PCI Geomatica
{{Short description|Software for earth observation data}}
PCI Geomatica is a remote sensing and photogrammetry desktop software package for processing earth observation data, designed by the PCI Geomatics company. The latest version of the software is Geomatica 2018. Geomatica is aimed primarily at faster data processing and allows users to load satellite and aerial imagery where advanced analysis can be performed. Geomatica has been used by many educational institutions and scientific programs throughout the world to analyze satellite imagery and trends, such as the GlobeSAR Program, a program which was carried out by the Canada Centre for Remote Sensing in the 1990s.
A very popular edition of Geomatica is known as Freeview, which permits users to load multiple types of satellite images as well as geospatial data that is stored in different formats. The software is available for download over the web, and has registered several thousands of downloads.
Image processing packages
Geomatica is one of several software packages available to the educational, commercial, and military users. Other similar packages include Erdas Imagine, Envi, and SocetSet (or Socet GXP).{{Cite web | title=An independent review of the software and its functionality written by Directions Magazine| url=http://www.directionsmag.com/articles/product-review-pci146s-geomatica-10/123136}} Geomatica has also been compared to Envi and Erdas Imagine as it relates to orthorectification.{{Cite web | url=http://www.isprs.org/proceedings/XXXVII/congress/4_pdf/283.pdf | title=Comparison of orthorectification methods suitable for rapid mapping using direct georeferencing and rpc for optical satellite data | website=www.isprs.org}}
Educational institutions using Geomatica
Over 2,700 educational institutions worldwide have used Geomatica as part of their Remote Sensing course delivery, some of which are listed here
- University of Calgary, Geomatics Engineering program{{Cite web|url=https://www.ucalgary.ca/it/research/gis/geomatica|title = Information Technologies - Information Technologies}}
- York University, Geomatics Engineering programs, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- University of New Brunswick, Online Course offered on Radarsat-2 and Polarimetry
- Fleming College, Lindsay, Ontario, Canada
- Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada
- University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
- British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT)
- Université du Québec à Montréal, Remote Sensing course GEO8142
- Aalto University, Institute of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing{{Cite web | title=Home page of Institute of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing | url=http://foto.hut.fi | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19970401213810/http://foto.hut.fi:80/ | access-date=2025-03-22 | archive-date=1997-04-01}}
- North Eastern University (NEU), Boston, USA{{cite web| url = http://www.northeastern.edu/online/degrees/graduate-certificate-remote-sensing/| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120123031720/http://www.northeastern.edu/online/degrees/graduate-certificate-remote-sensing| archive-date = 2012-01-23| title = Online Certificate in Remote Sensing {{!}} Northeastern University Online}}
- University of Arkansas{{Cite web |url=http://catalogofstudies.uark.edu/2919.php |title=Geosciences (GEOS) | 2011-2012 Catalog of Studies | University of Arkansas |access-date=2012-10-02 |archive-date=2012-09-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120930104631/http://catalogofstudies.uark.edu/2919.php |url-status=dead }}
- University of Victoria
- Fanshawe College, London, Ontario{{cite web | url=http://www.fanshawec.ca/programs-courses/full-time-programs/gis1-intro | title=Geographic Information Systems (GIS) | date=4 August 2015 }}
- TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Remote Sensing Group{{Cite web | url=http://tu-freiberg.de/remote-sensing-group | title=Remote Sensing Group | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150705235450/http://tu-freiberg.de/remote-sensing-group | archive-date=2015-07-05}}
- Saint Mary's University (SMU), Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Department of Geography and Environmental Studies{{Cite web |url=https://www.smu.ca/academics/departments/geography.html |title=Saint Mary's University | Geography - Home |access-date=2017-09-07 |archive-date=2017-09-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170913113054/http://www.smu.ca/academics/departments/geography.html |url-status=dead }}
- Stellenbosch University, Department of Geography and Environmental Studies and Centre for Geographical Analysis, South Africa{{Cite web| url=https://www.pcigeomatics.com/pressnews/2015_PCI_SU.pdf | title=PCI Geomatics signs Strategic Education Alliance Agreement with Stellenbosch University | access-date=2020-04-08 | archive-date=2016-08-18 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160818164244/http://www.pcigeomatics.com/pressnews/2015_PCI_SU.pdf | url-status=dead}}
Open Geospatial Consortium
Geomatica includes a web coverage service interface that complies with the OGC Web Coverage Service (WCS) Interface Standard, which is a key area in which PCI Geomatics has contributed. Remote Sensing data providers distribute data in diverse formats, which makes sharing information across many different platforms challenging. WCS seeks to alleviate some of the data sharing challenges by publishing the geographic information and layers openly over the web.
Contributions to open standards
Geomatica adheres to open standards to promote sharing and collaboration of earth observation data. An SDK that makes the PCIDSK file format available to the community is available.{{Cite web | archive-url=https://archive.today/20130414193214/http://home.gdal.org/projects/pcidsk/ | archive-date=2013-04-14 | url=http://home.gdal.org/projects/pcidsk/ | title=PCIDSK SDK - Read/Write Library for the PCI PCIDSK (.pix) File Format}}
References
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External links
- Versions of the software
- [https://www.pcigeomatics.com/pressnews/2018-Release_Geomatica_GXL_2018.pdf Geomatica 2018]
- [https://www.pcigeomatics.com/pressnews/2017_PCI_Geomatica_Release.pdf Geomatica 2017]
- [http://www.pcigeomatics.com/pressnews/2016_PCI_Geomatica.pdf Geomatica 2016]
- [http://www.pcigeomatics.com/pressnews/2015_PCI_Geomatica-15.pdf Geomatica 2015]
- [http://www.pcigeomatics.com/pressnews/2014_PCI_Geomatica_2014.pdf Geomatica 2014]
- [http://www.pcigeomatics.com/pressnews/2012_PCI_Geomatica2013_Release1.pdf Geomatica 2013]
- [http://www.pcigeomatics.com/pressnews/2011_PCI_Geomatica2012.pdf Geomatica 2012]