (EarthSat)
6011 Executive Boulevard, Suite 400
Rockville, MD 20852 USA
www.mdafederal.com
RapidEyeSales@MDAFederal.com
240-833-8200

RapidEye is a “Selected Landmark in the Land of Ideas” and therefore part of the event series “365 Landmarks in the Land of Ideas”. This program is run by the initiative “Germany – Land of Ideas” and Deutsche Bank. Being a “Selected Landmark” RapidEye will stand for Germany being a “Land of ideas” in 2009 and will demonstrate Germany’s spirit of innovation. The initiative is under the patronage of Germany’s federal president Horst Köhler. www.land-of-ideas.org

EU ministers agreed on the need for further development in the European space sector on Friday (29 May), saying greater research and commercial activity in the area would help lift Europe out of its current recession.

The agreement followed the convening of the sixth space council in Brussels, attended by representatives from the European space agency, the European commission and member states.

“Investment in space research is vital at a time of economic crisis,” said Czech education minister Miroslava Kopicova whose country holds the EU’s rotating six-month presidency until the end of this June.

“Some may consider this a luxury but we must bear in mind the benefits this can have in terms of improvements of quality of life as a whole. Ever euro invested in space policy will be multiplied many times over,” she said.

Part of the agreement centred on the need to push global monitoring for environment and security (GMES) from the research stage into the operational stage.

The technology has been developed to help monitor phenomena such as natural disasters or the mapping of international shipping lanes and harvest distributions.

While Europe’s GALILEO system provides satellite navigation services, GMES will supply information on the state and evolution of the environment once it is up and running.

The Earth observation system will use airborne satellites and a system of sensors on the ground and in the sea to record data.

European industry commissioner Gunter Verheugen presented ministers with a proposal on moving GMES into the operational stage. It must now be ratified by the council and the European parliament under the co-decision procedure.

“This proposal marks a turning point for GMES. It opens the door for the necessary operation of funding for the period between 2011-2013,” he said.

“With this proposal GMES is no longer an initiative with unclear boundaries, it is gradually becoming a programme with its own legal identity, an earth observation programme for the European union.”

Competitiveness

The discussions on space came at the tail-end of a two-day ministerial council on improving the competitiveness of European businesses.

On Thursday ministers adopted conclusions on better regulation, highlighting the need to improve the regulatory framework and increase its transparency.

Implementation of the small business act – launched in June last year – was also discussed, as was a European patent system and corresponding single court system to solve patent disputes.

Ministers agreed to wait for a decision by European court of justice on the legality of the single court system before revisiting the topic whose aim is to reduce patenting costs for European businesses.

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The European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC) is a Directorate-General of the European Commission providing independent scientific and technological support for EU policy-making, among other things in the area of satellite applications and remote sensing.

UNOSAT and JRC have cooperated for years on various topics including research, which is JRC primary area of involvement. The new agreement is a natural and positive development of such cooperation aiming at recognising the joint work done by UNOSAT and the JRC’s Institute for the Protection and Security of the Citizen (IPSC).

Both JRC and UNOSAT have deployed substantial research in the area of post-crisis impact assessment (both natural disaster and conflicts). While UNOSAT has an operational role in supporting the UN system in post crisis situations and in early recovery, JRC is mandated to make contributions to the Community Instrument for Stability under the lead of DG External Relations, especially in relation with the Joint Declaration on post-crisis assessment and recovery planning signed in September 2008 between the European Commission, UNDP, and the World Bank. The declaration builds on the experience of these three actors in post-crisis situations and provides the conceptual framework for bringing together the experience and the methodologies elaborated by UNOSAT and the JRC.

The agreement, signed in March 2009, includes a technical annex ensuring synergy in a number of related areas which will benefit the work and outreach of both parties.

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We are facing a huge economic crisis which consequences are without precedent. Investment in innovation is at this stage crucial especially in regard with the effects of climate change we will have to face.

GMES, Space Research and Development: pubblicato: Thu, 28 May 2009

At the same time, OECD tells that the world market for Earth Observation commercial date which was $ 735 millions in 2007 has the potential to raise to around $ 3 billions in 2017. The European Union is contributing to the development of this innovative sector. Therefore the European Commission agreed today on a proposal for a programme regulation for GMES (Global Monitoring for Environment and Security)

GMES was an initiative mainly organized in its initial development phase thanks to research activities financed by EC (through Framework Programme 7) and ESA. This new financing of EUR 150 millions from the European Commission is bringing GMES into an initial operational phase. It is the first concrete step towards the sustainability of the programme.

It will ease the development of innovative services and make possible efficient accompanying measures for private sector and provide continuous data on the effects of a changing world. This availability of environmental information is the key factor to understand the evolution of climate change so that we can observe our planet for a safer world

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ESA Member States have unanimously voted to extend the Envisat mission through to 2013. Envisat – the world’s largest and most sophisticated satellite ever built – has been providing scientists and operational users with invaluable data for global monitoring and forecasting since its launch in 2002.


“The decision to extend the Envisat mission operations, taken during the last ESA Earth Observation Programme Board meeting, is a recognition of the success of the mission, in terms of the wide number of scientific and operational users served and the good technical status of the satellite after seven years of operations,” Envisat Mission Manager Henri Laur said.

Envisat, short for environmental satellite, has a unique combination of 10 different instruments which collect data about Earth’s atmosphere, land, sea and ice – providing scientists with the most detailed picture yet of the state of the planet.

Envisat data have never been in more demand than today, and many of these established services rely upon being able to access near-real time (NRT) data. The data are being increasingly used for routine applications, such as monitoring sea ice, oil slicks and illegal fisheries, which require the fastest possible access to the data so that quick decisions can be made.

Envisat NRT data make it possible to provide daily sea surface temperatures, worldwide fire maps, UV radiation levels and ozone forecasts, accessible through Today’s Earth check-up on ESA’s Earth observation website.

Another reason the mission was extended is the need for scientists to be able to access data over long periods of time in order to identify and analyse long-term climatic trends and changes (such as greenhouse gas concentrations, sea surface temperature, sea levels, sea-ice extent).

Envisat affords this by providing continuity of data initiated in the early 1990s with previous ESA satellites, ERS-1 and ERS-2. With the extension, Envisat will bridge the gap in data supply until the launch of the Sentinel satellites that will be launched as part of the Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) initiative.

Sentinel-1 will ensure the continuity of radar imaging. Sentinel-3 will ensure continuity with Envisat’s radar altimeter and optical sensors. Sentinel-5’s precursor mission will ensure continuity with Envisat’s atmospheric sensors.

The Envisat mission generates a large amount of daily data through its European-wide network of acquisition stations and processing centres. Access to Envisat data has continuously been upgraded since its launch, with an increasing amount of data available online free of charge.

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Website Provides Collaborative Space for Earth Sciences Professionals

Definiens, the number one Enterprise Image Intelligence® company, has established an online community for Earth Sciences professionals. The eCognition Community is part of the company’s new geospatial website, http://earth.definiens.com, and provides an integrated environment for collaboration and knowledge transfer, along with social networking facilities.

Registration to the eCognition Community website is open to all geospatial professionals and academics. The website enables its members to collaborate and share knowledge in blogs, discussion boards, ruleware exchange, video and audio file sharing facilities, a knowledge wiki, and private conversation space. Additionally, a desktop application is freely available for download, allowing users to participate in the community and search for relevant content from the website while simultaneously working in Definiens Developer.

Definiens provides a suite of comprehensive software products for geospatial analysis, remote sensing, infrastructure planning, earth observation and natural resource management tasks to customers worldwide. The eCognition Community website allows users to share experiential information and collaborate on ruleware development for Definiens software. Dedicated space will be built for beta-testing of new software products, as well as for Definiens’ Academic Centers of Excellence and other affiliated groups.

Community members are able to post blogs and develop discussion boards about industry trends, with capabilities for the syndication of content from external websites. Definiens product managers and consultants will provide active blogging on different topics and provide technical assistance on Definiens products via the discussion boards.

“Definiens software has long been recognized as the industry standard. With the launch of the eCognition Community, we aim to set a new standard for online collaboration across the global Earth Sciences community,” said Ralph D. Humberg, Vice President, Earth Sciences at Definiens. “We are committed to providing resources to existing and potential customers. Our experiences with the eCognition Community will also help us to further improve our products as we plan to incorporate functionality for online participation into future software solutions.”

For more information on the eCognition Community, or to register, visit http://community.definiens.com

Definiens in Earth Sciences

Definiens enables organizations involved in Earth Sciences to quickly extract accurate geo-information from any kind of remote sensing data. The company assists data collectors, service providers and end users in integrating earth observation and remote sensing data to generate accurate GIS-ready information. Definiens’ intelligent feature extraction capabilities accelerate mapping, change detection and object recognition–delivering standardized and reproducible image analysis results. Further information is available at http://earth.definiens.com

About Definiens

Definiens is the number one Enterprise Image Intelligence company for analyzing and interpreting images on every scale, from microscopic cell structures to satellite images. The Definiens Cognition Network Technology®, developed by Nobel laureate Prof. Gerd Binnig and his team, is an advanced and robust context-based technology designed to fulfill the image analysis requirements of the Medical, Life and Earth Sciences markets. The technology is modeled on the powerful human cognitive perception processes to extract intelligence from images. Definiens provides organizations with faster image analysis results, allowing deeper insights enabling better business decisions. The company is headquartered in Munich, Germany and has offices throughout the United States. Further information is available at www.definiens.com.

Definiens, Definiens Cognition Network Technology, Definiens eCognition, Enterprise Image Intelligence and Understanding Images are trademarks or registered trademarks of Definiens

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specifically designed for our geo-spatial analysis customers and community

In the last issue of Definiens Insight, the article “Realization of Your (Shared) Ideas”, noted that “one of the great challenges (and opportunities) facing Definiens is the facilitation of collaboration within our user community.” We are now only a few short weeks from providing a response to this challenge with the launch of a new website exclusively for Definiens’ geo-spatial analysis customers and community.
Highlighting the new website will be the introduction of an extensive knowledge-share environment: the eCognition Community. The community will provide free access to collaboration tools such as an eCognition wiki, user blogs and discussions, video, image and file sharing, and a new eCognition ruleware exchange.
A desktop applet will also be available so that community resources can be rapidly searched and accessed directly from a user’s desktop. Community subgroups will focus on special collaboration areas, such as Academic Centers of Excellence, beta software testing, or specific application types.
In time, the eCognition Community will not only change the way we communicate, document, collaborate, and share, but also how we use Definiens software. Community members will benefit from unprecidented levels of access to the latest information updates, product insights, and knowledge from the global network of Definiens software users.

Todd Douglas Taylor
Senior Marketing Manager
Definiens Earth Sciences Division

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