The list hereinafter describes some of the projects carried
out by VisioTerra: Document sans titre
Service Google Earth
VisioTerra gives advice to companies in their use of Google Earth and develops the tools that can enable them to share geolocalised data within the company, with their partners and with the World.
VTAOIWatcher - Getting and processing EO data from archives
VTAOIWatcher enables users an easy access to a list of automatically updated and processed images acquired over “monitored areas”.
VTGeomorpho - Serial profiles and wrapping surfaces
VTGeomorpho is an application able to scan the terrain capturing altimetry values and displaying serial profiles. VTGeomorpho is also able to compute wrapping surfaces interpolating the local maxima or the local minima.
VTAOICatcher – Acquisition prediction
Development of a tool enabling to select the missions / instruments observing a particular area of interest for a given period.
VTSatelliteTracker - Orbit propagation and virtual globes
Development of a Web tool to display in virtual globes the satellite models, propagated orbits, instrument viewing vectors, and on-ground swaths.
VTTileGrabber – Virtual Globe Capture
Development of a tool enabling the capture of the layers displayed along a session of navigation in a virtual globe. Production of a geocoded mosaic of the observed tiles.
UMLV / Algerian Universities
Geometry of remote sensing images
Communication in the universities of Constantine and M’Sila. Processing of Landsat scenes in the region of Constantine.
TOTAL
Coastal erosion of Mandji peninsula
Compilation and accurate geocoding of optic and radar data (satellite and aerial photographs) acquired along the last 35 years. Photo-interpretation of coastal lines and development of tools to quantify erosions / accretions.
TOTAL
World / Africa / South Africa posters
Production and processing of three posters (diameter 5m and 7m) displayed on the TOTAL stand at the AAPG 2008 workshop in Cap Town (South Africa).
ESA-ESRIN
GOCE L1b Products User Handbook
Editing of a second version of the handbook describing the acquisition physics, the algorithms, and the products of the gravimeter and positioning instruments onboard GOCE.
TOTAL
World poster
Production and processing of a 5x10m poster displayed on the TOTAL stand at the EAGE 2008 workshop in Rome.
SIARCE / AIR
Audit of the SIGNE GIS
Assessment of the functionalities, document, manpower and computer resources of the GIS for the management of the Essonne basin. Editing of recommendations for the system extension.
ESA / Brockmann Consult
CAL/VAL Portal
Generic description of missions and instruments using the SensorML language to support Calibration / Validation activities performed by the CEOS group.
PDVSA/ BEICIP
Remote Sensing Training applied to Oil Exploration
Training of PDVA's managers for the acquisition processing and interpretation of Earth observation data.
TOTAL
Study of Google Earth
Study training and demonstrations of Google Earth for the fulfilment of business requirements in the domains of oil exploration environment management and infrastructures.
WCS / OBSCOM
Afghanistan eastern complex forest mapping
Production of a SPOT-5 / SPOT-4 mosaic over Afghanistan. Assessment and processing of SRTM defects.
Bandit Manchot
E-commerce website setting up
Graphic elaboration, shop window, goods database, shopping basket, special offers, customers accounts, orders, quick browsing... from Oscommerce.
ICE
Communication support
Elaboration of the graphic charter, company presentation leaflet and partners business cards.
SPOT IMAGE
Scientific editing of DIMAP format
Enhancement of DIMAP documentation by providing explanations, equations and figures of the viewing model. HTML pages are automatically generated from XML schemas and style sheets.
Lapidem
Google Earth website
Presentation of the architecture projects within dynamic web pages and display of the projects in the Google Earth virtual globe.
DGA / Générale d'Infographie
Georeferring study
Inventory of technical solutions and research actors in the field of georeferring.
ESA Palestinian Universities
Remote Sensing Training and GIS in Palestine
In collaboration with the University of Marne-la-Vall�e and with the support of the European Space Agency, VisioTerra has built a GIS of Palestine that has been presented to the universities of Al-Quds, Naplouse and Hebron.
ESA-ESRIN
MERIS Product Handbook
Enhancement and correction of the MERIS product handbook introducing FAQ, applications and level 3 descriptions.
UNEP
OPTEC Gaza
Processing, control and preparation of data for the inventory of land cover in Gaza Band.
UNEP / OBSCOM
OPTEC Gaza
Processing, control and preparation of data for the inventory of land cover in Gaza Band.
TOTAL
Radar methodology
Development of accurate orthorectification techniques, setting of back-scattering models depending on land cover, and processing of speckle noise.
Gaz de France / BEICIP Franlab
Landsat ETM + Libya
Processing, production and restitution of Landsat ETM+ spacemaps for the photo-interpretation of structural geology.
ESA-ESTEC
MERIS Geometry handbook
details the viewing geometry and provides algorithms and programs to orthorectify MERIS images from elevation ancillary data or external DEM(s).
ESA-ESTEC
DEM Quality assessment
Elevations found in ACE (ERS-1/2 Altimetry Corrected Elevations) and in SRTM30 are compared and assessed using external elevation values. Visual inspections results are also reported within a technical note.
TOTAL
JERS Colombia
Geocoding, pre-processing and quality control of 38 JERS-scenes.
Morocco Marble Exploration
Envisat ASAR + Landsat ETM+ synthesis
Geocoding and merging of RADAR and optical images to support photo-interpretation for the detection of marble veins in Moroccan Atlas.
ESA-ESRIN / CNES
SPOT Vegetation / Envisat MERIS - Complementarity and comparison
Analysis of radiometry and geometry performances of both instruments. Paper presented on 2nd SPOT Vegetation Workshop (Antwerp, 12-14 March 2004).
Partners
VisioTerra maintains cooperation with industry, universities
and research organisations:
GAEL Consultant
a software company specialised
in software development for EO data processing. VisioTerra is granted
the right to upgrade and maintain the TELIMAGO software owned by GAEL
Consultant.
University of Marne La Vallée
Computer science, graphical interfaces, image processing courses
are given by VisioTerra staff.
ENSG (IGN)
Supervision of PhDs and DEA students in collaboration with «Geographic
Information Sciences» department.