Kodak ENVI Software Earns Top Rating From NIMA Pathfinder 2002 Evaluation.Business Editors & Technology Writers ROCHESTER, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 11, 2002 ENVI Software Chosen Again as a Top-Rated Remote Sensing Deriving digital models of an area on the earth. Using special cameras from airplanes or satellites, either the sun's reflections or the earth's temperature is turned into digital maps of the area. Software Package by U.S. Government Eastman Kodak Company's Commercial and Government Systems unit today announced that its ENVI(R) software has been chosen by the 2002 NIMA NIMA National Imagery and Mapping Agency (now National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency; US government) NIMA never in mitosis gene a (molecular biology) NIMA North Idaho Mycological Association Pathfinder program as a top-rated multispectral and hyperspectral imaging Hyperspectral imaging, sometimes referred to as spectral imaging, is an electron microscopy technique that involves microanalysis using either Energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS), Electron energy loss spectroscopy (EELS), Infrared Spectroscopy(IR), Raman Spectroscopy, or software product. NIMA is the National Imagery and Mapping Agency of the U.S. Government. The Pathfinder program is designed to conduct a comprehensive evaluation of the capabilities of commercially available software to meet the specific needs of NIMA and other organizations within the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD). ENVI software is an easy-to-use, advanced remote sensing image analysis and GIS data integration software package developed by Research Systems Inc. (RSI (Repetitive Strain Injury) Ailments of the hands, neck, back and eyes due to computer use. The remedy for RSI is frequent breaks which should include stretching or yoga postures. ), a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of Eastman Kodak Company. The NIMA Pathfinder 2002 program evaluated 52 COTS (Commercial Off-The-Shelf Commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) is a term for software or hardware, generally technology or computer products, that are ready-made and available for sale, lease, or license to the general public. ) and GOTS (Government Off-The-Shelf Government off-the-shelf (GOTS) is a term for software and hardware products that are typically developed by the technical staff of the government agency for which it is created. ) remote sensing software packages focused on multispectral and hyperspectral image processing image processing Set of computational techniques for analyzing, enhancing, compressing, and reconstructing images. Its main components are importing, in which an image is captured through scanning or digital photography; analysis and manipulation of the image, accomplished . The main purpose was to find tools that would enable NIMA and its users -- other government and military agencies -- to quickly and accurately extract and depict information from multispectral and hyperspectral imagery. As both multispectral and hyperspectral data become increasingly available from a variety of sensors operating from the ground, air and space, there are growing requirements for new tools to view, manipulate and draw information from these data. ENVI software received scores of Most Favorable (the highest possible score) in every one of the 11 evaluation categories used by the NIMA Pathfinder Team. "ENVI software is an extremely powerful tool for MSI MSI: see integrated circuit. (1) (MicroSoft Installer) See Windows Installer. (2) (Medium Scale Integration) Between 100 and 3,000 transistors on a chip. See SSI, LSI, VLSI and ULSI. , radar, and especially, HSI (Hue Saturation Intensity) A color space similar to HSB. See HSB. data exploitation. The strength of this package lies in the scientifically oriented algorithms for exploitation of image data along with the strong multidimensional visualization capability of spectral data and a powerful environment to extract information from images," stated the NIMA Pathfinder Team in its wrap-up presentation. Jim Kelley, ENVI software business manager for RSI, commented, "We are pleased with the NIMA results from the current evaluation and believe that this clearly affirms ENVI software as a leading software tool for delivering end-to-end analysis of all types of imagery." In addition to being rated as one of the top tools by the NIMA Pathfinder 2002 program, ENVI software is recognized by industry, government, and academia as the leader in multispectral and hyperspectral data analysis. ENVI software includes multithreading Multitasking within a single program. It allows multiple streams of execution to take place concurrently within the same program, each stream processing a different transaction or message. processing, wizard-based spectral tools, automated map composition tools, extensive data access functionality, 3D terrain tools, classification and post classification routines, registration and georeferencing tools, mosaicking tools, and integrated GIS and vector processing capability as well as an extensive array of world-class multispectral and hyperspectral exploitation and analysis tools. ENVI software is ideal for radar, panchromatic pan·chro·mat·ic adj. Sensitive to all colors: panchromatic film. pan·chro  ma·tism n. , multispectral, hyperspectral, thermal and other types of digital image and vector geographic information system geographic information system (GIS)Computerized system that relates and displays data collected from a geographic entity in the form of a map. The ability of GIS to overlay existing data with new information and display it in colour on a computer screen is used primarily to data. ENVI software is built upon IDL (1) (Interface Definition Language) A language used to describe the interface to a routine or function. For example, objects in the CORBA distributed object environment are defined by an IDL, which describes the services performed by the object and how the data (R) software, Kodak's world-class data visualization and analysis software. ENVI software also received one of the top ratings in the NIMA Pathfinder 2000 evaluation. Last year's evaluation (NIMA Pathfinder 2001) was focused on functionality that ENVI software does not address. ENVI software is one of Eastman Kodak's contributions to infoimaging -- a $225 billion industry created by the convergence of images and information technology. About Eastman Kodak Company and infoimaging Kodak is the leader in helping people take, share, enhance, preserve, print and enjoy pictures -- for memories, for information, for entertainment. The company is a major participant in "infoimaging" -- a $225 billion industry composed of devices (digital cameras and PDAs), infrastructure (online networks and delivery systems for images) and services & media (software, film and paper, enabling people to access, analyze and print images). Kodak harnesses its technology, market reach and a host of industry partnerships to provide innovative products and services for customers who need the information-rich content that images contain. The company, with sales last year of $13.2 billion, is organized into four major businesses: Photography, providing consumers, professionals and cinematographers with digital and traditional products and services; Commercial Imaging, offering image capture, output and storage products and services to businesses and government; Components, delivering flat-panel displays, optics and sensors to original equipment manufacturers; and Health, supplying the healthcare industry with traditional and digital image capture and output products and services. About Research Systems Research Systems Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Eastman Kodak Company that supports more than 200,000 users of its data analysis and visualization software products worldwide. Primary markets for the company's products include remote sensing, defense, earth sciences, environmental and resource management, oil and gas, marine sciences, engineering, automotive, aerospace, and medical. RSI provides the downstream infoimaging tools necessary to extract and create information from images. Additional information can be found at www.researchsystems.com. Kodak IDL and ENVI are trademarks of Eastman Kodak Company. |
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