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Definiens eCognition
The Definiens eCognition is the original object-based image
analysis software. And it’s remained the solution of choice for
industry leading data providers, v alue adders and remote sensing
professionals for nearly a decade.
The software suite offers three different components which can be
used stand-alone or incombination to solve even the most
challenging image analysis tasks.
Definiens Developer
is a powerful development environment
for object-based imageanalysis.
It is used in earth sciences to develop rule sets (or applications
for DefiniensArchitect) for the automatic analysis of remote
sensing data.
Definiens Architect
enables non-technical professionals
such as vegetation mappingexperts,
urban planners or foresters to leverage Definiens technology
within a graph ic user interface (GUI). Users can easily configure,
calibrate and execute image
analysis workflows created in
Definiens Developer.
Definiens eCognition Server
software provides a processing
environment for the batch
execution of image
analysis jobs. Based on a specialized grid architecture designed
specifically for large-scale image analysis projects, the
Definiens eCognition Server can automatically process thousands of
images and perform detailed analyses in a single, fully automated
run.
Underlying Technology
The principle underlying Definiens
technology is that it is context-based. The technology examines
pixels not in isolation, but in context. The technology identifies
objects rather than just examining individual pixels. It makes
inferences about objects by looking at them in context to build up
a picture iteratively. Just like the human mind, it uses the
color, shape, texture and size of objects as well as their context
and relationships to draw the same conclusions and inferences as
an experienced analyst.
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