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Overwatch Geospatial Systems will provide free geospatial data production training for “Building 3D City Models from Imagery and Lidar”. The training is scheduled for Friday, August 8, 2008 at San Diego State University and space is limited to the first 20 registered attendees.
The training will develop feature extraction skills to build, analyze and publish a 3D city model from satellite imagery and airborne LIDAR data using the Feature Analyst®, LIDAR Analyst®, Urban Analyst™ software . Seats are limited, and registration is needed prior to attendance. Those who would like more information can email Marilyn Lee at mlee@overwatch.textron.com.
Overwatch Geospatial Systems will also host a User Group Meeting on Wednesday, August 6, 2008 from 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. in room 23 C of the San Diego Convention Center. The meeting will showcase feature extraction projects using the Feature Analyst, LIDAR Analyst, Urban Analyst software as well as preview new tools planned for the 5.0 release. Attendees are welcome to bring questions and provide input during the session.
RoadTracker from GEOEYE extends the ease-of-use and time-saving advantages of Feature Analyst by adding new capabilities for the many government and industry users of Overwatch Geospatial Systems’ suite of tools.
RoadTracker accelerates the collection of roads and other linear features from satellite or aerial imagery by allowing users to click on two ends of a linear feature, such as a road, prompting the software to automatically trace the centerline of the feature between the two endpoints, curves and all. This new tool also includes automatic feature attribution, and other smart editing capabilities that greatly improve speed, accuracy and workflow when collecting map-quality linear features. This application is functional on any road surface type using either panchromatic or multi-spectral imagery.
“RoadTracker provides a solution to image analysts’ pressing feature-extraction needs. We have worked closely with GeoEye to integrate their technology with ours, and have created a powerful solution for Feature Analyst users,” stated David Opitz, president of Overwatch Geospatial Systems’ VLS Operations. RoadTracker is now available on all base packages where Feature Analyst 4.2 resides, including Remote View™, ELT™, ArcGIS® and ERDAS IMAGINE®.
RemoteView Windows users will now be able to utilize the most accurate and rigorous sensor models available to the DoD community. The CSM sensor models include those used in the Joint Targeting Workstation (JTW) as part of the Precision Targeting Workstation (PTW). The Community Sensor Model program was designed to bring the power of a large variety of rigorous sensor models to RemoteView users. These include GlobalHawk EO and SAR, ASARS-2A, SYERS-2, and sensor models used on other tactical platforms including F-16 TARS MAEO, SHARP, APS-149, as well as national models
including DPPDB and others. These sensor models will provide more accurate geolocation capability as well as the new capability to register tactical images to national control images using the most accurate and photogrammetricaly rigorous methods. The models can also be used for Multi-Image Geopositioning (MIG). The CSM sensor models can be requested
by customers directly from the CSM program office and can be installed in any directory on the system or network. The models will load as plugin modules when RemoteView is started up. For information on how to request the sensor models and other questions, please contact Eugene Rose at gene.rose@overwatch.com