OBJECTIVE
Demonstrate capabilities for scalable on-demand web-based Earth Observation data processing using cloud computing.
FUNDING AGENCY
International Space Station U.S. National Laboratory
PARTNERS
Exelis Visual Information Solutions (now L3Harris Geospatial)
AWARD
2019 ISS Compelling Results Award – Earth Science and Remote Sensing
SOLUTION
Created an interactive web application for on-demand processing of remote sensing data from the Hyperspectral Imager for the Coastal Ocean (HICO) on the International Space Station.
The HICO Image Processing System used a combination of commercial and open-source software layers deployed in the cloud to deliver advanced hyperspectral analysis techniques to the global user community. Analysis focused on output products related to water quality, bathymetry and other coastal environmental characteristics, with results dynamically generated and displayed on-demand per user request.
Developed before widespread deployment of cloud-based processing of Earth Observation data became commonplace, the HICO Image Processing System is considered an innovative trailblazer for the rapidly growing field of large-scale remote sensing data analysis.
DATA
Hyperspectral | HICO
PRESS & PRESENTATIONS
NASA, 2019, New Ways to Analyze and Use Images from Space NASA news, 8 March 2019.
NASA, 2018, Hyperspectral Imager Leaves a Legacy of Contributions to Coastal Research NASA news, 13 August 2018.
Tomlin E, 2016, Constellations, Clouds & the Conundrum of Big Data Processing, The Hyperspectral Imager for the Coastal Ocean Image Processing System Upward, Magazine of the ISS National Lab, Vol 1(1), p. 10-13.
Goodman J, 2015, HICO Image Processing System, Hyperspectral Analysis in the Cloud presented at 2015 ENVI Analytics Symposium, Boulder, Colorado.
Goodman J, 2015, Geospatial Cloud Computing, The HICO Image Processing System presented at 2015 ISS Research & Development Conference, Boston, Massachusetts.
Harris AT, Goodman J, Justice B, 2014, The HICO Image Processing System: A Web-Accessible Hyperspectral Remote Sensing Toolbox presented at American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting 2014, San Francisco, California.
Goodman J, 2014, A Web-Enabled Geospatial Data Processing System presented at 2014 ISS Research & Development Conference, Chicago, Illinois.
Goodman J, 2014, HICO Online Processing Tool presented at 2014 HICO Data Users Meeting, Washington, DC.
Image (top): NASA | Image Data (bottom): HICO/ONR/NASA
