[SatNews] With 8-band, high resolution imagery able to enhance image analysis, this new “challenge” from DigitalGlobe is definitely worth considering!
The company has announced the DigitalGlobe 8-Band Research Challenge, a contest designed to encourage researchers to investigate how 8-band, high-resolution imagery can enhance image analysis and classification research. The 8-band data is unique in the marketplace to DigitalGlobe, as a result of the newest commercial satellite WorldView-2 launched in October of 2009. The call for proposals is open now, and will close on August 31, 2010. All accepted proposals will receive a limited quantity of free 8-band imagery in order to conduct their research and submit a final paper for review. A panel of experts selected by DigitalGlobe will review these papers and select five winners, each of whom will receive a $5,000 grant and an invitation to present their findings at the Geospatial World Forum in Hyderabad, India, in January. One of WorldView-2‘s unique characteristics is its eight high-resolution multispectral bands, which are proving very valuable for advanced remote sensing applications, such as vegetative analysis, bathymetry and land use/land cover. The first commercial high-resolution satellite to offer this capability, WorldView-2’s eight bands in the visible to near-infrared range, combined with two meter multispectral resolution, offer imagery users a finer level of discernment and allows them to analyze information in new ways.
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