ADAM Systems Debuts GeoProcessor Engine For
Geospatial Imagery Digital Asset Management Applications
San Jose, Calif., July 7, 2003
The ADAM Systems Group of Advanced Software Resources, Inc.
(ASR), a Silicon Valley based Digital Asset Management solutions
provider, today unveiled its GeoProcessorTM, a standalone Solaris-based
application for satellite and aerial imagery data processing.
The ADAM Systems GeoProcessor retrieves metadata and source
imagery from customer-specified source files, manages the data
ingest process and generates imagery products. The unique software
solution handles a variety of data types, including imagery
from Landsat, SPOT, RADARSAT and IKONOS satellites as well as
TIFF, GeoTIFF and JPEG formats, among others. GeoProcessor customers
benefit from a focused solution to handle data ingest and cataloging
that can be integrated into an overall imagery management system.
“We are pleased to offer our customers this streamlined
and flexible solution for satellite imagery processing,”
said Robert Schreiner, ADAM Systems Group chief technology officer.
“The adaptable GeoProcessor has been integrated into our
flagship ADAM System G-Series solution for total imagery management,
from ingest to archive to distribution.” The GeoProcessor
software has already been delivered to its first customer, where
it is hosted on a Sun Enterprise 4500 platform.
After discovering and retrieving source imagery, the GeoProcessor
transforms and creates National Imagery Transmission Format
(NITF) versions, placing the resulting product files in a designated
output directory or user-defined mailbox. The GeoProcessor can
process data from both single (panchromatic) and multiband (color
and multispectral) files. Additional output products include
multiple Zoom-Level views, Bitmap Browse images and Thumbnails,
and text-formatted Metadata with processing results. All of
these are in standard formats, accessible for use by commercial
asset management and exploitation systems.
Like the ADAM Systems G-Series, the GeoProcessor was designed
to address the proliferation of imagery data sources, file types
and geospatial tools used for applications as diverse as surveillance,
environmental research and disaster recovery.
“ADAM Systems technologies have been managing high-value
digital assets in mission critical government geospatial applications
for nearly two decades,” continued Schreiner. “We
are leveraging that expertise into the commercial sector with
products such as the GeoProcessor, building on a strong legacy
of scalable, robust and highly secure digital asset management
solutions.”
"The GeoProcessor incorporates the technical strengths
of its parent ADAM System capabilities, proven daily in continuous
operations," concluded Schreiner. “Both accelerate
the geospatial information processing chain through advanced
automation techniques.”
When integrated into an ADAM Systems G-Series, the GeoProcessor
becomes part of an overall asset management system that not
only processes the incoming data, but efficiently catalogs,
archives, tracks, manages, distributes and preserves still and
motion digital imagery assets – all through a single browser-based
interface. Additional functionality available through incorporation
with the ADAM G-Series includes advanced query techniques that
allow users to search for imagery by circumscribing a map or
by descriptive metadata. A portion or chip of an image can be
ordered and software tools applied to analyze the data and produce
new product.
The G-Series also offers advanced security and asset preservation
functionality. Multi-level security schemes screen and control
query, access and manipulation privileges, while security logs
permanently record each and every transaction. ADAM preservation
schemes automate media maintenance and data quality preservation.
Coupled with the ability to accept future storage technologies
and formats, the ADAM G-Series extends an unlimited life span
to the content captured by the GeoProcessor and its derivatives.
About ADAM Systems Group
The ADAM Systems Group of Advanced Software Resources, Inc.
develops robust digital asset management technology for high
resolution still and motion imagery and associated files. The
Group tailors its solutions to the operational requirements
of the individual installation, from small workgroup environments
to massive geo-imagery and video processing centers handling
petabytes of data and millions of files. The highly-experienced
Group has successfully transferred technologies developed under
stringent government standards in challenging 24/7 environments
to the commercial market. ADAM G-Series are fourth generation
technology built to securely and quickly process, manage, preserve
and distribute large, complex digital imagery shipped to earth
from surveillance satellites or aircraft. ADAM G-Series geospatial
solutions provide advanced automation features and a wide array
of digital imagery and video processing functions and analysis
tools specific to the needs of geospatial applications. For
more information, please visit www.adamsystems.com.
For additional Information contact:
Curtis Chan
CHAN & ASSOCIATES, INC
cj_chan@chanandassoc.com
Phone: (714) 447-6016 x100
Fax: (714) 447-6020
ADAM Systems Group
info@adamsystems.com
Phone: (408) 526-0500 x226
Fax: (408) 526-0900
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