The OrthoEngine ALOS Module Add-On


At a very attractive price, you can begin using Geomatica’s industry leading OrthoEngine ALOS Module add-on to process data from all three ALOS sensors. For a detailed technical overview of the OrthoEngine ALOS Module Add-On, see our Technical Specifications or view the Processing ALOS Data Webinar.

For purchasing information, Contact PCI Geomatics for a Quote.

Why use ALOS data?

  • Data is far more inexpensive than comparable products available
  • Geomatica 10.1 is the industry leader for ALOS data processing

Why Use Geomatica with ALOS data?

Geomatica ALOS support leads the industry for the following workflows:

About ALOS

The Advanced Land Observing Satellite (ALOS) is designed to provide valuable information for mapping, precise regional land coverage observation, disaster monitoring, and resource surveying. ALOS contains three sensors:

 
 
  PALSAR
(Phased Array type L-band
Synthetic Aperture Radar)		 PRISM
(Panchromatic Remote Sensing
Instrument for Stereo
Mapping)
 AVNIR-2
(Advanced
Visible and Near Infrared
Radiometer type 2)
 
 
  PALSAR PRISM
 AVNIR-2
 

Benefits

PALSAR is an active L-Band microwave sensor, with a swath three to five times wider than conventional SAR images. PALSAR is not affected by weather conditions and operable both daytime and nighttime. It is capable of multiple polarizations meaning some features can be seen better than in optical images.

Priced at ~$216 per scene, PRISMs 2.5m resolution and 70km swath width make it an attractive option for Stereo DEM Extraction

AVNIR-2 is a visible and near-infrared radiometer for observing land and coastal areas. AVNIR has a spatial resolution of 10m and can be used to PANSHARPEN higher resolution PRISM data.

Applications
  • DEM creation
  • Biomass estimation
  • Forest fire Monitoring
  • Agriculture
  • Oil Spill Monitoring
  • Flood Monitoring
  • Soil Moisture
  • Ship Detection/ Identification
  • Map Creation
  • DEM for Map
  • City Planning
  • Agriculture
  • Forestry
  • Coastal Management
  • Illegal Disposal Control
  • Flood Monitoring
  • Sea Traffic Monitoring
  • Large scale Map Creation
  • Large scale City Planning
  • Agriculture (Crop Identification etc.)
  • Forest Management
  • Coastal Management
  • Gulf pollution Control
  • Vegetation Monitoring
  • Large Scale Flood Monitoring

Processing ALOS with Geomatica

For more information about processing PALSAR Data in Geomatica please see the Orthorectifying PALSAR Data QuickGuide or Dr. Philip Cheng’s PALSAR article published in the September issue of GeoInformatics.

For detailed instruction on processing PRISM data in Geomatica OrthoEngine see the PRISM DEM Extraction Tutorial For more information about processing AVINR-2 data in Geomatica please see the Technical Specifications
 
 
 

Complementary Geomatica 10.1 Modules

Get more about of your ALOS data with Geomatica’s industry leading technology

Radar Processing

In addition to orthorectifying your PALSAR images, workflows such as Radiometric Correction, SAR texture analysis, SAR Classification, and SAR Change Detection are possible in Geomatica 10.1.

For more information please see the Radar Processing Technical Specifications or Fact Sheet.

For detailed instructions on SAR Processing view our training material.

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Polarimetry with the SAR Polarimetric Workstation

PALSAR data provides an exciting promise of obtaining accurate Earth information by leveraging multiple polarization modes. Do you want to be at the forefront of an exciting new stage in remote sensing? Start with the best exploratory package available: PCI Geomatics SAR Polarimetry Workstation (SPW).

The SAR Polarimetry Workstation is a comprehensive toolkit designed to help develop techniques for applying SAR polarimetry to Earth-monitoring and resource-management challenges. This state-of-the-art software provides a variety of metadata input, target selection, target analysis, and dataset processing utilities designed specifically for Polarimetric SAR data.

For more information please see the SPW technical specifications or Radar Analysis Fact Sheet

 

Desktop Production Engine and Desktop Production Engine +


Automate your ALOS workflows by using batch processing functionality in the PCI Visual Modeller environment.

For more information please see the Desktop Production Engine Technical Specifications or Fact Sheet

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Pansharpening

Add value to your high resolution PRISM data by taking advantage of the spectral resolution of AVNIR-2 using our best of breed pan-sharpening processing.

For more information please see the Pan Sharpening Technical Specifications or Fact Sheet

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Where to Buy ALOS Data?

AVNIR-2 and PRISM Data Nodes and contact point

Europe and Africa -
European Space Agency (ESA)
E-mail: eohelp@esa.int

North/South America -
Alaska Satellite Facility (ASF), University of Alaska Fairbanks
E-mail: uso@aadn.alaska.edu

Ocieania -
Geoscience Australia (GA)
E-mail: acres@ga.gov.au

Asia -
Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency (GISTDA)
E-mail: niramon@gistda.or.th

PALSAR Data Nodes and contact point


Earth Remote Sensing Data Analysis Center (ERSDAC)
Website: www.ersdac.or.jp/eng/index.E.html
e-mail: palsar@ersdac.or.jp

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

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