Definiens eCognition Suite

Definiens eCognition Suite brings the remarkable powers of object-oriented and context-enabled image analysis to a single desktop. The award-winning eCognition Suite provides an entry-level introduction to the power and accuracy of Definiens Image Intelligence technology.

If you are involved with satellite image classification in any way then Definiens eCognition Suite is the right software for you.

No matter what your job or project, Definiens eCognition Suite can help you:

Environment Forestry Defense Pipeline Monitoring Urban Mapping Coastal Mapping Natural Resources Geology

Agriculture Telecommunications Natural Hazards Disaster Management Cartography Exploration & Mining Education Homeland Security

Definiens Resources

• Installation Guide
• Reference Book
• DataManagementUserGuide
• New Release Notes
• User Guide
• What’s new in Definiens eCognition Suite
• Definiens in Earth Sciences
• Geoconnexion Publication: Geo-Intelligence Insight
• Definiens Case Study
• Definiens EII v7.0.8 Release Notes EARTH

Now Available!

We are delighted to announce the availability of Definiens Enterprise Image Intelligence™ Suite v7.0.8 as of November 10th 2008.

About v7.0.8

Definiens Enterprise Image Intelligence™ Suite 7.0.8 is a recommended maintenance release. Customers with previous 7.0.x installations are recommended to upgrade to this release for their production use. New customers are also advised to take this latest release.

Rollout

Starting November 10 th 2008, the software version 7.0.8 will be actively rolled out to all users who hold a valid maintenance contract. They will receive an email detailing the benefits of this maintenance version and will be provided with access to the download area for this release.

Customers who do not hold a valid maintenance contract will be informed of this new release and encouraged to renew their maintenance. Details can be obtained through support@pcigeomatics.com.

7.0.8 Highlights

The key benefits of this release include:

• Users can now better define the attribute table content for shape file exports
• Several known bugs and limitations for shape file export were removed
• The raster library GDAL was updated from version 1.1 to 1.5 resulting in improved support for raster data
• · Definiens Grid operation and stability was improved
• Installation procedures were improved and license borrowing issues were resolved
• A large number of bugs and limitations was removed

A complete list of bug fixes and new features can be found in the attached release notes. You are strongly encouraged to read the release notes provided with the download. These release notes contain detailed information on new features, problems fixed by the release, and any known limitations.

Highlights at a glance

• Offering powerful data and information fusion options for many types of images and vector data, the eCognition Suite enables users to extract the most valuable and reliable information.
• With multi-resolution image segmentation providing a hierarchical network of image objects, users get a multi-scale, real-world view.
• Definiens eCognition Suite delivers outstanding performance for panchromatic, multi/hyper-spectral imagery, lidar, infrared, and polarimetric SAR data from space-borne and airborne imaging platforms.
• Rule-based image analysis allows users to readily incorporate expert knowledge.
• Semantic class hierarchies and relationships use remote sensing and GI nomenclature to tremendously simplify modeling efforts.
• Fuzzy classification functionality emulates data sources and analysis models' inherent uncertainties, thereby enhancing accuracy assessment.
• Standard input and output formats ensure seamless workflows when extracting information from remotely sensed data, as well as GIS-ready results.
• Definiens eCognition Suite’s Architect package is equipped with new tools especially for customers in the earth science field. These tools provides a simple to use workflow, enabling common problems to be solved with no programming.

The figure shows Definiens eCognition Suite’s development desktop with configurable toolbars at the top and linked windows for simultaneous views of the a) multi-spectral satellite image and b) analysis results and windows for c) developing the class hierarchy, d) viewing object attributes and e) adjusting views settings.

Contact PCI Geomatics for a downloadable trial version of Definiens eCognition Suite.

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