 India: Integrated GIS and Image Processing Software (IGiS) developed by Scanpoint Geomatics in partnership with ISRO was launched at a glittering function organised at the J N Tata Memorial Auditorium of the National Institute of Advanced Studies in Bangalore on 29 July 2009 by Dr G Madhavan Nair, Chairman ISRO and Secretary Department of Space. Releasing the product Dr Madhavan Nair congratulated the scientists of ISRO and the development team at Scanpoint Geomatics for the successful development of the software and expressed the hope that this would meet the needs of the Indian Users and that more such softwares would be developed for the Indian users. “There is a good potential for entrepreneurs to cash in on earth observation applications using such tools”
IGiS is a Geomatics software which includes GIS, image processing and its integration with real time information using GPS. IGiS has been tested by scientists and experts at more than 12 centers of ISRO for over a year before it was formally released.
IGiS has a wide range of tools that can be customized by the users themselves, and more than 300 application modules are included for GIS advance analysis, image processing, terrain analysis, change and time series analysis, 3D modelling, ICR (intelligent character reading), decision support and uncertainty management.
IGiS offers multi-criteria and multi-objective evaluation techniques with decision alternatives. It includes an image processing tool for image restoration, enhancement, classification and transformation. Classification tools include supervised and unsupervised multi- spectral and hyper-spectral classifiers. IGiS supports all possible data formats and follows OGC and ISO standards.
Sectors like defense, telecommunications, transportation, infrastructure, urban planning, economic development, real estate, resource exploration, agriculture, forestry, environment, power, disaster management and healthcare will benefit from IGiS.
Source : By our special correspondent , GIS Development
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