Fuze Go Plugin for ENVI to be Unveiled at Esri User Conference

Scene Sharp USA will formally introduce the Fuze Go Plugin for ENVI this week at the Esri User Conference in San Diego. The plugin gives ENVI software users access to Fuze Go MS Sharp, an automated multispectral image fusion software which can simultaneously fuse up to 30 spectral bands of data from inside the popular ENVI geospatial processing package.

“The Exelis ENVI software is widely known for its multi- and hyperspectral image processing capabilities and is an ideal platform for geospatial information users to access the automated Fuze Go MS Sharp image fusion software,” said Ian Lucas, President and CEO of Scene Sharp Technologies Incorporated™.

Scene Sharp will demonstrate the Fuze Go plugin for ENVI along with the full line of Fuze Go software products in booth #410 at the Esri User Conference being held July 14-18 in San Diego.

The plugin gives users the option of accessing the Fuze Go MS Sharp software either within the ENVI workflow or outside of it so that fusion can be performed as a stand-alone application. This frees up the ENVI software license for other image processing activities. No GIS or image processing experience is needed to utilize the Fuze Go tools.

Fuze Go is a fully automated technology that enables users to quickly and easily fuse data sets to add color to non-colorized satellite and aerial imagery with just a few mouse clicks. One of its most common applications is pan-sharpening. By colorizing image data, GIS users can visualize and extract richer information content from remotely sensed data to make better informed decisions.

Also at the 2014 Esri UC, Scene Sharp USA will demonstrate the powerful processing capabilities in its Fuze Go SAR Sharp application, which was designed for more effective exploitation of data captured by satellite-based synthetic aperture radar (SAR) sensors. Fuze Go SAR Sharp fuses gray-scale radar data with optical multispectral bands to colorize the SAR data set. An industry first is the “Dynamic Reader” which allows pre-process on the fly viewing of SAR imagery with real time adjustment of color intensity being added to the scene.

Fuze Go MS Sharp and SAR Sharp are available for purchase for an annual license fee. Batch processing versions of the software packages are also offered to perform automatic fusion of multiple optical or SAR scenes.

To learn more about the Fuze Go products, please contact Kevin Marasch at 1-216-901-9800. Please visit www.fuzego.com to try the software at no charge for 15 days.

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How to import Arc shapefiles to ENVI format

Someone asked me this question: How to import Arc shapefiles to ENVI format?

Answer:
1) Vector > Open Vector File and then change the file extension droplist to Shapefile(*.shp) and chose your file.

2) You now should have the Import Vector Files Parameters dialog open. Chose a map projection

3) The next dialog is the Available Vectors List. Here you should see Layer: yourfile.shp. Click to chose it and then chose File > Export Layers

Thanks to the ITT forum.

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What Happens When Reading MODIS Level 1 Data

This is what happens when reading MODIS Level 1 data. I took this solution from the ENVI help and inforest.gr forum.

* MODIS: Reads MODISModerate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer; a NASA EOS sensor aboard the Aqua and Terra satellites. Level 1B, 2, 3, or 4 files (MODIS products MOD02-MOD44 and MYD02-MYD44). The gainIn ENVI, a value that is multiplied by the pixel value to scale it into physically meaningful units of radiance: radiance = DN * gain + offset and offsetIn the context of remote sensing: A correction value added
to or subtracted from every pixel in an image, typically by using image arithmetic (Band Math in ENVI). A variable added to the gain in a regression equation for sensor calibration. The number of bytes of embedded header information present in the file (ENVI skips these bytes when reading the file).

Values are also extracted from the HDF metadata. These values are automatically applied when ENVI converts the 16-bit data in the input file to calibrated floating-point data. The resulting emissive and reflectance data are unitless. The units of the radiance data are W/m2/m/sr. You can disable applying gains and offsets information with the Auto-Correct ASTER/MODIS preference.

Note: For EOS MODIS Level 1B files, values greater than 32767 (which indicate invalid data) are replaced by -1 when applying the gains and offsets. The data ignore value in the ENVI header is also set to -1.

To open MODIS products M*D08*, M*D27HV, M*D27W, M*D43B1, M*D43B1C, M*D43B2, M*D43B2C, M*D43B3, M*D43B3C, M*D43C2, M*DATML2, use File > Open External File > Generic Formats > HDF.

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IDL and ENVI VISualize 2011 Event

Please make plans to join your fellow IDL and ENVI users at VISualize 2011 in Washington, DC from April 12 - 14. VISualize is designed to bring together IDL and ENVI users to provide opportunities for networking, sharing ideas, and working on strategies that advance our geospatial, scientific data analysis and visualization community.

In response to the request for workshops for both IDL and ENVI, we have expanded VISualize to three days. You are welcome to attend one, two, or all three days.

ITT VIS is now accepting abstracts for VISualize 2011. If you have an interesting application, a desire to report success that furthered your research, or want to demonstrate a creative approach using ENVI or IDL, VISualize 2011 offers the perfect venue to share it with your peers or to get feedback from other users in the community.

Suggestions for topic areas include, but are certainly not limited to:

* Remote Sensing, GIS and Geospatial Applications
* Atmospheric & Climate Applications
* Data Analysis & Visualization
* Astronomy, Astrophysics & Planetary Physics
* Medical/Biological Applications

Abstract submission deadline is March 11, 2011. Your abstract submission should include the title of your presentation, your name and contact information, the organization you are representing, a short informal description of your proposed presentation, and a short biography. Please submit your abstract via email to hcline@ittvis.com.

When - 04/12/11 8:30 am - 04/14/11 4:30 pm

Where - World Wildlife Fund
1250 24th St NW #6, Washington, DC 20037
USA

Register here.

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Using ENVI for Image Analysis of Vegetation - Webinar

Using ENVI for Image Analysis of Vegetation. Please join us for this one hour webinar to learn about the wide array of tools ENVI offers for remote sensing applications of vegetation. Many applications today rely on the knowledge of vegetation health in a given region and over a span of time. By using ENVI with multispectral and hyperspectral data sets, much information can be determined about the state of vegetation over a given site. In this webinar, you will learn about the following topics:

* How remote sensing of vegetation goes way beyond simple NDVI analysis
* ENVI’s vegetation indices and what you can derive from them
* How ENVI can help track vegetation health over time
* How vegetation health is used in various applications like monitoring urban encroachment, tracking pollution, crop fraud enforcement and more
* How to incorporate the results from ENVI into your GIS

No previous experience with ENVI or image analysis is required for this webinar. Preregistration is required.

This webinar will be offered at three different times:

Thursday, August 26, 2010
11 AM Singapore Time - register
2 PM London Time - register
2 PM New York Time - register

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Learn Programming with IDL - Training

CLASS HOURS: 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM

Scientific Programming with IDL - IDL has long been used by scientists as an interactive tool for tackling research problems. Although it's easy to learn the basics of IDL, most scientists do so by trial and error under the pressure of completing a deliverable. Because of this, even long-time IDL users aren't always familiar with many of the programming tips and techniques built into IDL. Scientific Programming with IDL is a three-day course on programming with IDL.

In the course, we focus on programming methods and best practices in IDL. We also explore techniques for data access, analysis, visualization and output that make IDL useful for scientists in research settings.

Prerequisites: This course is directed at IDL users who want a refresher, or who want to see the “right way” to program in IDL.

Topics Include:

* The IDL Workbench
* Language
* Programming Techniques
* Code Performance
* Data Access
* Data Visualization
* Map Projections
* Vector and Raster Outputs
* Linking
* Resources

Cost: $ 1,500

When: Wednesday, September 29, 2010 - Friday, October 1, 2010

Where:
ITT Visual Information Solutions
12930 Worldgate Drive
Herndon, Virginia 20170
303-786-9900

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Spectral Analysis with ENVI - IDL and ENVI Training

CLASS HOURS: 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM
September 14, 2010 – Herndon, VA

Spectral Analysis with ENVI - Discover the power of the spectral analysis tools that make ENVI the industry leader in imagery exploitation. This four-day course focuses on understanding the theory behind spectral imaging, and then how to use ENVI’s analysis and mapping algorithms for today’s image analysis applications. Topics covered include multispectral image classification, principle components analysis, spectral libraries, spectral signatures, whole-pixel and sub-pixel mapping, and ENVI’s powerful endmember extraction algorithms. We will use data from several of the most widely used sensors, including AVIRIS, AISA and HYMAP.

Prerequisites: Working knowledge of ENVI and a good understanding of multispectral imaging and remote sensing knowledge is necessary to take advantage of what this course has to offer.

Topics Include:

* Multispectral Concepts and Analysis
* Multispectral Image Classification
* Evaluating Classification Results
* Georeferencing and Mosaicking
* Data Preprocessing - Converting from Radiance to Reflectance
* Principle Components Analysis
* Spectral Libraries
* Whole and Sub Pixel Analysis
* Identifying Image Derived Endmembers
* Identifiying Image Endmembers with the Spectral Analyst


Cost: $ 2,000

Register here.

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VISualize 2010 - IDL and ENVI Seminar

Please make plans to join your fellow IDL and ENVI users at VISualize 2010 in Washington, DC on May 19-20. VISualize is designed to bring together IDL and ENVI users to provide opportunities for networking, sharing ideas, and working on strategies that advance our scientific data analysis and visualization community.

IDL Topics: May 19

· Some Useful Routines in the JHUAPL Library
· CASVU: The Cassini Saturn Visual Data Analysis Software Tool
· IDL as a Tool for Astrophysics Classes
· IDL 8.0 – The IDL Roadmap
· Data Mining and Visualization for Radio Astronomy
· Visualization of 4D Weather Cubes

ENVI Topics: May 20

· Remote Sensing Grain Crops with ENVI
· MRO CRISM Hyperspectral Data Filtering
· The ENVI Roadmap
· ArcGIS and ENVI Integration Using Python
· 3D Urban Terrain Generation using Airborne Hyperspectral and LIDAR Data
· On-Demand Remote Sensing and GIS Technology Demonstrator (Fire Response)

When:
05/19/10 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM

Where:
VISualize 2010
World Wildlife Fund, 1250 24th St NW #6, Washington, DC 20037
USA

Register here.

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VISualize 2010 - IDL and ENVI User Group Meeting

Please make plans to join your fellow IDL and ENVI users at VISualize 2010 in Washington, DC on May 19-20. VISualize is designed to bring together IDL and ENVI users to provide opportunities for networking, sharing ideas, and working on strategies that advance our scientific data analysis and visualization community.

Abstracts are now being accepted for VISualize 2010. If you have an interesting application, want to report success in furthering your research, or want to demonstrate a creative approach using ENVI or IDL, VISualize 2010 is the perfect opportunity to share it with your peers or to get feedback from other users in the community.

Suggestions for topic areas include, but are certainly not limited to:
* Atmospheric & Climate Applications
* Data Analysis & Visualization
* Astronomy, Astrophysics & Planetary Physics
* Remote Sensing, GIS and Geospatial Applications
* Medical/Biologic Applications

Abstract submission deadline is April 8, 2010. Your abstract submission should include the title of your presentation, your name and contact information, the organization you are representing, a short informal description of your proposed presentation, and a short biography. Please submit your abstract via email to hcline@ittvis.com.

When: 05/19/10 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM

Where: VISualize 2010, World Wildlife Fund, 1250 24th St NW #6, Washington, DC 20037
USA

Register Now.

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ENVI Image Processing Software supports RapidEye Images

RapidEye announced that ENVI 4.7, the latest release of ENVI software from ITT Visual Information Solutions, supports RapidEye levels 1B and 3A data products. ENVI 4.7 allows RapidEye consumers to easily access, process, analyze and share information from RapidEye images.

The new capability introduced in ENVI 4.7 provides ENVI users with RapidEye satellite sensor support, the ability to orthorectify RapidEye data using RPCs, and extract DEMs from its stereo pairs. In addition to the support available in ENVI, ENVI's add-on Atmospheric Correction Module now also allows users to correct RapidEye imagery for atmospheric interference.

For more information please visit www.ittvis.com or www.rapideye.de.

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IDL and ENVI Training Classes: October to December 2009

As an ENVI or IDL user, you've already chosen the right tools to help you get important information from your data or images. Now, take the next step to success by attending a training class, led by our professional instructors, to learn how to use IDL and ENVI to achieve your project goals. Register now for one of the October - December 2009 classes below.

Processing SAR data using SARscape ENVI Module - Boulder, CO
October 12-15, 2009
Do you have SAR (Synthetic Aperture Radar) data you need to process? In this course you will learn how to use the SARscape module of ENVI to generate meaningful SAR products from different kind of SAR data. This four day course will focus on different aspects of SAR processing such as: Basic SAR Processing (focusing, multilooking, filtering, geocoding,…), SAR and DinSAR interferometry, Pertinent Scatterer (PS) approach, Polarimetry (basic polarimetry processing and PolInSAR).

Exploring ENVI - Vienna, VA
October 20-23, 2009
Exploring ENVI will teach you the basics of using ENVI for image processing and analysis. Topics include reading and writing files, basic analysis functionality, image georectification, GIS overlay, and multispectral classification. You’ll also be introduced to ENVI’s advanced spectral analysis capabilities with a wide variety of image types.

Introduction to IDL - Vienna, VA
October 28-30, 2009
Introduction to IDL is a three-day course that provides professionals and students with a working knowledge of the IDL programming language. The course is focused on using IDL for data exploration, visualization and analysis, with examples from astronomy, atmospheric science, remote sensing and medical imaging.

Exploring ENVI - Vienna, VA
November 03-06, 2009
Exploring ENVI will teach you the basics of using ENVI for image processing and analysis. Topics include reading and writing files, basic analysis functionality, image georectification, GIS overlay, and multispectral classification. You’ll also be introduced to ENVI’s advanced spectral analysis capabilities with a wide variety of image types.

Spectral Analysis with ENVI - Boulder, CO
December 01-04, 2009
This four-day course focuses on understanding the theory behind spectral imaging, and then how to use ENVI’s analysis and mapping algorithms for today’s image analysis applications. Topics covered include multispectral image classification, principle components analysis, spectral libraries, spectral signatures, whole-pixel and sub-pixel mapping, and ENVI’s powerful endmember extraction algorithms. We will use data from several of the most widely used sensors, including AVIRIS, AISA and HYMAP.

Scientific Programming with IDL - Boulder, CO
December 9-11, 2009
Scientific Programming with IDL is a three-day course on programming with IDL. In the course, we focus on programming methods and best practices in IDL. We also explore techniques for data access, analysis, visualization and output that make IDL useful for scientists in research settings.

To learn more about ITT training for IDL and ENVI you can visit the training link.

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Hyperion Tools for ENVI Software

Got a Hyperion image you want to view on ENVI program? I haven't used any Hyperion image before with ENVI. When I happen to download one, I had a problem viewing or opening using the software ENVI. ENVI could not read the file, it just says with an error window.

But there are always tools and some get-around to display or load the Hyperion image. The ITT Visual Information Solutions Code Contribution Library has links to the Hyperion Tools that you can download for free and use.

The Hyperion Tools plugin is designed to facilitate the use of Hyperion data in ENVI. Its most basic functionality is to convert Level 1R HDF and Level 1G/1T HDF and GeoTIFF datasets into ENVI format files that contain wavelength, full width half maximum, and bad band information. Also included are options specific to each input dataset format that further aid in using Hyperion data within ENVI.

To install the Hyperion import program simply download the file and move it to the "save_add" subfolder of the ENVI installation:

ENVI 4.3 and older:
- Windows : C:\RSI\IDL##\products\envi##\save_add\
- Mac OS X : /Applications/rsi/idl_#.#/products/envi_#.#/save_add/
- UNIX/Linux : /usr/local/rsi/idl_#.#/products/envi_#.#/save_add/

ENVI 4.4 and newer:
- Windows : C:\Program Files\ITT\IDL##\products\envi##\save_add\
- Mac OS X : /Applications/itt/idl##/products/envi##/save_add/
- UNIX/Linux : /usr/local/itt/idl##/products/envi##/save_add/

Once this is accomplished, restart ENVI and a new menu item will be added to the software: File > Open External File > EO-1 > Hyperion. This user function provides a custom input utility for Hyperion Level 1 data. The user function will automatically convert the data from HDF to ENVI Standard format, define wavelength / FWHM / bad bands list metadata, and provide an option to repair areas of bad data using an interpolation technique. As a byproduct of the data input process, this user function also outputs an ASCII text file that contains the appropriate scale factors for input into the FLAASH atmospheric correction module.

Find the free download file here.

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ENVI Band Math Tutorial, Help Guide

Looking for the ENVI Band Math tutorial or help guide? Look no more. I found a useful ENVI Band Math tutorial document from ENVI's users guide.

ENVI Band Math is a flexible image processing tool with many capabilities not available in any other image processing system. You can use ENVI's Band Math dialog to define bands or files used as input, to call a user Band Math function, and to write the result to a file or memory. ENVI's Band Math function accesses data spatially by mapping variables to bands or files. Spatial data that are too large to read entirely into memory are automatically accessed using ENVI's data tiling.

I found the document while searching for the right Band Math expression for the different data types and their casting functions. Here are few of them: data type, casting function, dynamic range.

Byte: byte() : - 0 to 255

Integer: fix() : -32768 to + 32767

Unsigned integer: uint() : 0 to 65535

Long integer: long() : approximately +/– 2 billion

Unsigned long integer: ulong() : 0 to approximately 4 billion

Here is the complete Band Math Function Tutorial

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Download new ENVI 4.6 and modules

ITT Visual Information Solutions has released a number of new and updated modules to extend the functionality of IDL and ENVI -- including the new ENVI 4.6. You can buy and download the ENVI 4.6 from the ITT website.

ENVI 4.6 builds on the workflow advances introduced in recent releases by providing additional automated workflows to step you through today’s popular image processing functions. ENVI 4.6 also adds file format support for new image platforms. New enhancements to ENVI add-on modules are also being released concurrently with ENVI 4.6, including updates to the ENVI Feature Extraction Module and the ENVI Flaash Module, now called the ENVI Atmospheric Correction Module.

New File Format Support. ENVI is consistently upgraded to support new data formats that you use today or will be using in the near future. ENVI 4.6 provides support for new, popular geospatial data formats including GeoEye-1 support for 4-band multispectral data and support for KompSat-2 data.

Other IDL and ENVI News and Updates

New! ENVI Orthorectification Module

Newly released, the ENVI Orthorectification Module delivers a trusted, rigorous orthorectification method along with robust capabilities, all distilled into an easy-to-use workflow. Designed for use by non-expert and expert users alike, the wizard based interface guides users through orthorectification steps to quickly produce accurate results.

ENVI Atmospheric Correction Module

The ENVI Atmospheric Correction Module allows you to easily remove atmospheric interference from your imagery, providing you with data that is accurate and reliable. This add-on module to ENVI delivers a flexible solution with the accuracy and scientific detail you need, regardless of your application.

IDL Advanced Math and Stats Module

Formerly IDL Analyst, the IDL Advanced Math and Stats Module integrates the comprehensive mathematical and statistical routines of the IMSL Numerical Library with the advanced data visualization and analysis capabilities of IDL. This add-on IDL module is designed for any user who wants to take advantage of pre-built functionality to quickly and easily add more mathematical and statistical capabilities to IDL applications.

For the modules, here.

For the ENVI 4.6 latest release, here.

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VISualize 2009: ENVI and IDL Data Analysis & Visualization Symposium

VISualize 2009 is an event designed to bring together ENVI & IDL users to provide opportunities for networking, sharing ideas and working on strategies to move our scientific data analysis and visualization community forward. It is a two-full day event of presentations from professionals from a variety of industries who use visualization technologies for a wide variety of applications.

Day 1 - IDL User Group
Day 1 of VISualize '09 will focus on applications developed using IDL. Learn more about how the powerful visualization and analysis tools of IDL can be used to help you get the answers you need from your data.

Day 2 - ENVI User Group
Day 2 of VISualize '09 will highlight applications using ENVI. You will learn more about how ENVI helps you get the important information you need from imagery.

Cost for the event is $35 per day or $70 for attendance both days. No previous experience with IDL or ENVI is required for participation in this event. Pre-registration for this event is required.

For more information about this event, please contact Denise Goldstein at 303-413-3940 or deniseg@ittvis.com.

When
Wednesday, April 15, 2009 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Thursday, April 16, 2009 8:00 AM - 4:15 PM

Where
VISualize 2009
at the World Wildlife Fund
1250 24th St NW #6
Washington, District of Columbia 20037
USA

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IDL free tutorials and free live webcast

Time to learn the IDL codes. Download IDL free tutorials or attend a live webcast on IDL 7.0's Modern Interface-the IDL Workbench!

Discover how IDL 7.0 and its new interface fully integrated with the open-source Eclipse development platform will meet your data visualization and analysis needs.

The most advanced version of IDL is remarkably easy to use and offers the advantages of a full-featured, cross-platform development environment, including modern code management, development, and debugging tools.

The IDL Tutorials let you in on everything from working with projects and using the IDL Editor, to displaying images and creating widget interfaces.

Interested in a guided tour? Join us Friday, January 23rd at 11:00 a.m. MST for a live webcast. Dr. Mark Piper offers a broad look at all of the visualization capabilities offered by IDL, including how to use it for visualizing 1, 2, and 3D data sets.

Download the IDL Tutorials or register for the free  live IDL webcast.

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ENVI Integration with ESRI ArcGIS

ITT Visual Information Solutions, a business of ITT Corporation, announced the newest release of its premier geospatial image processing and analysis software, ENVI. The new release, ENVI 4.5, allows professionals to integrate geospatial imagery into geographic information system (GIS) workflows by providing users with the ability to share data seamlessly between ENVI and ESRI’s ArcGIS, the world's leading GIS software.

“Traditionally considered a backdrop to GIS, imagery is now being used by professionals in a variety of industries to acquire geospatial information essential for critical decision making,” said Richard Cooke, president and chief operating officer of ITT Visual Information Solutions. “The integration of ENVI and ArcGIS now allows users to take advantage of ENVI’s high performance image processing capabilities as a part of their GIS workflows, providing them with even richer geographic information.”

"Working with a proven leader like ITT Visual Information Solutions is an excellent solution to extend our users' imagery capability," said Jack Dangermond, ESRI's president. "ITT's ability to take advantage of ESRI's already interoperable platform to provide GIS users with its powerful image processing tools will greatly enhance users’ experience in working with imagery in a GIS context. The collaboration between ITT VIS and ESRI to bring this capability to users across a wide variety of industries and disciplines is an excellent example of Geography in Action.”

ENVI 4.5 provides the ability to export any ENVI activity including processed imagery, vector, classification or extraction results to the geodatabase for ready use in GIS workflows. ENVI 4.5 supports enterprise, file and personal geodatabase types. This new capability gives users of both products increased workflow efficiencies and time savings when integrating imagery with GIS applications.

In addition, ENVI 4.5 provides direct access to the full suite of map composition tools available in ESRI’s ArcGIS Desktop. This allows users to complete image processing and analysis functions in ENVI and then launch the ArcMap application of ArcGIS Desktop from within ENVI to generate reports and map compositions.

For more information about ENVI 4.5, visit www.ittvis.com/whatsnew.

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New ENVI Feature Extraction Module

Introducing the ENVI Feature Extraction Module! Quickly and easily extract features from imagery with this object-based tool.

Today you need to find and identify features of interest within geospatial imagery. But, the process of manually locating and digitizing these features can be complex and time consuming, and spectral content is often limited, reducing the accuracy of standard classification methods.

The new ENVI Feature Extraction Module allows you to quickly, easily and accurately extract features from high resolution imagery. This add-on module to ENVI uses object-based image analysis technology so you can extract features from readily available pan and multi-spectral imagery and data.

New Features with ENVI Fx 4.5

* Programmatic Batch Capability: Extract features from multiple images automatically.
* Vector Smoothing: Extracted features will now be smoothed by default.
* Statistics and Results Summary: Get a summary of statistics and results from an extraction
* Save and Restore of Training Data: Save the training data from a workflow as a shapefile.
* Vector Export Capability: Vector results can be exported to a shapefile.

Fast and Repeatable

Save time over traditional feature extraction methods:

* Segment an image and quickly view the results in a Preview Window to assess the accuracy of the segmentation, rather than waiting for the full image to process,
* Quickly adjust the segmentation scale and preview your product as many times as needed prior to full image processing

Accurate

Get the accurate results you need:

* Unlike traditional pixel-based approaches to feature extraction, which use the spectra of each pixel to accurately classify imagery, the ENVI Feature Extraction Module uses an object-based approach to identify and define features, providing you with accurate results even with limited bands.
* The method makes it an accurate tool for use with all kinds of imagery and data types, including pan and multi-spectral imagery.

Easy-To-Use

The ENVI Feature Extraction Module makes it easy to find what you need in your imagery:

* Intuitive workflows and preview screens for ingesting images, performing segmentations, and initiating processing.
* The new Preview Window allows you to quickly see processing results and readily allows for adjustments and changes.
* In most cases you will only need to interact with a single parameter and the tool will automatically take care of the rest.

Convenient

The ENVI Feature Extraction Module:

* Allows you to extract features from pan and multi-spectral imagery - the most widely available imagery today, and
* Because it is an add-on module to the ENVI product, users can perform all feature extraction, image processing, analysis and visualization tasks in a single product.

Application

The ENVI Feature Extraction Module replaces manual digitization processes and is ideal for:

* Finding particular features across large images
* Adding new vector layers to your geodatabases
* Classifying images as outputs to be used in reports or analyses

For more information about the ENVI Feature Extraction Module contact an ENVI Representative.

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Learn IDL program: IDL The Data Visualization and Analysis Platform

Here comes IDL 7.0 version. Get the answer you need with IDL 7.0, delivering visualization and analysis power in a modern development environment.

Powering Visualization & Analysis - A Whole New Way
IDL 7.0, from ITT Visual Information Solutions, delivers all the visualization and analysis power you depend on with a new, modern development environment that makes it easier than ever for you use IDL to get the answers you need.

Now, IDL 7.0 is the resource for you – whether you are an ad-hoc programmer doing quick look analysis or an application developer building applications for commercial or research purposes.

Now Available for Download - IDL 7.0 version.
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IDL - The Workbench
IDL’s new development environment – the IDL Workbench – is based on the popular Eclipse development platform. This new development platform gives you the advantages of a modern, full-featured cross-platform development environment, including the tools you have come to expect in today’s software.

IDL – The Power of Eclipse
Eclipse is an open source project to create an extensible, truly cross-platform framework for creating development environments and stand-alone applications. Eclipse is being developed by individuals from large technology companies, small start-ups, universities and research institutions, and anywhere in between. Eclipse gives users access to the ever expanding functionality provided by the broad community of developers. The Eclipse project is supported by Adobe, Oracle, Sybase, SAP, IBM and many others.

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Learn ENVI software online - Tutorial guide

ENVI (the Environment for Visualizing Images) is a state-of-the-art image processing system designed to provide comprehensive analysis of satellite and aircraft remote sensing data. It provides a powerful, innovative, and user-friendly environment to display and analyze images of any size and data type on a wide range of computing platforms.

With its combined file- and band-based approach to image processing, ENVI allows you to work with entire image files, individual bands, or both. When an input file is opened, each spectral band becomes available to all system functions. With multiple input files open, you can easily select bands from different files to be processed together. ENVI also includes tools to extract spectra, use spectral libraries, and to analyze high spectral resolution image datasets such as AVIRIS, GERIS, and GEOSCAN. In addition to its world-class hyperspectral analysis tools, ENVI provides specialized capabilities for analysis of advanced SAR datasets such as JPL's SIR-C, AIRSAR, and TOPSAR.

ENVI is written entirely in IDL, the Interactive Data Language. IDL is a powerful, array-based, structured programming language that provides integrated image processing and display capabilities and an easy to use GUI toolkit. ENVI is available as ENVI (offering full ENVI command line capabilities) and ENVI RT (the runtime version of ENVI). The only difference between ENVI and ENVI RT is that ENVI RT does not provide user access to the underlying IDL environment. You will not be able to complete the User Function tutorial provided here if you are running ENVI RT.

ENVI tutorials are available online. Here is a link that will help you learn how to use ENVI software. Visit ENVI 3.0 Tutorials

Contents of tutorials:
Introduction

ENVI Quick Start

ENVI Tutorial #1: Introduction to ENVI

ENVI Tutorial #2: Multispectral Classification

ENVI Tutorial #3: Image Georeferencing and Registration

ENVI Tutorial #4: Mosaicking Using ENVI

ENVI Tutorial #5: Vector Overlay and GIS Analysis

ENVI Tutorial #6: Map Composition Using ENVI

ENVI Tutorial #7: Introduction to Hyperspectral Data and Analysis

ENVI Tutorial #8: Basic Hyperspectral Analysis

ENVI Tutorial #9: Selected Mapping Methods Using Hyperspectral Data

ENVI Tutorial #10: Advanced Hyperspectral Analysis

ENVI Tutorial #11: Hyperspectral Signatures and Spectral Resolution

ENVI Tutorial #12: Vegetation Hyperspectral Analysis Case History

ENVI Tutorial #13: Near-shore Marine Hyperspectral Case History

ENVI Tutorial #14: Multispectral Processing using ENVI's Hyperspectral Tools

ENVI Tutorial #15: Basic SAR Processing and Analysis

ENVI Tutorial #16: Polarimetric SAR Processing and Analysis

ENVI Tutorial #17: Analysis of DEMs and TOPSAR

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