What's New in eCognition Essentials 1.1 Christian Weise

eCognition ® Essentials  Powerful out-of-the-box Land Cover Mapping solution  Allows users at any skill level to quickly produce high-quality, GIS-ready deliverables from imagery Software Overview Transform image data into geospatial information

 Low Ramp-up Time  Intuitive graphical user interface to perform land cover mapping on imagery  Get work done faster  Guided and automated workflows for effectively transforming image data into actionable intelligence  InSphere Data Marketplace  Rapid discovery and easy access to geospatial data Customer Benefits

 Performance improvements, significantly reducing processing time  Improved mapping capabilities for robust and accurate classification results  Productivity gains and a greater user experience New in Essentials Robustness Performance Productivity

 Feature: Multi-core support in “Multiresolution Segmentation”  Background: –“Multiresolution Segmentation” is the first and most successful object creation technique in the remote sensing market & the most time-consuming process of an typical eCognition analysis (~45% of the overall processing time) –General trend in CPU development has moved from dual-core to quad- or hex-core chips - parallel programming techniques can benefit from multiple cores directly  Benefits: –Performance improvements of up to 50% during object creation freeing time to focus on the interpretation of results and decision making –Reduced overall processing time allowing users to faster produce results –Utilize the power of current desktop systems by using up to 4 CPU cores Performance Improvement

 Feature: Load, save and use sample statistics  Background: –Supervised learning algorithms analyzes spectral signatures obtained from sample areas and produces an classification model, which will be used for mapping (  convert pixel data into thematic information) –Samples represent the class examples and can be stored in GIS layers to save time if users want to re- do or to modify the selection –Problem is that new sample locations have to be selected for every new data set, because (beside atmospheric and spectral effects) they could not covered by the new scene(s)  Benefits: –Extend and transfer sample statistics for classifications make a re-selection of sample areas superfluous and allowing users to faster produce results –Combine sample statistics from different scenes offers the creation of transferable classification models which produce robust and accurate results Improved Mapping Capabilities

 Feature: Load, save and execute solutions  Benefits: –Execute a complete image analysis task with a single mouse-click allowing users to faster produce results –Save and load calibrated solutions increase the productivity (re-calibration on new input scene is not necessary anymore) Productivity Gains

Other new features included  Features: 1.New toolbar buttons to customize two individual but synchronized view windows  Benefits: 1.Allow users to do a better source data assessment and classification result inspection 2.New toolbar buttons for panning & zooming 2.Allow quick navigation for faster data inspection 4.Flexible reshaping workflows blocks 3./4. Allow creation of better - map conform – results 3.New workflow block for smoothing

 Release Date: 23 April 2015  Who´s eligible? All users with a valid maintenance contract as of April 2015  The software is available in the customer download area:  Get the free Trial, learn more about Trimble eCognition and to watch the eCognition Essentials product video on

Christian Weise Product Manager Thanks for your attention! ツ