Geomatica® Overview

With Geomatica, PCI Geomatics offers the most complete geospatial software solution to date. No other geomatics software solution has the built-in capabilities to support your organization's geospatial data processing needs and increase productivity like Geomatica.  Geomatica breaks down the conventional divisions in traditional remote sensing, GIS, photogrammetry, cartography, web and development tools. All of these are offered in a single integrated environment, meaning fewer errors, less wasted time, and greater productivity.

With full raster and vector integration and support for over 100 geospatial data formats, Geomatica offers solutions for all of your geomatics processing needs while maintaining complete interoperability with outside software packages.

As a geospatial software professional, your job is to get the most out of your data, extracting information to help make better decisions about your world. At PCI Geomatics, our job is to provide you with the best tools available to help turn spatial data into information. Geomatica 10 represents the culmination of these efforts to date. This landmark release improves and adds to the capabilities for which Geomatica is known, helping you turn your images into answers.

Desktop Products and Add-on Modules

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What’s New?

Geomatica 10.1.3 is here now!

The Geomatica v10.1.3 update includes significant updates for sensor support in OrthoEngine. RADARSAT-2 data products are now readable by GDB and can be corrected using OrthoEngine. This new release also contains enhancements for computing RPC information for SPOT 4 and SPOT 5 data, as well as the new SAR Fusion tool. As well, users of v10.1.3 will be able to quickly and conveniently access the Pansharpening tool directly in OrthoEngine.

Geomatica v10.1.3 introduces the following new functionality:

RADARSAT-2 Data compatibility
Now process RADARSAT-2 data in OrthoEngine – import data using GDBs, and orthorectify your data using the SAR model or RPCs.

SPOT RPC
Correct your SPOT 4 and SPOT 5 data using just a few or no GCPs, or allow OrthoEngine to calculate RPCs for you.

SAR Fusion
This exciting new tool allows users to quickly and accurately fuse low-resolution SAR imagery with high resolution multispectral images.

Pansharpening in OrthoEngine
The Pansharpening tool is now accessible through the Utilities menu in OrthoEngine.

 

Geomatica 10.1.2 is here now!

The Geomatica v10.1.2 update includes significant updates for sensor support in OrthoEngine. JAXA Level 1.5 PALSAR data products are now readable by GDB and can be corrected using OrthoEngine.

Geomatica v10.1.2 introduces two exciting new Add-On Modules:

Worldview-1 Add-On Module
Geomatica v10.1.2 includes support for the WorldView-1 sensor. This will allow users of Geomatica to capitalize on the world’s only 50 centimeter resolution commercial imaging satellite.
For more information about the WorldView Add-On Module:
WorldView Technical Specifications
WorldView Sensor Support Page

Terrasar-X Add-On Module
Geomatica 10.1.2 allows users to capitalize on the high resolution X-band Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) imagery provided by the TerraSAR-X satellite.
For more information about the WorldView Add-On Module:
TerraSAR-X Technical Specifications
TerraSAR-x Sensor Support Page

Geomatica 10.1.1 is here now!

Now supported in Geomatica 10.1.1 is Kompsat-2, the high-resolution satellite belonging to the Korean Aerospace Research Institute (KARI). KOMPSAT-2 acquires imagery in black and white (Pan) at a resolution of 1 m, and in colour (MS) across 4 bands in the visible (red, green, blue) and near-infrared at a resolution of 4 m.

Support for ALOS data products has also been extended to include ERSDAC PALSAR level 1.5 long version, level 4.1 and level 4.2 data.

Other satellites fully supported in this release include:

• CBERS - China-Brazil Earth Resources Satellite
• DMC - Disaster Monitoring Constellation
• EROS-B - Earth Resources Observation Systems

In addition, PCI Geomatics' Generic Database (GDB) Technology has been extended, allowing for the exporting of raster and vector layers into KML format with direct loading of layers into Google Earth (version 4.0 or greater). The GDB Technology also now supports LASF version 1.0 for both reading and writing.

A new RMOVERLAP algorithm has been added to the Modeler and EASI environments which simplify cutlines generated by OrthoEngine. By removing the overlap between cutline polygons, cutlines are easier to edit and are more intuitive.

The GRNEHN algorithm is now included in the pan sharpening workflow, which produces a more natural dataset and is a better match with actual photos, as it improves the green band in the output image.

Geomatica 10.1 is here now!

New Features include:

• Complete: Photogrammetry, GIS and Cartography Solutions
• Powerful: Over 250 raster and vector processing tasks with batch support
• Quality: Outputs including ortho-mosaic maps, DEMs, and value-added imagery
• Interoperable: Exclusive Generic DataBase (GDB) technology – including Oracle 10g
• Geomatica 10.1 flyer (PDF)

Geomatica 10 presents new technologies which will change the way spatial data is processed and analyzed. Highlights include:

• New Sensor Support: Rigorous orthorectification support for IRS-P6 (RESOURCESAT-1), CBERS and FORMOSAT (ROCSAT)
• Ortho-mosaic componentization, allowing the scripting and batch-processing of workflows
• Complete Oracle 10g Spatial GeoRaster loading and exploitation, placing Geomatica at the forefront of spatial tools for enterprise-scale databases
• Instant OrthoCorrection: 3D, ortho-accurate vector extraction and position without the need for orthophoto generation or 3D hardware
• Photogrammetry improvements including advanced tools for accuracy estimation and blunder detection, greater mosaicking flexibility in color balancing and cutline selection, and improved rational functions support for satellite imagery
• RADAR processing improvements include enhanced sensor and processing support for ENVISAT ASAR images and radiometric terrain correction
• Geomatica 10 Brochure (PDF)

To find out more, visit www.pcigeomatics.com/products/v10.pdf for an overview of the new capabilities of Geomatica 10.

To learn about the differences between Geomatica 9 and Geomatica 10, visit www.pcigeomatics.com/products/migration.html

Geomatica Architecture

Geomatica includes a variety of integrated work environments which are available from a common toolbar.

The Geomatica Toolbar
The Geomatica toolbar provides access to all of Geomatica’s interfaces and functionality, including:

	Focus Focus is Geomatica’s main data visualization environment. Also included in Focus are geospatial processing algorithms, data capture functionality and information extraction and analysis tools.
	OrthoEngine OrthoEngine is a complete photogrammetry environment offering geometric correction, orthorectification, mosaicking and DEM extraction functionality, as well as 3D visualization and data extraction environments.
	Modeler Modeler is a visual scripting environment which provides an interactive methodology for developing, automating and batch-processing both simple and complex workflows.
	EASI EASI is a command line based scripting environment providing workflow development as well as customization functionality.
	FLY! FLY! is a visualization tool which renders perspective scenes and interactive ‘fly-thoughs’ using imagery and elevation information.
	Chip Manager The Chip Manager enables the creation and management of image chip libraries for use as ground control in orthorectification workflows.
	GeoRaster Metadata Mapper The GeoRaster Metadata Mapper enables the storing, indexing and management of geospatial files in Oracle 10g databases.