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CATALYST OnBoard

Maximize the value in every image capture with CATALYST OnBoard - the fastest and simplest way to process and deliver high quality imagery to your customers.

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CATALYST OnBoard transforms the way satellite imagery is processed and delivered – by leveraging our proven science, you will be able to implement operational data processing pipelines in hours – not weeks.  
Completely sensor agnostic and configurable to the requirements of your satellite’s individual specification, it integrates seamlessly into data pipelines at design or build stage to optimize successful production from first light.
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Proven science
Proven science
Smarter, automated processing
Smarter, automated processing
Mission-configurable workflows
Mission-configurable workflows
15x faster processing speeds
15x faster processing speeds
Mission ready from first flight
Mission ready from first flight
Scalable with cost predictability
Scalable with cost predictability
Tried, tested, trusted.
When the demand for faster, higher quality images is on the rise, time spent testing new workflows costs critical mission time and budget.

Derived from proven, trusted science developed over 40 years, CATALYST OnBoard workflows are mission ready the moment they’re integrated into data pipelines. 
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Smart processing means more high-quality images.  

Not every image captured will be suitable for your client’s needs, so why spend money processing and archiving thousands of unsuitable images?  

CATALYST OnBoard assesses the quality and suitability of each image capture before downlink so you only process and refine the images you need. 

Improved efficiency, reduced cost and maximized image quality.  

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Configured to every mission.
No two missions are the same, so why deploy a one-size-fits-all approach to workflows?

CATALYST OnBoard algorithms are hosted on major cloud providers, meaning it’s possible to isolate and configure standalone, executable packages to meet your precise image-capture requirements. 

Rather than paying for an entire suite of algorithms, simply select the perfect set for your imagery capture mission.  
Diagram showing the CATALYST OnBoard library and containers
What does 10-15x faster actually look like?
Processing speeds that pay for themselves. 
Our highly optimized processing workflows outperform the competition and reduce your compute time by a factor of up to 15x. 

Whether you’re processing on premise or in the cloud, latency matters. Drastic improvements in processing speeds means lower compute costs, and massive savings. 
CATALYST OnBoard
PROJECT COSTING
COST CERTAINTY

Total time: N/A

  • Register for a free API token
  • Calculate cost based on consumption model
    • Price includes: data, hardware, software, infrastructure
  • Submit competitive quote
PROJECT SETUP
NO INSTALLATION OR CONFIGURATION

Total time: ~6 person hours

  • Learning Curve (4 hours)
  • Build workflow (2 hours)
RUN PROJECT
NO DOWNLOAD, FULL SCALABILITY

Total time: <10 minutes

  • Run process on 10,000 microservices (5 minutes)
  • Initialize 10,000 microservices in a few minutes at no extra cost
  • Microservices initialize on a cloud server next to the data
  • 10,000 images run in parallel at 5min per image
Diagram showing CATALYST Microservices data flow
DELIVERY
TRANSFER RESULTS

Total time: 12 hours (+1 business day)

  • Transfer files to client server (12 hour upload)
Traditional Tech
PROJECT COSTING
ESTIMATED COST

Total time: N/A

  • Estimate cost of hardware (processing time)
  • Estimate cost allocation of software
  • Calculate cost of data
  • Build buffer to account for unaccounted costs
  • Submit quote with price buffer
PROJECT SETUP
INSTALL AND CONFIGURE HARDWARE

Total time: ~18 person hours (+2 business days)

  • Purchase and obtain software licenses (8 hours)
  • Install and configure processing server (4 hours)
  • Learning Curve (4 hours)
  • Build workflow (2 hours)
RUN PROJECT
DOWNLOAD DATA, LIMITED SCALABILITY
Total time: ~84 hours (4 business days)
  • Download data from cloud (12 hours)
  • Run process on 2 local processing servers (3.5 days)
    • Each server can run 5 images in parallel
    • 10 images run in parallel at 5min per image
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DELIVERY
TRANSFER RESULTS

Total time: 12 hours (+1 business day)

  • Transfer files to client server (12 hour upload)
Processing speeds that pay for themselves. 
Our highly optimized processing workflows outperform the competition and reduce your compute time by a factor of up to 15x. 

Whether you’re processing on premise or in the cloud, latency matters. Drastic improvements in processing speeds means lower compute costs, and massive savings. 
CATALYST OnBoard
Project Turnaround Time
0 Hours
Other Benefits
  • Scaled the process to run all 10,000 images in parallel at the same price as running each in sequence
  • Cost certainty made it easy to submit the most competitive price point
  • Cost certainty eliminated risk to the profit margin
  • Reduced wasteful costs and time by eliminating unnecessary data transfer and storage
  • No installation or configuration of software and hardware simplifies and accelerates setup
Traditional Tech (Status Quo)
Project Turnaround Time
0 Days
Other Challenges
  • Expensive and time consuming to scale (increase processing capacity)
  • Often build in price buffer to manage cost uncertainty  
  • Added transfer and storage costs
  • Requires installation and hardware configuration
Eliminate retrofitting costs and delays.

Downtime, however short, is undesirable on any mission. 

Downtime due to missing or incompatible workflows, however, is completely avoidable.

CATALYST OnBoard workflows can be selected, integrated and tested at both design and build stage, equipping your satellite with the processing capabilities required from the moment it starts capturing images.

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Scalability with cost predictability .
CATALYST OnBoard workflows can be deployed on major cloud providers, when your needs change simply add or reduce workflows as required to meet both your mission deliverables and budget
Diagram showing scalability with cost predictability
Microservice architecture means massive scalability .
CATALYST OnBoard can be deployed through a microservices architecture. 

By creating small, scalable packages (Docker Containers), standalone executable software with everything needed to run a process can be orchestrated and deployed at scale. 

These containers are lightweight and can run on any server (and OS) without the need for installation or configuration, making it possible to deploy and scale them on any of our cloud partner servers in seconds. 

CATALYST OnBoard leverages the extensive library of containerized workflows and algorithms deployed as microservices, automating and simplifying deployment, eliminating costly waste, and automatically scaling with your project requirements. 
Diagram showing the Catalyst OnBoard architecture
Explore our existing workflows. 
TYPE Capability Description Support
PHOTOGRAMMETRY GCP Collection Automatically collect and refine ground control points against a reference image Satellite, Aerial, UAV
PHOTOGRAMMETRY Bundle Adjustment Automatically collect tie points to align adjacent images in a project Satellite, Aerial, UAV
PHOTOGRAMMETRY Satellite Orthorectification Orthorectify satellite imagery using the most accurate supporting model Satellite
PHOTOGRAMMETRY Airphoto Orthorectification Orthorectify digital, UAV, analog or pushbroom airphotos Aerial, UAV
PHOTOGRAMMETRY True Orthorectification Create True Orthorectified images from multiple overlapping images of Aerial and UAV images Aerial, UAV
PHOTOGRAMMETRY SAR Orthorectification Orthorectify SAR imagery Radar
PHOTOGRAMMETRY DEM Extraction Extract 3D digital elevation models (DEM) and digital surface models (DSM) using semi global matching Satellite, Aerial, UAV
PHOTOGRAMMETRY Digital Terrain Model Filtering Create digital terrain models (DTM) by filtering out surface features from DSMs or DEMs DEM
PHOTOGRAMMETRY Super Registration Align any image to 1/10th of a pixel accuracy Satellite, Aerial, UAV
PHOTOGRAMMETRY SAR DEM Extraction (Stereo) Extract 3D DEMs from SAR stereo imagery Radar
PHOTOGRAMMETRY Mosaic Seamline Generation Automatically calculate the best path for seamlines to eliminate visible seams Satellite, Aerial, UAV
PHOTOGRAMMETRY Mosaic Colour Balancing Automatically balance the color of all images in a mosaicking project Satellite, Aerial, UAV
PHOTOGRAMMETRY Mosaic Tiling Automatically tile a mosaic for easier storage Satellite, Aerial, UAV
PHOTOGRAMMETRY Mosaic Preview Generate a low resolution mosaic preview for quality assurance Satellite, Aerial, UAV
IMAGE PREPROCESSING Principle Component Analysis Reduce dimensionality and improve classification with eigen decomposition Satellite, Aerial, UAV
IMAGE PREPROCESSING Texture Measurement Analyse the texture of features in images Satellite, Aerial, UAV, Radar, DEM
IMAGE PREPROCESSING Atmospheric Correction Convert satellite DN values to ground reflectance using a physical model Satellite
IMAGE PREPROCESSING Haze Removal reduce the visual and scientific impact of haze in satellite images Satellite
IMAGE PREPROCESSING Cloud Masking Automatically mask clouds Satellite
IMAGE PREPROCESSING Spectral Pre Classification Preclassify pixels using Modis data for improved modelling Satellite
IMAGE PREPROCESSING Pansharpeing Panchromatic sharpening to increase the resolution of multispectral images Satellite
IMAGE PREPROCESSING Image Fusion Scientific method to increase multispectral resolution using a panchromatic pair that maintains the radiometric integrity of the multispectral image Satellite
IMAGE PREPROCESSING Masking Create custom masks for inclusion or exclusion in modeling, analysis and mosaicking Satellite, Aerial, UAV, Radar, DEM
IMAGE PREPROCESSING Filtering Low and high pass filtering Satellite, Aerial, UAV, Radar, DEM
IMAGE PREPROCESSING Reprojecting Change the geographic coordinate systems and projections of imagery and vectors Satellite, Aerial, UAV, Radar, DEM
IMAGE PREPROCESSING Image Enhancing Enhance the histogram of images Satellite, Aerial, UAV, Radar, DEM
IMAGE PREPROCESSING Morpholocical Operations Dissolve and erode pixel mask boundaries (bitmaps) Satellite, Aerial, UAV, Radar, DEM
IMAGE PREPROCESSING Resampling Resample imagery/rasters to higher or lower resolutions Satellite, Aerial, UAV, Radar, DEM
IMAGE ANALYTICS Vector Analysis Intersection, overlay, neighborhood Vector
IMAGE ANALYTICS Object-based classification Object-based image classification using advanced machine learning algorithms Satellite, Aerial, UAV, Radar, DEM
IMAGE ANALYTICS Change Detection Object and pixel-based image change detection Satellite, Aerial, UAV, Radar, DEM
IMAGE ANALYTICS Feature extraction Object and pixel feature extraction using machine learning and heuristics Satellite, Aerial, UAV, Radar, DEM
IMAGE ANALYTICS Lineament Extraction Extract linear features from an image Satellite, Aerial, UAV, Radar, DEM
IMAGE ANALYTICS Image statistics Collect and chart statistics from imagery, such as histograms Satellite, Aerial, UAV, Radar, DEM
IMAGE ANALYTICS Vegetation Analysis Over 30 different vegetation indices for RGB and MS imagery Satellite, Aerial, UAV
IMAGE ANALYTICS Pixel-based classification Classify and cluster image pixels using supervised and unsupervised machine learning techniques Satellite, Aerial, UAV
SAR & INSAR Deformation Analysis Measure up to millimeter precision ground deformation (ground movement) from SAR pairs using InSAR Radar
SAR & INSAR SAR Orthorectification Orthorectify SAR imagery Radar
SAR & INSAR SAR DEM Extraction (InSAR) Extract 3D DEMs from SAR imagery using InSAR Radar
SAR & INSAR SAR DEM Extraction (Stereo) Extract 3D DEMs from SAR stereo imagery Radar
SAR & INSAR SAR Change Detection Change detection using phase, amplitude and or coherence from single, dual, full and compact Polarimetric SAR imagery Radar
SAR & INSAR Compact Polarimetry Support for compact polarimetry workflows Radar
SAR & INSAR SAR filters A variety of specialized filters for SAR imagery Radar
SAR & INSAR SAR Object Based Classification Object-based image classification using advanced machine learning algorithms Radar
ANALYSIS READY DATA Geometric Correction Fully automated geometric correction based on CARD4L specifications Satellite
ANALYSIS READY DATA Radiometric Correction Fully automated radiometric correction based on CARD4L specifications Satellite
ANALYSIS READY DATA Image Fusion Multi-resolution Analysis for scientific pansharpening. This technique retains the spectral fidelity of the MS image during the pansharpening process Satellite
ANALYSIS READY DATA CARD4L Product Packaging Metadata, report and file format creation basd on CARD4L specifications Satellite
UTILITIES File Conversion Convert imagery between popular file formats Satellite, Aerial, UAV, Radar, DEM
UTILITIES Data Conversion Convert bit-depth, interleaving and more Satellite, Aerial, UAV, Radar, DEM
UTILITIES Bitmap and Vector Conversions Convert between bitmaps, points, lines and polygons Vector
UTILITIES Data Merge Combines multiple bands from several files into a singe file by using the georeferencing of the source files Satellite, Aerial, UAV, Radar, DEM
UTILITIES Reprojecting Change the geographic coordinate systems and projections of imagery and vectors Satellite, Aerial, UAV, Radar, DEM
TYPE Capability Description Support
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