RemoteView is the family name of a group of software programs designed by Textron Systems Geospatial Solutions to aid in analyzing satellite or aerial images of the Earth's surface for the purpose of collecting and disseminating
geospatial intelligence
In the United States, geospatial intelligence (GEOINT) is intelligence about the human activity on earth derived from the exploitation and analysis of imagery, signals, or signatures with geospatial information. GEOINT describes, assesses, and vi ...
. The
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) is a combat support agency within the United States Department of Defense whose primary mission is collecting, analyzing, and distributing geospatial intelligence (GEOINT) in support of natio ...
(NGA) was a user of RemoteView software.
Overview
RemoteView is an electronic
light table application, initially developed and released commercially by Sensor Systems in 1996. An electronic light table application makes it possible for imagery analysts to review satellite images on a computer instead of examining film or printed photographs. RemoteView was originally written only for the Unix operating system, but as the US Department of Defense transitioned to the Windows operating system, Sensor Systems released a Windows-based version. Overwatch acquired Sensor Systems and the RemoteView software in 2005.
Textron Systems acquired Overwatch in 2006.
RemoteView's main function is an imagery and geospatial analysis tool. It can display imagery formats, elevation data sets, and vector data sets. Capabilities include
image enhancements,
photogrammetry,
orthorectification,
multispectral classification,
pan sharpening,
change detection
In statistical analysis, change detection or change point detection tries to identify times when the probability distribution of a stochastic process or time series changes. In general the problem concerns both detecting whether or not a change ...
, assisted search, location positioning, and 3D terrain visualization.
These features allow an intelligence analyst to review large-scale imagery and generate annotated reports on any findings.
Extensions
Textron Systems Geospatial Solutions offers extensions that add specialized capabilities to RemoteView.
These include:
* Virtual Mosaic – a tool for quickly joining more than four adjacent or overlapping images
* 3D Pro – a module that expands visualization tools to allow creating 3D virtual worlds for simulating real world conditions and planning missions
* RVConnect – a tool that enables automatic data sharing between RemoteView and Esri’s ArcMap software
* V-TRAC Basic – a complementary video player that allows analysis of full motion video recorded by UAVs
* V-TRAC Pro – expands the abilities of V-TRAC Basic to include mark-up and reporting tools
* GeoCatalog for Desktop – a complementary database that makes it easier to organize and retrieve geospatial data
See also
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Geomatics
Geomatics is defined in the ISO/TC 211 series of standards as the "discipline concerned with the collection, distribution, storage, analysis, processing, presentation of geographic data or geographic information". Under another definition, it ...
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Imagery analysis
Image analysis or imagery analysis is the extraction of meaningful information from images; mainly from digital images by means of digital image processing techniques. Image analysis tasks can be as simple as reading bar coded tags or as sophist ...
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Remote sensing
Remote sensing is the acquisition of information about an object or phenomenon without making physical contact with the object, in contrast to in situ or on-site observation. The term is applied especially to acquiring information about Eart ...
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Remote sensing application
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Satellite imagery
References
External links
RemoteView Product Page
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