GATINEAU, Quebec, Canada—June
19, 2014: PCI Geomatics, a world leading developer of
geo-imaging software and systems, today announces the release of Geomatica 2014;
the latest version of the company’s complete and integrated desktop image
processing software featuring tools for remote sensing, digital photogrammetry,
geospatial analysis, map production, mosaicking and more. The release was
announced at an exclusive meet and greet that featured presentations and
demonstrations of the latest features of the software.
“This release of Geomatica shows PCI’s
continued commitment to tools that further simplify a user’s workflow,” said David
Piekny, Product Marketing Manager at PCI Geomatics. “It is not uncommon in this
industry for users to rely on multiple software packages to complete everyday
tasks. New features in Geomatica are designed to allow operators to complete
these tasks without leaving the software and interface they are comfortable
with, saving time and frustration.”
New features in Geomatica 2014
include: Live DEM Editing, which lets users to see and edit DTM errors on an automatically
updated live ortho preview; Smart Geo-fill, which facilitates the retouching of
ortho-mosaics while maintaining full geo-referencing, channel combinations and
bit-depth; and Python Scripting, which allows for customizable scripting to combine
image processing with other tasks to streamline data management applications,
generate intelligent business products, or customize output for a variety of
GIS applications.
“Geomatica 2014 is an ambitious
release, and I expect customers to be very happy with the updates we’ve made,”
said Peter Hazlett, Technical Product Manager at PCI Geomatics. “In addition to
new tools and functions, we’ve made improvements to key algorithms, added new
wizards, and expanded our industry-leading sensor support.”
Geomatica 2014 is available for
64-bit versions of Microsoft Windows (Windows XP/Windows 7/Windows 8/Server
2003/Server 2008/Server 2012) starting today. A Linux version will follow
shortly thereafter. For more information on Geomatica 2014, please visit www.pcigeomatics.com/geomatica.
About PCI Geomatics
PCI Geomatics is a world-leading developer of
software and systems for remote sensing, imagery processing, and
photogrammetry. With more than 30 years
of experience in the geospatial industry, PCI is recognized globally for its
excellence in providing software for accurately and rapidly processing
satellite and aerial imagery. There are
more than 30,000 PCI licenses, in over 150 countries worldwide. Find out more
about PCI Geomatics at www.pcigeomatics.com.
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Highlights in
Geomatica 2014
GEOMATICA FOCUS
For
Geomatica 2014 there have been many updates made to the technology inside
Geomatica Focus. These include:
NEW & INNOVATIVE
live DEM Editing technology:
The
new tool is simple and less expensive/more efficient way to produce terrain
models for ortho-mosaics.
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Simple operations to solve many terrain
editing issues
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Flat and rough terrain filters
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Pit removal
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Specific filters for linear feature editing
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Quick Ortho update process
NEW & INNOVATIVE Smart GeoFill tool:
This
tool provides users with and advanced copy/paste like tool for imagery
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Geographically smart
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Reproject on-the-fly
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Multi-channel, full bit-depth
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Blending and colour balancing
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Enhancement options
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There are many applications for this tool:
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Editing elevation data
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Eliminating cloud cover areas
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Covering up sensitive areas
NEW Python Scripting Panel
Users
can modify and execute PYTHON command files in the Geomatica Focus PYTHON
scripting panel.
·
Tools include: open, new, save, save as,
execute, cut, copy, paste, and clear.
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Improved performance
·
PCI is always looking to improve performance
and quality of Geomatica tools. For
2014, we have worked on improving the following in Focus:
·
Visualization – Focus Pan/Zoom
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Smoother appearance
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Improved performance
Atmospheric
Correction
The
Atmospheric correction capabilities in Geomatica Focus were improved in
Geomatica 2014 with the following changes:
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Automatic DEM Clipping
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Improved Top-of-the-Atmosphere algorithm
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Improve progress monitoring
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Improve Haze and Cloud masking GUI
NEW: Change Detection
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New wizard to simplify and add valuable
output
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Filter out change based on spatial size and
shape
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Automatically vectorize change areas
ORTHOENGINE
2013
focus was on improving productivity, this work continued in Geomatica 2014,
adding more capabilities to ensure smooth user workflow
DSM Extraction
improvements
PCI
has always known for excellent low-mid resolution results, but has spent time
in the 2014 release improving the following:
·
Smoother workflow for extracting a DSM from
each stereo pair in large projects
o
Elevation calculated from intersection of
viewing rays between the stereo pairs for a given point
o
Dense points (45cm)
o
Mosaics the individual DSMs together
producing a single DSM of the entire project area
·
Improved DEM extraction results from:
o
High resolution Satellite data
o
Aerial data
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Improved DSM to DTM filtering capabilities
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Linkage to NEW DEM Editing capabilities in
Geomatica Focus
Project overview
window (added in G2013)
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Upgraded user control
o
Treelist control for images in project
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Greater connectivity to point-collection
tools
Mosaicking
Continual
need to improve the mosaic process as more data is used there are always better
methods needed. PCI continues to stay at
the forefront of the technology with additional methodologies in Geomatica
2014.
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Cutline selection
o
Minimum square difference algorithm
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Color balancing
o
Local Adaptive Enhancement functions
§ Method
maintains local colour and contrast variations, or can enhance them…
Other Improvements
·
Geomatica 2014 now includes support for
Import and Export of projects from/to BINGO and PatB
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Menu clean-up, including:
o
NEW - Options panel
o
Rename/Remove panel redesign
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True Orthorectifcation
o
Removal of building lean and shadow utilizing
overlapping imagery
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Improved Rigorous Satellite Modeling
o
Better accuracy
o
Improved performance (up to 10x faster)
DATA INTERCHANGE
GDB Improvements
QuickBird/WV1/WV2
format (CDQB)
Ikonos/GeoEye
format (CDIKONOS)
Landsat
format (CDLAND7)
SPOT-5
(CDSPOT5)
Old
Landsat data in new style (4236-38)
CBERS
2B
Sensor support
updates: (since Geomatica 2013 release)
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Spot 6 (2013 SP2)
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RASAT (2013 SP1)
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Kompsat 3
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TH-1 (China)
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Landsat 8
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Gokturk2
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HJ-A/B/C
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ZY-3
·
GF1
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GF2
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YG2
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YG8
·
YG14
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SJ9
Metadata handling
Improved
metadata reading when importing satellite date
NEW
FUNCTIONS
LAEPREP
LAEFILT
LAERUN
PSCONF
PSFARA
PSG4U2
PSQINTERP
PSKROG
PSPHDW
PSS2C
PSYAMA
PYRINT
TRUEORTHO
UPGRADED FUNCTIONS
DN2TOA
– replaces DN2REF
DSM2DTM
MODEL2RPC
BIT2POLY
LINE2POLY
LINE2PNT
POLY2LINE
RAS2LINE
RAS2POLY
LINE2RAS
GEOMATICA INTERFACE
·
Effort was made to “modernize” the look of
Focus
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Allow users customizable control – more
flexible environment
SCRIPTING
The
Geomatica product offers support for scripting of processing algorithms in the
PYTHON language. PYTHON scripting is
offered as an alternative to the Geomatica EASI scripting environment. All of the processing algorithms in EASI are
available in PYTHON. The processing algorithms can be accessed from the PYTHON
command line interface or from the Geomatica Focus PYTHON scripting panel
accessed from the Tools/PYTHON Scripting menu bar.
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Integrates with other standard PYTHON
packages and third party PYTHON tools.
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Support for PYTHON Unicode string parameters
for use on non-English operating systems.
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No limitation on the length of parameter
strings.
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Uses standard PYTHON exception handling.
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Offered on both Windows and LINUX operating
systems.
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Support for PYTHON 2.7.
SAR POLARIMETRY
WORKSTATION
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Extended Complex Data Support
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Visualization in Geomatica Focus
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Complex data types
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Improved metadata ingest and a full review of
all metadata tags
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New PPFs (SAR decomposition and analysis)
