Earth Sciences

Definiens is the No. 1 Enterprise Image Intelligence™ platform. Organizations involved in Earth Sciences can quickly extract accurate and reliable geo-information - from any kind of remote sensing imagery. Enterprises and organizations all along the value chain – data providers, service providers and end users - rely on Definiens to bridge the gap between Earth Observation and remote sensing on the one hand and Geographical Information Systems (GIS) on the other. By correlating image analysis with other geospatial information, Earth Sciences organizations are enabled to generate, with minimum manual intervention, accurate GIS-ready information for:


Infrastructure Planning
Accurate rapid mapping and change detection are essential tools in the sustainable planning of urban infrastructure and traffic corridors. Definiens’ technology helps to reduce construction, operation and maintenance costs for new oil and gas pipelines and telecoms infrastructure. It supports long term urban planning, ensuring that land is used appropriately and that quality of life is enhanced by reducing noise and pollution in cities.

Natural Resource Management
An accurate and up-to-date picture of land cover and the surface of the ocean is vital for assessing the health of the planet. It is used to measure the impact of climate change, assess biodiversity in natural habitats, and support sustainable farming and forest management. The technology is also applied in finding and exploiting natural resources like oil and gas fields.

Defense and Security
Definiens’ rapid mapping and data fusion applications provide detailed maps of any territory, however remote or unfamiliar. Context-based analysis links object detection with feature extraction. Targets can be detected and put into relation to understand the depicted situation. These capabilities enable timely and well-informed decision making for a wide range of defense and security measures, such as border control and disaster management.