Trafficability services for roads, tracks and trails in tropical & equatorial areas using optical, hyperspectral and radar

data

Thierry Rousselin / Romain Chasseigne / Karine GuérinEcole des Mines de Paris / Géo212

Francethierry.rousselin@geo212.com

Objectives

Obtain an accurate estimation of road, tracks and trails traficability in tropical and equatorial areas :

• Nature and characteristics of tracks /Land cover of surrounding areas /Identification and characterization of obstacles

• Tracks status : GO / NO GO / SLOW GO

Why is it important ?

Project background (1/2)Our job :• Assess geospatial information quality• Optimize image sources choices and open sources data

mining• Define new products and services

Our customers :• Defense

• Oil & Gas / Mining

• Humanitarian & post crisis operations

Project background (2/2)

Project team

SOAR Team

Field work /Tests of

products andservices

ECORSDefenseresearchproject

HUMINT

OSINTIMINT

OSINT : The Chad Case

Land cover &Moisture maps

Roads & tracks characterisation

Spot 5 HRG 2,5 m – 01 feb 2006

Before the flood

Formosat 2 - 2,2 m – 07 may 2006

During the flood

RADARSAT-2 inputs

• Help create more robust sources kits• No single source gives all the answers in all areas• Radarsat-2 data will maintain the existing use of

Radarsat 1• Radarsat-2 fine mode will complete 2.5m/5m resolution

solutions during rainy season.

• Provide new informations• Radarsat-2 fine mode will complete 1/25 000 solutions

during rainy season.• Radarsat-2 should provide tracks and soils moisture

information• Radarsat-2 should give additional tracks physical

properties

From Research to Operationalization

2006

2007

2008

2009

PhD&

MasterDegree

Research

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SOAR

RADARSAT

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