Feature Extraction with ENVI & ENVI LiDAR

Remmy Kesis Clifford Okembo

Overview
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Feature Extraction from Imagery Feature Extraction from LiDAR

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Introduction

Remote Sensing
Collecting information without being in physical contact with an object

Sensor can be mounted on an Aircraft, Satellites, Vehicles etc. (Platforms) Can be from Active or Passive Sensors

Characteristics of a RS System

Imagery
From different Sensors (e.g. SPOT, Landsat, MODIS) With different Resolutions (e.g. 1km, 30m, 50cm)

Spatial Resolution
Low (e.g. MODIS-1km)

Medium (e.g. Landsat-30m) High (e.g. SPOT 5-2.5m)

Very high (e.g. Pleiades -0.5m)

What is Feature Extraction?

Process of finding and extracting specific objects of interest

Building Footprints Roads network Trees canopy

Satellite Imagery Aerial Photos LiDAR data

from Remotely Sensed data

Current Feature Extraction Methods

On-Board Digitizing

On-screen/Heads-up Digitizing

Supervised Classification

Feature Extraction from Imagery

What is ENVI?
Software for transforming imagery into information There is a lot of information contained in imagery. Imagery is essential for enabling people to understand the world. ENVI helps you extract information quickly and easily

The Complete Image Processing Platform

ENVI ENVI The Complete

ACCESS
File Format Support

ANALYZE
Visualizations Data Prep & Registration

SHARE
Geodatabases Maps Imagery Publish

Image Processing Data Types Platform

ENVI is the premier application for extracting Sensor geospatial information from remotely-sensed imagery.

Support

Spectral Classification
Feature Extraction Change Detection

Remote Data Access

EXTEND
IDL, C++, Java, .Net, C#

Feature Extraction Workflow

Segmenting an image into regions of pixels. Computing attributes for each region to create objects. Classifying the objects by applying rules.

Workflow

Results

Rule Based Feature Extraction

Extracting specific features of interest using rules Based on the following objects characteristics:

ENVI Feature Extraction Module

Find and extract specific objects of interest from all types of imagery.

Identify them as objects like vehicles, buildings, roads, coastlines, rivers, lakes, and fields.
User-friendly tools

ENVI Feature Extraction Module

You can modify parameters and data at any stage of the process

Includes Unique step-by-step workflows simplifies previously complex image analysis tasks

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Feature Extraction from LiDAR

LiDAR
Combination of Light and RaDAR
Light Detection and Ranging Operated at 532 to 1550 nm in EM spectrum It is an Active Sensor Data can be collected through aerial, terrestrial, or mobile methods

How it Works
Measures distance by illuminating a target with a laser and analyzing the reflected light

ENVI LiDAR
Software for Airborne LiDAR data processing Provides automatic solution for point cloud data processing Transforms geo-referenced point clouds into GIS layers and 3D models

Processes large quantities of data quickly

Feature Extraction from LiDAR

1. DEM 2. DSM 3. Buildings 4. Power lines 5. Power poles 6. Trees 7. Contours 8. Photorealistic 3D

Demo
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LiDAR

Resources
www.glovis.usgs.gov laadsweb.nascom.nasa.gov/data/ http://www.astrium-geo.com/ http://exelisvis.com/ProductsServices/ENVIPr oducts.aspx

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