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White Papers
Monitoring Ground Movement Risk with State-of-the-art InSAR
Overview Uplift and subsidence are ground displacements that can put dangerous strain on critical infrastructure, such as pipelines, buildings, dams, and roadways. To facilitate affordable,
Target Scattering Decomposition
The Kennaugh–Huynen scattering matrix condiagonalization is projected into the Pauli basis to derive a new scattering vector model for the representation of coherent target scattering.
SAR Orthorectification and Mosaicking
The data in this mosaic covers a wide range of sea states and wind speeds which accounts for the variation of the backscattering from the
Change Detection using SAR Data
The ability to identify and measure significant changes in target scattering and/or polarimetric parameters at known and co-located image locations provides a very powerful tool
Improving Airphoto Processing with Automated Functions
The need for airphoto processing in resource, security, planning and other applications is continually increasing. How can these demands be met? Large scale projects require
Wetland Characterization
New computational environments are emerging – cloud computing which promises to provide vast computational resources on demand. Many corporations are moving to such environments to
Improving Airphoto Processing with Automated Functions
The need for airphoto processing in resource, security, planning and other applications is continually increasing. How can these demands be met? Large scale projects require
Empirical line model for the atmospheric correction of sentinel-2A MSI images in the Caribbean Islands
An Empirical Line Model (ELM) was tested to correct Sentinel-2A (MSI) images acquired in the tropical archipelago of San Andrés, Colombia. This approach uses a
Semi-Automated Historical Airphoto Processing
Geometric Correction of historical imagery is a complicated, time consuming and expensive operation. Due to a lack of development related to streamlining these operations, a
CATALYST Enterprise Pansharp Test Results
After demonstrating the exceptional performance improvement in the orthorectification module (approximately fourteen-fold – see CATALYST Enterprise Ortho Performance Whitepaper), the same approach has been applied
CATALYST Enterprise Ortho Performance Test Results
CATALYST has developed new, high-speed, orthorectification functions. The code takes advantage of modern, multi-core processor architecture, as well as NVIDIA’s Graphical Processing Units (GPUs), to
On Demand Satellite Image Processing
New computational environments are emerging – cloud computing which promises to provide vast computational resources on demand. Many corporations are moving to such environments to
CATALYST Enterprise – AutoDEM Process Overview and Performance
This report details the performance of the new DEM extraction application for the CATALYST Enterprise system. The main logic of the application is based on
Accurate, Detailed Elevation Models
This article describes how high resolution satellite data can be used to extract accurate digital elevation model (DEM) for a mining application in the Amazon
Articles
Case Studies
KSAT advances to sensor agnostic automated services to support multi-mission projects
Looking to modernize delivery of high quality imagery faster, KSAT found their solution with CATALYST. Developing a brand new, custom ortho-mosaicking workflow, with pan-sharpening capabilities
PG Ventures Harnesses CATALYST Data Through AWS Data Exchange to Build Innovative Environmental Monitoring Tool
PG Ventures, the digital innovation arm of TSR Poland, discovered the powers of CATALYST’s ground displacement data when exploring solutions to address issues related to
Canada Applies Open Data Cube to Assess National Land-use Change
Canada’s Pollutant Inventories and Reporting Division (PIRD), a division of Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC), faces the massive task of creating a greenhouse gas
EOfactory Scales Up Earth Image Processing on the Cloud.
EOfactory scales up to provide geospatial users nearly limitless image processing capabilities using CATALYST Microservices Platform. Complete Form To Access PDF Download PDF Results: A
How a leading space agency is preparing for the future of image analytics.
What is our country’s estimated crop yield this year? How much food will we need to import? Will we have enough water for our nation’s
Object Analyst Feasibility Study on Per Parcel Stormwater Taxation
CATALYST has a full set of object-based image analysis (OBIA) tools that can be used to quickly and accurately extract impermeable land area on a
ILLICIT CROP MONITORING
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) operates several projects that provide detection data to governments where illicit crops are grown including Colombia,
Using InSAR for SteamInjection Monitoring in Cold Lake, Alberta
Leveraging CATALYST Enterprise’s rapid processing capability made it possible to optimize image selection from over 50,000 archive RapidEye images. Download PDF Results: Using commercially available
Introducing Remotely Sensed Data to Lower Costs and Increase Efficiency in Agricultural Management.
To identify stressed vegetation in the most cost-effective way possible, high-resolution satellite data can be purchased in areas covering the fi elds in question. Five-meter
University of Calgary Monitors Arctic Sea Ice with CATALYST Professional Radar Suite
Sea ice can be difficult to study because of the remote and hazardous locations in which is exists. Remotely sensed SAR data is one half of
Structural Mapping and Lineament Analysis For Petroleum Exploration with Remote Sensing Data.
The Perenco Group utilizes CATALYST Professional Software to help them identify and analyze surface lineaments to streamline their exploration efforts Download PDF Results: A nation-wide
Norwegian Geological Survey analyzes Aster imagery in ArcGIS
The Geological Survey of Norway makes use of Catalyst’s new GeoImaging Tools for ArcGIS to reduce the cost of mapping the bedrock in the Rogaland
Historical Airphoto Processing finds new uses for archival photographs
Catalyst’s Historical Airphoto Correction workfl ow was designed to consider the various problems that are often encountered with historical imagery. Several factors make historical airphotos
Country Mapping through CATALYST Enterprise and Rapid Eye Image Processing
The RapidEye constellation makes it possible to collect massive amounts of imagery, which is critical to ensure cloud free images are available for analysis. This
Glacier Bay National Park Snow and Ice Analysis
Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, located on the South Eastern Alaska coastline, is home to spectacular glaciers and ice fields. The park is designated
