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High volume earth observation image processing

  • US 8,768,104 B2
  • Filed: 01/07/2009
  • Issued: 07/01/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/08/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for processing a large volume of Earth observation imaging data comprising:

  • a computer including a visual display and a user interface;

    a plurality of compute servers;

    an image database storing said Earth observation imaging data as a plurality of separate image data files;

    a network for interconnecting said computer, said plurality of compute servers and said image database;

    said plurality of compute servers being operable to process said separate image data files in a distributed manner using different classification methods;

    at least one of said plurality of compute servers being operable to process said separate image data files in a multiprocessing environment;

    at least one of said plurality of compute servers being operable to collate processed separate image data files into a single imaging result; and

    is operable to execute a voting scheme to select the output of one of said different classification methods as an optimal result;

    further comprising a central job database for storing a list of jobs to be performed, said jobs defining said processing to be performed, and said plurality of compute servers being operable to request jobs from said list;

    wherein each of said separate image data files includes Ground Control Points, and said processing is performed using said Ground Control Points to correct to ground co-ordinates; and

    wherein each of said separate image data files includes Tie-Points, and said processing is performed using said Tie-Points, to minimize errors between overlapping images.

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