High-resolution imagery company DigitalGlobe is launching a competition to find projects that make the best use of eight band spectral imagery.
The firm will grant access to 100km² of free eight band imagery to approved applications which aim to monitor the impact of using this data for land use analysis, environmental and coastal habitat mapping or feature extraction.
Completed research papers will be evaluated by a panel of experts who will select five winning papers. These winners will be invited to present their findings at the Geospatial World Forum in Hyderabad, India, January 18 – 21, 2011.
The winners will receive free conference registration courtesy of GIS Development and a $5,000 grant from DigitalGlobe.
An additional 10 researchers will be invited to deliver poster sessions on their research at the Geospatial World Forum.
The competition highlights the company’s eight band imagery capability, which make use of parts of the light spectrum not visible to the human eye. The bands now include coastal blue, yellow, red edge and near-infrared to allow more accurate classification of the type of land being modelled and better automated feature extraction.
The deadline for the competition is 31st August.
