Enterprise Services for Image Processing

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Enterprise Services for Image Processing Image
Management
Visual Information Solutions
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Agenda

• Introducing ITT VIS
• Image Streaming
• Enterprise IAS
• Image Processing in the Enterprise
• Demonstration

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Introducing ITT VIS

• Formerly Research Systems Inc (RSI)
• Acquired by ITT to become ITT VIS
• Part of Space Systems Division
• HQ Boulder, Colorado
• Offices in Europe and Asia plus distributors
• Consultancy, customisation education services
• 30 years experience in image processing, data
  analysis and visualisation

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ITT VIS Desktop Products

• IDL (Interactive Data Language)
• Easy-to-use programming language
• Widely used in data analysis visualisation
• Used by scientists, engineers, researchers
• ENVI
• Image display and processing application
• Written in IDL
• Extensible using IDL
• Available for use as a batch toolkit
• Originally for multi- and hyper-spectral analysis
• ENVI Zoom recently developed for
  image/geospatial analyst

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Image Access Solutions (IAS)

• Make Informed Decisions Faster
• Provide deployed military personnel and disaster
  responders in remote locations with quick access
  to large geospatial images
• Immediately stream full image scenes with
  metadata regardless of network bandwidth
  limitations, including dial-up (56k) connections
• IAS Provides
• Support for the critical standards
• Standards-compliant, JPEG 2000 Interactive
  Protocol (JPIP) image streaming
• NITF, JPEG 2000, NGA NPJE EPJE, and DoDIIS
  Interoperability
• A scalable COTS architecture designed for
  performance
• Consulting engineering services for integration
  into existing enterprise architectures

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JPEG2000 Compression

• Example 8-bit RGB Color Air Photo
• Raw Image
• 28701 cols x 13053 rows x 3 bands x 8-bit
• 1072 MB original file size
• Numerically Lossless
• Numerically Reversible
• 608 MB
• 1.761 compression (57)
• Visually Lossless
• VL compression
• 107 MB
• 101 compression (10)

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Image Comparison
Visually Lossless
Numerically Lossless
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The Pull Approach

• What is it?
• Compress and store data on the Server side
• Transmit only the data the user requests but
  allow access to all of the information in every
  image
• What is the benefit?
• Less storage space
• Small communication link demands
• Much less expensive than using massive server
  farms
• Allows for delivery of time-dominant information
• Allows for support of a large and disperse user
  base
• Serve Large Products over existing communication
  links all the way down to handheld devices and
  radios.

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Robust Metadata Streaming

• Business Logic to determines when/what metadata
  is streamed to the client
• Stream any subset of NITF metadata
• Just the RPC, Collection Date, Classification
• Stream metadata from other sources
• Ancillary data, annotations, MOTD text messages
• Viewer can request preferred metadata format
• ITT XML, GeoJP2, GMLJP2, SensorML, KML, or Binary
  Blob
• Viewer Hints
• IdealStretch (determined at compression time),
  GoTo Location
• NITF XML Generator (NXG) standalone utility
  creates ITT XML for backward compatibility

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Image Dissemination Enterprise IAS

• Bringing rapid image delivery services to the
  enterprise
• JPIP Streaming services
• Image compression services
• NITF J2K services
• Custom services
• Access from Java Viewer, ENVI and other clients

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What is Enterprise IAS?

• Image Access Solutions (IAS) provides a
  client-server configuration for high-performance
  image compression, conversion, and delivery based
  on JPEG 2000 standards.
• On the server, IAS provides image compression,
  conversion, streaming, and integration into SOA
  architectures.
• On the client side, IAS provides a
  high-performance, user-friendly interface for
  viewing and chipping streamed imagery.
• These tools use wavelet compression technology to
  convert images to JPEG 2000 in either JP2 or
  Certified NITF file formats.
• The converted images can be requested and viewed
  on different platforms, regardless of screen
  size, processing capabilities, and bandwidth
  constraints.

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Enterprise IAS Components
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Enterprise IAS Server Components (1)

• Compressor - Compresses NITF, TIFF, and GeoTIFF
  data to NITF 2.1 (NSIF 1.0) with JPEG2000
  compression (NITF C8) with support for multiple
  profiles to meet a variety of compression needs.
• Server Registry - A simple registry based on the
  Atom publishing protocol for registering datasets
  and disseminating available data, metadata and
  associations via HTTP or HTTPS.
• JPIP Streamer - Enables your application server
  to stream imagery via JPIP over HTTP or HTTPS to
  any JPIP-enabled viewer.
• Transcoder - Transcodes images between the
  Exploitation Preferred JPEG 2000 Encoding (EPJE)
  and the NITF Preferred JPEG 2000 Encoding (NPJE)
  format, without having to uncompress and
  re-compress the image.

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Enterprise IAS Server Components (2)

• IAS Web Coverage Service (WCS) - Provides
  standard WCS interfaces to create, register and
  retrieve imagery for clients that are not JPIP
  enabled
• IAS Web Mapping Service (WMS) - Provides standard
  WMS interfaces to create, register and retrieve
  imagery for clients that are not JPIP enabled
• TFRD to NITF Converter - Converts TFRD files to
  NITF 2.1 files using compression profiles to
  prepare TFRD data for the JPIP Streamer.
  Additional cost component.
• Image Chipper Create compliant NITF or GeoTIFF
  images on the server. Chips from compressed
  images and chips and transcodes. Additional cost
  component.

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Enterprise IAS System
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Enterprise IAS Client Components

• IAS Viewer
• Freely available
• View data from any JPIP stream.
• View associated metadata from an IAS Server
• Small download using Java WebStart
• IAS Client Chipper
• Additional cost plug-in to IAS Viewer
• Save a chip as a compliant NITF or GeoTIFF
  image at user-specified resolution
• GDAL JPIP format driver
• Enable almost any application to view data from a
  JPIP stream
• ITT VIS provided a reference implementation to
  the Open Source Community

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Benefits of Enterprise IAS

• Secure Streaming (HTTPS, SSL) aka JPIPS
• Standard Administration
• Authentication, Cluster, Failover, Bandwidth
  Control, User Restriction
• Improved catalog for image_pathname and metadata
• More stream-time tap points
• Interceptors for OTF operations (metadata
  insertion, transcode)
• Filters for limiting connections and supporting
  releasability
• Linux and WebLogic Support
• Readily integrates into your SOA enterprise

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Benefits of Enterprise IAS

• Immediate access and viewing of very large
  geospatial and other imagery over constrained
  bandwidth.
• Control of image transmission to meet image
  quality and resolution needs of different users.
• NITF Certified by the JITC
• DoDIIS Certified for your networks.
• Robust enterprise implementation using open
  standards and technologies.

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Enterprise Image Processing

• Meet enterprise imagery management and
  exploitation requirements with custom web
  services created by ITT VIS.
• Leverage the rich library of trusted ENVI IDL
  algorithms.
• For example Anomaly Detection, Change Detection,
  Pan Sharpening, Target Identification.

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ENVI For The Enterprise
Image Preparation and Analysis Services ENVI ES

• Bringing ENVI geoprocessing services to the
  ArcGIS Server
• Standard image processing and analysis
  capabilities will be available as services to the
  enterprise
• Additional services can be added as needed
• Custom services available
• Access ArcGIS Server from ENVI
• Bringing ENVI Orthorectification Services to
  ArcGIS Server
• Access rigorous orthorectification as a service
• We are releasing our first round of ENVI
  Enterprise Services or ENVI ES in the Q3 of 2010.

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Enterprise Imagery Solutions Strategy
Key Components of Enterprise Solutions

• Imagery Management ArcGIS Server and Image
  Extension
• Imagery Dissemination Support standards-based
  data compression and delivery
• Image Preparation Services Orthorectification
  services
• Image Processing/Analysis Services ENVI
  functionality as enterprise services
• Rich Client Support Client support to define,
  publish and consume imagery
• Expanding the reach of imagery through enterprise
  technologies

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A Complete Imagery Server Solution
ESRI ENVI ES Solution

• Complete Image Delivery Solution
• Compression
• JPIP Streaming
• Scales easily for image delivery across large
  enterprises or geographically distributed
  organizations
• Complete Imagery Prep Analysis Solution
• ENVI provides image processing analysis to
  ArcGIS
• IAS Viewer provides image viewing
• Benefits
• Proven server technology
• Robust imagery support
• Best in Breed image processing analysis
• Proven, scalable image processing

Providing proven solutions for both server and
federated systems.
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Processing Services
Leveraging ENVI Functionality within ArcGIS Server

• Proven ENVI processing and algorithms are
  deployed in server via the GeoProcessing (GP)
  tools of ArcGIS
• A processing bridge/adaptor is delivered to
  support this integration
• Enables rapid integration of ENVI functionality
• Allows user published functionality in the
  future.
• ArcGIS Server provides service publishing,
  management and execution

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Example Applications
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Enterprise IAS Deployments ESA Osprey
First Enterprise Deployment

• Prototype Enterprise Deployment
• Delivering ESA image products
• EBRIM Portal
• Web-based Configuration Management
• WCS, WMS and WFS Access

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Enterprise IAS Deployments Defence
Proven Functionality for Rapid Image Dissemination

• Defence and Security
• Military personnel deployed to field locations
  depend on timely and accurate information to help
  them make tactical decisions that are critical to
  military operations.
• IAS allow field users to access location-specific
  images quickly when involved in a mission.
• Even users in constrained bandwidth deployments
  can access imagery up to 100 times faster.

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Enterprise IAS Deployments KSAT
KSAT Image Anywhere

• Kongsberg Satellite Services
• Ice navigation assistance with satellite images
• Use IAS to stream SAR imagery rapidly to ships
  navigating ice flows
• KSAT can deliver the latest satellite image
  within half-an-hour of acquisition, enabling
  users to receive the very latest information on
  the sea ice conditions.

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Enterprise IAS Service Anomaly Detection

• Service calls ENVIs Reed-Xialoli Detector
• Identifies features spectrally different from the
  background
• Narrows results by anomaly strength and size.
• Service outputs a JP2K image with metadata giving
  the locations of detected anomalies.
• Stream the output image to IAS Viewer

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• Questions?
• Demonstration
• http//iasdemo.ittvis.com

David Burridge ITT Visual Information
Solutions dburridge_at_ittvis.com
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IAS JP2 Compression JPIP Image Streaming

• http//iasdemo.ittvis.com/
• Click the Browse link for the Sea_Island image
• 3 Aerial RGB Imagery courtesy of USGS
• 5714 MB (5.58 GB) original file size
• 50000 cols x 40000 rows x 3 bands
• Compressed using custom JPEG2000 profile designed
  for JPIP streaming of very large images
• Visually lossless
• 571 MB GeoJP2
• 101 compression (10)
• Exceptional JPIP streaming performance

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ITT Server Integration Strategy
Using ENVI IAS Technologies to Extend ArcGIS
Server
ENVI and IAS functionality will be integrated to
ArcGIS Server
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Benefits of Enterprise IAS (1)

• Security and Reliability
• Protects your data with encrypted Image Streaming
  
• Reliable services levels using state-of-the-art
  load balancing and failover technologies
• Lower Total Cost of Ownership
• Optimize communication bandwidth using robust
  metadata control
• Increase performance/price ratio using Linux
• Lower integration cost by leveraging existing
  centralized services (LDAP etc)
• Lower operating costs by using standard
  technologies well-known to your system
  administration staff