BACKGROUND In Greece, the forest fire season coincides with tourist season, running from May through... more »
When an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) operator plans a surveillance mission, success depends on many... more »
Mapping Crop Residue with Landsat Data using ENVI for ArcGIS® Background Traditionally, farmers have... more »
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Customer Challenge The use of ASTER data has grown in recent years due to its relatively low cost, broad area of coverage and the fact that data from additional channels are available for critical parts of the spectrum. Bob Agar of Australian Geological and Remote Sensing Services needed a way to use ASTER data to detect areas of mining that... Read More >
Customer Challenge Scientists concerned with changes in our ecological systems continually explore new ways to depict important study results which can be instinctively understood by their audience. Static maps and 2D presentations were for decades the only methods for scientists to present results of land studies and scientific research... Read More >
Customer Challenge Growing peanuts is a delicate and precise process. Peanut plants do not flower and dry off as they mature, like wheat or corn, but continue to flower indeterminately and grow their pods underground. This makes it extremely difficult to surmise when they are ready to be harvested, which has resulted in a $6.3 million annual... Read More >
Customer Challenge Decision makers in Flores, Indonesia required visually intuitive representations of surface features in Komodo National Park. A research project prompted Muhammed Barnawi to find a way to providebetter interpretable visualizations. Solution Achieved Barnawi used ENVI to create Digital Elevation Models (DEMs), which provide... Read More >
Customer Challenge Every year, thousands of insurance claims are filed with individuals seeking compensation for natural disasters, such as flooding and hail, which have damaged or destroyed their agricultural fields. Though some of these claims are genuine and reflect farmers' financial vulnerability,a number of the claims are fraudulent.... Read More >