Introduction, summary of research activities

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Introduction, summary of research activities

• GMOSS 24-month review meeting
• April 25, 2006 Salzburg, Austria
• Martino Pesaresi

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Agenda
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Keynote reasons, contents

• Keynotes have the possibility to discuss more
  technical details on GMOSS production.
• Possibly more interesting than quick listing of
  names and deliverables
• Keynotes have a kind of transversal nature with
  respect to the WP structure stimulating the
  exploitation of the NoE integration potential
• Keynotes dont cover the full research production
  of GMOSS
• For a representative coverage we would need three
  days of workshop or parallel sessions

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WP structure, keynote coverage
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Tools, Feature recognition (WP20100)

• Theoretical research
• feature catalogue and nomenclature, priority
  topics, research roadmap
• Applied research
• land-use classification, and
• automatic recognition of specific image targets
  or features relevant for security applications
  (buildings, linear features, man-made features,
  vehicle detection)
• testing as the input of signal recorded from
  different kind of active and passive satellite
  sensors and various processing approaches.

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Tools, Change detection (WP20300)

• The WP has invested their effort in the case
  study of Esfahan that has been used for several
  investigations
• change detection methods as object-based change
  detection techniques for high-resolution
  multispectral imagery,
• coherent and non-coherent methods using high
  resolution radar data (Radarsat),
• and 3D change detection using high resolution
  stereo images (Ikonos and Quickbird).
• The comparison of the different change detection
  methodologies and results is still ongoing and
  not final findings are available at the date.

Detection of relocated machines on AeS-1 SAR
images using Hybrid methods
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Tools, Data integr. and visualiz. (WP20200)

• The WP has focused the research activities on
  four main areas
• Realistic 3D modelling (Z_GIS Goz Amer refugee
  camp),
• The workspace concept (FH HOF, FOI, DLR,
  Z_GIS),
• Development of the Web Map Server, Web Feature
  Server and the experimentation of the use of
  Keyhole Server technology as support to the GMOSS
  test cases (EUSC),
• Development of a grid paradigm based on
  parallel computation for fast storage and
  retrieval of massive imagery data (UNOSAT)

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Appl., Treaty monitoring (WP20400)

• Change detection techniques for remote monitoring
  of underground nuclear testing (Landsat TM and
  Aster data, Nevada test site)
• Multi- and hyperspectral remote sensing change
  detection
• with generalized difference images using an
  iteratively re-weighted version of the
  Multivariate Alteration Detection method
  (IR-MAD)
• Algorithms for unsupervised classification
  (clustering) of MAD and MAD/MAF variants were
  developed
• Development of interpretation keys for the
  nuclear fuel cycle and formalization of them in
  an automatic recognition process
• Development of automatic image analysis and
  change detection procedures for Nuclear
  Monitoring using object-oriented classification
  methodologies
• Test on use change detection algorithms as
  support to the chemical weapons verification
  agency, OPCW.
• The work on hyper-spectral images indicates that
  it is possible to locate uranium mining
  activities and to confirm the over all details of
  a States declaration of its uranium mining
  activities.

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Appl., Early warning (WP20500)

• High-spatial resolution sensors
• Successfully tested mainly for giving timely
  information on conflict preparation (as in the
  case of the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait),
• High-temporal resolution sensors
• Successfully tested to give quite real-time
  information (each 15 min updated) of action in
  acts (like for the explosion at Hilton Hotel in
  Taba).
• New test cases have been produced in the last 12
  months and other ones considered in order to test
  new applications and/or to consolidate results
  already achieved by increasing the statistics.

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Appl., Monitoring infrastr. (WP20700)

• A joint work was carried out and contributions
  with respect to Critical Infrastructure
  Catalogue were selected.
• A summary of most relevant and important types of
  infrastructure and their threats was extracted.
• Results of the stereometric DSM generation of the
  Quickbird data of Esfahan test areas (2004 and
  2005) was delivered to various partners and WPs
  by Joanneum.
• Results of the coherent change detection of the
  test areas of Esfahan and Bam were shared by TNO.

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Appl., Damage assessment (WP20900)

• Several partners have extensively been involved
  rapid mapping and damage assessment in the
  aftermath of the Tsunami disaster and the
  Earthquake in Kashmir October 2005.
• Most of this work was directly targeted at
  providing relief agencies with imagery and maps
  (e.g. by DLR-ZKI, UNOSAT, and JRC).
• Other work comprises damage assessment based on
  space-based synthetic aperture radar imagery that
  was carried out by Definiens, JRC, QinetiQ, and
  TNO.

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Appl., Monitoring population (WP20600)

• Conceptual work on definition of satellite images
  proxies for human presence,
• Comparison and tuning of different techniques for
  automatic dwelling counting,
• Development of a statistical metric linking
  dwelling types and number of inhabitants,
• Joint test activity related to the estimation of
  population on selected refugee camps (Goz Amer)
  and the Kashmir area,
• Study of the location of immigrant camps near the
  Spanish cities of Ceuta and Melilla (border fence
  between Spain and Morocco).

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Appl,. Monitoring borders (WP20800)

• Developed and implemented a border permeability
  model based on integration of remotely sensed
  data and other geospatial data.
• The model has been applied with different
  variants and spatial resolutions in two areas,
  namely the EU25 land border and the Central
  Africa region.
• The maps of the permeability resulting from this
  assessment, illustrate the high potential of
  these spatial modeling analyses.
• Automatic detection of tracks, testing algorithms

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Concepts, Scenario analysis (WP 21100)

• Contribution in the definition of the scenario
  game proposed within the GMOSS summer school
  program (Salzburg 05).
• Plans are to run a new game in 2006.

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Concepts, Issues and priorities (WP 21300)

• JRC and Swisspeace have been working on potential
  indicators of emerging crises.
• Possible longer term structural indicators of
  risks to international security are under
  investigation by JRC. Work is also ongoing to
  test an interactive map product combining
  material provided by JRC and Swisspeace.
• TNO is undertaking consultations with WP21300
  members regarding possible criteria for assessing
  the utility of earth observation in managing
  specific crises.
• Two key documents have been produced by this WP
  addressing i) the role of earth observation on EU
  security strategy, and ii) the contribution of
  earth observation to crisis management.

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Conc., Responding to crisis (WP 21200)

• The WP has integrated in a conceptual frame the
  ongoing GMOSS work related to the topic by the
  mean of surveys and integrated workshops.
• A comparison with the activity and requirements
  of external Actors involved in crisis scenarios
  like UN and NATO has been also included.
• A conceptual guide to select suitable scenarios
  for NoE GMOSS related activities was drafted.
• The guide addresses various aspects of the
  scenario selection and is organized in five
  chapters 1 Choosing a crisis type, 2
  Defining crisis properties, 3 Identifying
  relevant actors, 4 Evaluating information
  chains, and 5 Finalizing the scenarios.
• New damage detection tools and semantics have
  been tested under the constraint of real
  emergency
• responding to the extremely devastating
  earthquake in October 2005 in Pakistan, JRC and
  DLR joined forces and capacities to support the
  near real time damage assessment and relief
  logistics by jointly developing a damage
  assessment scheme, drawing on GMOSS experience
  and staff

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Thanks for your attention