Innovative Image Processing Solutions from OVERWATCH GeoOps April, 2008 2008 ASPRS LIDAR PANEL

Innovative Image Processing Innovative Image Processing Solutions from OVERWATCH Solutions from OVERWATCH GeoOpsGeoOps

April, 2008April, 2008

2008 ASPRS LIDAR PANEL2008 ASPRS LIDAR PANEL

OVERWATCH Geospatial Operations

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ELT 5500/3500 Feature Analyst

LIDAR Analyst

RemoteView

Urban Analyst InterSCOPE

Extraction of 3D features from LIDAR data Advanced 3D Exploitation and Analysis Geospatial Decision Support Platform

Image Processing, Exploitation, and Analysis Extraction of 2D/3D features from RasterImage Exploitation and Analysis


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Geospatial Analyst Suite™Geospatial Analyst Suite™Geospatial Analyst Suite™Geospatial Analyst Suite™


• Ability to work with Point Clouds, ASCII, Shapefiles, and DEM Raster Data.

• Ability to covert ASCII/ Text and Shapefiles to .LAS format

• Ability to quickly generate and modify DEM’s (bare-earth)

• Process data in a variety of map units

• Ability to collect buildings, trees and forest

• Classify LAS data• Generate variety of analysis

layers• Extract multi-component and

complex building features• Advanced building edit tools

LIDAR Analyst Key FeaturesLIDAR Analyst Key Features


1. Review Data

2. Convert LAS to DEM

3. Extract Bare-Earth

4. Refine Bare-Earth

5. Extract Buildings

6. Refine Buildings

7. Extract Vegetation

8. Generate Contours

9. Classify Point Cloud

10. Visualize in 3D

11. Analyze and output to other data formats

PROJECT WORKFLOWPROJECT WORKFLOW


1. Bare earth extraction anomaly.

2. Addition of bare earth points.

3. Last Return LIDAR shows building

4. Modified bare earth

Bare Earth ModificationsBare Earth Modifications


Know Your ResolutionKnow Your ResolutionKnow Your ResolutionKnow Your Resolution

Low Resolution – 3

foot





High Resolution – ½ foot


LIDAR AnalystLIDAR Analyst®® cont. cont.LIDAR AnalystLIDAR Analyst®® cont. cont.Accuracy*• Bare – earth:

– RMSE as low as 0.12 meters under leaf off conditions• Buildings:

– An overall accuracy as high as 97.4 percent

Speed*• Bare – earth:

– Average processing speed of 86 seconds per km2

• Buildings:– 11,000 buildings in 9 minutes over an Urban High Density

Area of 33 sq km (Los Angles East)

• Trees:– 100,000 trees were extracted from a Forested Semi-Rural Area

in 6 minutes over a 50 sq km extent (Stafford, CT )

* Done with the U.S Army’s Engineering and Research Development Center (ERDC) Topographic Engineering Center (TEC)

* Ground control data provided by ERDC-TEC


• Major improvements to automated 3D

building extraction algorithm

• Enhanced the automated collection of

complex 3D rooflines

• Improved building square-up

algorithm

3D Rooftop Modeling3D Rooftop Modeling


Auto-split Buildings

Courtyard Tool

Advanced 3D Editing ToolsAdvanced 3D Editing Tools


Extraction of treesExtraction of trees


• Automatically extract contour lines at user

specified intervals from a bare earth layer

• Output is 3D polyline shape file

Contour ExtractionContour Extraction


Overwatch Solutions Are Client TestedOverwatch Solutions Are Client TestedOverwatch Solutions Are Client TestedOverwatch Solutions Are Client Tested

Sample of Government Clients:

• NGA

• OSM

• All US Armed Forces Branches

• NOAA

• USGS

• US Forest Service

• Dept. of Homeland Security

• BLM

• Nat’l Parks Service

• Environment Canada

• Parks Canada

Sample of Government Clients:

• NGA

• OSM

• All US Armed Forces Branches

• NOAA

• USGS

• US Forest Service

• Dept. of Homeland Security

• BLM

• Nat’l Parks Service

• Environment Canada

• Parks Canada

Sample of Commercial Clients:

• Adams, Rehmann, Heggan,

& Associates Inc.

• Aramco Services Co

• Digital Globe

• Bechtel

• GeoSyntec Consultants

• Greenhorne and O'Mara

• Lockheed Martin

• NavTech

• Raytheon

• Sanborn

Sample of Commercial Clients:

• Adams, Rehmann, Heggan,

& Associates Inc.

• Aramco Services Co

• Digital Globe

• Bechtel

• GeoSyntec Consultants

• Greenhorne and O'Mara

• Lockheed Martin

• NavTech

• Raytheon

• Sanborn

Overwatch Overwatch software software resides on resides on over over 30,000+30,000+ workstations workstations world wide.world wide.

• Federal Federal

• StateState

• Local Local

• University University

• Non-profits.Non-profits.


QUESTIONS?QUESTIONS?

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Contact Contact Overwatch Overwatch for more infofor more info

For more information please contact:

Rebecca Holman

[email protected]

406-829-1384x225

Overwatch Geospatial –

Montana Operations

P.O. Box 5012

Missoula, MT 59806

Free trial software is available at www.FeatureAnalyst.com

Free trial software is available at www.FeatureAnalyst.com

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Innovative Image Processing Solutions from OVERWATCH GeoOps April, 2008 2008 ASPRS LIDAR PANEL