Innova Presentation Gb01 02 10

REMOTE SENSING GIS GPS HPC R&D

Give us space, it’s our businessGive us space, it’s our business. Dateci spazio, è il nostro mestiere. Dateci spazio, è il nostro mestiere


INNOVA Consorzio per l’Informatica e la Telematica s.r.l.INNOVA Consorzio per l’Informatica e la Telematica s.r.l.

• INNOVA today has a team of 30 highly qualified employees.

2008 Turnover €2 million

Working in close collaboration with:

• ASI (Italian Space Agency)

Telespazio S.p.A.

Thales Alenia Space S.p.A.

• Numerous Research Institutes and Universities

Member of the following associations:

• AIPAS (Association of Italian SMEs working in the space sector)

• EARSC (European Association of Remote Sensing Companies)

• AFCEA (Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association)


INNOVA’s SKILLSINNOVA’s SKILLS

Remote Sensing (R.S.): development of Digital Signal Processing algorithms; development of Image SAR Processing algorithms; definition and analysis of System/subsystem requirements and their derivation; development of software tools using OO C++ methodology; design and development of Web-Based consoles for Ground Segment applications.

High Performance Computing (H.P.C.): development of software tools using high performance computing techniques for

multiprocessor system (C++/Linux); realization and management of GRID infrastructures; porting on GRID platform of Earth Observation tools.

Geographical Information System (G.I.S.): software development for the management and maintenance of “Road cadastral

maps”; the use of infomobility technologies to provide high precision mapping applications; software development for handheld PDA (Palm) devices; fleet management services;


Earth Observation ProjectsEarth Observation Projects

High quality work, products and a motivated team of specialists have made INNOVA an expert provider of Earth Observation solutions. We are UNI EN ISO 9001-2000 certified and follow ESA’s software development standards ECSS-E-40.

REMOTE SENSINGREMOTE SENSING

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INNOVA is a company with highly specialized know-how in the Earth Observation field. We are currently involved in various Remote Sensing projects.

Top four are: COSMO-SkyMed Programme InterRisk Interoperable GMES Service for Environmental Risk Management in Marine and Coastal Areas of Europe PR.I.M.I. PRogetto pilota Inquinamento Marino da Idrocarburi Software R.O.S.A. for OCEANSAT-2

An ideal partner if you need advanced IT solutions or a technology provider in the Remote Sensing field.


INNOVA & COSMO-SkyMed 1/6INNOVA & COSMO-SkyMed 1/6 REMOTE SENSINGREMOTE SENSING

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SARSAR (Synthetic Aperture RadarSynthetic Aperture Radar) technology is at the forefront of geospacial technology and provides the user with high-resolution images regardless of solar or weather conditions. Day or night, cloud or shine, the satellites can continue to monitor the Earth.

3 satellites are already capturing SAR data, which are being turned into high-resolution images for civilian and military use. Once the constellation is complete, it will acquire 1800 images a day.

The COSMO-SkyMed Programme is without a doubt the major Italian project in the space industry. It foresees a total constellation of 4 radar satellites for Earth Observation for dual (civilian and military) use.

INNOVANNOVA is and has been involved in various stages of the COSMO-SkyMed Programme. Our area of expertise regards the focusing of SAR dataOur area of expertise regards the focusing of SAR data.


INNOVA & COSMO-SkyMed 2/6INNOVA & COSMO-SkyMed 2/6REMOTE SENSINGREMOTE SENSING

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• System Engineering: analysis of System/Sub System requirements and their derivation; SW components development related to Ground Segment by means of Object Oriented methodology; distributed architectures OO definition based on CORBA architecture; design and development of Web-Based consoles for Ground Segment applications.

Algorithm Prototyping:focusing algorithm of Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) data in StripMap and Spotlight acquisition modes to generate Single Look Complex (SLC) and Multilooked, Detected, Ground Projected and/or DEM Projected products.

• High Performance Computing analysis of SAR data focusing algorithms.



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INNOVA’s activities Processing Facility SAR: Development of software tools using high computing

performance techniques based on OO C++ methodology to focus SAR COSMO-SkyMed data: deformatting for SAR data in Stripmap, Spotlight, ScanSAR and PingPong acquisition modes (L0); focusing of SAR raw data in Spotlight acquisition mode(L1A); Multilooked, Detected and Ground Projected imagery generation for Stripmap

and Spotlight acquisition modes (L1B).

Commissioning phase:

INNOVA supports THALES ALENIA SPACE S.p.A. in the validation and calibration activities of COSMO-SkyMed real data. The support provided is mostly logistic, as it entails maintenance and changing the settings of the corners currently positioned at the active and passive calibration sites of Metaponto and Matera;

INNOVA supports Telespazio S.p.A. during the commissioning phase of the 1st and 2nd COSMO-SkyMed satellites. The commissioning activities take place both at the C-UGS site of Matera and the D-UGS site of Pratica di Mare.


INNOVA & COSMO-SkyMed 4/6INNOVA & COSMO-SkyMed 4/6REMOTE SENSINGREMOTE SENSING

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INNOVA, under ASI-INNOVA contract n. I/038/07/0, has carried out:

a study of how the COSMO-SkyMed system responds to an emergency situation, looking into the specific case of the 5.8 Ml magnitude earthquake that hit central Italy on Monday 6th of April 2009, which will be published at the 15th Ka and Broadband Communications Conference;

a qualitative and quantitative analysis of the first COSMO-SkyMed real SAR data.

The studies have been completed using: open source and proprietary tools used for interpretation analysis: Google

Earth, Doris, GSDView and SAR Workbench;

InSAR qualitative and quantitative analysis with a first phase analysis followed by a ground measurement campaign;

prototypal Change Detection, Moving Target, Interferometric applications.



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INNOVA’s expertise under the COSMO-SkyMed mission and various ASI-INNOVA contracts is currently being focused on the development of tools and prototypal multi-mission SAR applications.

SAR Workbench (SWB) is a modular desktop application for the management of multi-mission SAR data. The main modules are:

GUI (GSDView); Ingestion/data exchange; QA (Quality Analysis); Data processing.

The GUI component (called GSDView) is a multi-mission data viewer that includes facilities and graphical interfaces for controlling other modules. It currently supports a large number of SAR missions COSMO-SkyMed, TerraSAR-X, Radarsat 1/2, PALSAR, ERS 1/2, and ENVISAT. It can also handle optical data such as the ones from ENVISAT/MERIS sensor and ALOS/AVNIR-2.

A basic version of GSDView is available on http://gsdview.sourceforge.net/

http://gsdview.sourceforge.net/



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GSDView and SARWorkbench are being used to develop Change Detection, Moving Target Detection, Vehicle Velocity Estimation and Enhanced Spotlight Interferometric applications.

Various techniques can be used to detect changes in a specific area under observation, some of which are quite complex. A very simple method consists in generating multi-temporal RGB (Red, Green and Blue) images in which changes in the scene result in coloured regions. For a human photo-interpreter it is by far easier to work on RGB images rather than on sets of gray-scale images.

SAR interferometry (InSAR) is a very powerful technique that is at the base of a large number of applications: generation of digital elevation models, change detection, geophysical monitoring of natural hazards, for example earthquakes, volcanoes and landslides, and also in structural engineering, in particular monitoring of subsidence and structural stability.

The availability of high resolution SAR data opens new perspectives for new InSAR technique applications and improvement of existing ones.


InterRiskInterRisk REMOTE SENSINGREMOTE SENSING

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The overall objectives of InterRisk were to develop an open system architecture for interoperable, GMES monitoring and forecasting services for marine and coastal areas. This architecture has been implemented in a network of services for several European regional areas. The service is based on satellite data, in situ data and numerical models needed to monitor and forecast marine environmental crisis events. The network of interoperable services has been developed as a contribution to implementation of GMES.

InterRisk is an FP6 programme named “Interoperable GMES Service for Environmental Risk Management in Marine and Coastal Areas of Europe”.


PR.I.M.I.PR.I.M.I. REMOTE SENSINGREMOTE SENSING

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PRIMI, PRogetto pilota Inquinamento Marino da Idrocarburi, is a project financed by ASI that aims to realize an operative system for Oil Spill detection.

The system will utilize satellite data to constantly survey coastal and marine areas.

INNOVAINNOVA’s role is to develop a subsystem for the analysis of SAR data, in order to assimilate satellite data into forecasting models.


Coastal MonitoringCoastal Monitoring REMOTE SENSINGREMOTE SENSING

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INNOVAINNOVA has extensive Remote Sensing know-how also in coastal monitoring applications.

Possible uses: monitoring of maritime traffic constantly monitor climate conditions analysis of parameters in order to determine the location of illegal discharges of pollutants.

Add this to the concept of “Data Fusion”, through which applications will be developed to integrate past, current and future SAR data to data obtained from other sensors, such as multi-spectral images.

Climate change and industrialization have increased the amount of risks faced by modern society. It is essential to have access to such data, be able to interpret it and utilize it.


Software R.O.S.A. for OCEANSAT-2Software R.O.S.A. for OCEANSAT-2 REMOTE SENSINGREMOTE SENSING

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R.O.S.A. stands for Radio Occultation Sounder for Atmosphereand is the name given to the Radio Occultation receiver of this ASI Space Mission, geared mainly to better understand Climate Change.

The sounder is hosted on ISRO’s OCEANSAT-2 satellite, launched on the 23rd September 2009, and part of an operational mission devoted to Oceanographic studies.

INNOVA is in charge of: developing the Data Processing Centre; development the advanced processor and its integration in the Ground Segments of Matera (Italy) and Hyderabad (India); development of products and added value applications that utilize Radio Occultation data.


Geographical Information SystemsGeographical Information Systems REMOTE SENSING

GISGIS

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INNOVAINNOVA is highly specialized in GISGIS systems and can guarantee today the most suitable and customized solutions to its clientele.

Advantages of implementing a G.I.S.: Distributed Information Integrated Information Higher quality information Reduced time to open a file Increased transparency Support decision making


Fleet Management SystemsFleet Management Systems REMOTE SENSING

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INNOVA has extensive experience with Geographical Information Systems (GIS) and Fleet Management Systems. Whatever your company’s needs, we can create a personalized solution offering:

our very own web-based Resource Monitoring System (R.M.S.) ad-hoc services based on GPS/GALILEO technology reporting functions and statistics off-site customized data processing systems to receive, store, organize and make data available on customer’s website option to add PDA handheld devices for instant messaging between organization and resources RFID technology

R.M.S. provides real time monitoring of the resources distributed around the territory.

Innovative Waste Management solution available for containers without a power supply.


High Performance ComputingHigh Performance ComputingREMOTE SENSING

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HPCHPC

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INNOVAINNOVA is constantly in the look out for new technologies in the HPC sector, specifically any technology that is developed in response to the necessity of current web services to provide GRIDGRID computing and virtual organization sharing to give:

“direct access to computers, software, data, and other resources, as is required by a range of collaborative problem solving and resource-brokering strategies emerging in industry, science, and engineering.”

(The Anatomy of the Grid: Enabling Scalable Virtual Organizations Foster I., Kesselman C., Tuecke S.)


Research & DevelopmentResearch & Development REMOTE SENSING

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INNOVAINNOVA believes that research and development and personnel training are the winning factors of a company. To improve company know-how we have teamed up with various research organizations and institutes.

Furthermore, INNOVAINNOVA contributes with its own publications to major scientific events in the remote sensing sector such as IGARSS “International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium”.

INNOVAINNOVA is one of the companies promoting a University MASTER in "Technologies Technologies for Earth Observationfor Earth Observation" organized by the Politecnico di Bari, the Università degli Studi di Bari, the "Michelangelo Merlin" Dipartimento Interateneo di Fisica and the Italian Space Agency (ASI).


Publications 1/2Publications 1/2 REMOTE SENSING

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"A new mapping function based on GPS Radio Occultation for the ZTD estimation" - ESA's 2nd International Colloquium, Scientific and Fundamental Aspects of the Galileo Programme, University of Padova, Padua, Italy, 14-16 October, 2009.

"Use of GNSS Radio Occultation Data for a refined estimation of Troposphere Delays on Ground Stations" – 2nd International Colloquium, Scientific and Fundamental Aspects of the Galileo Programme, University of Padova, Padua, Italy, 14-16 October, 2009.

"The Italian GPS Radio Occultation experiment on board Oceansat-2: Space and Ground Segment" - ESA's 2nd International Colloquium, Scientific and Fundamental Aspects of the Galileo Programme, University of Padova, Padua, Italy, 14-16 October, 2009.

"Cosmo-SkyMed for Emergencies: the Abruzzo Case" - 15th Ka and Broadband Conference, 23-25 September 2009, Cagliari (Sardegna), Italy.

"Cosmo-SkyMed Contribution in Oil Spill Monitoring of the Mediterranean Sea" - IEEE International Symposium on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 2009, IGGARS ’09, 13-17 July ’09, Cape Town, South Africa.

"POMPEI project: Monitoring and Discovery of Archaeological Sites using Remote Sensing Techniques " – IEEE International Symposium on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 2009, IGGARS ’09, 13-17 July ’09, Cape Town, South Africa.

"Tools and applications developed to manage COSMO-SkyMed dual system data" – Wireless VITAE ’09, 17-20 May, Aalborg, Denmark.

"The Italian Radio Occultation experiment on board the Oceansat-2 Indian satellite: the ROSA-ROSSA operative Ground Segment" - 23-24 October ’08, Telerilevamento a Microonde workshop, Faculty of Engineering, Università La Sapienza of Rome.

"Cosmo-SkyMed Qualitative Analysis and Examples using "GSDView" Open Source graphic tool and Interferometric Measurements" - 23-24 October ’08, Telerilevamento a Microonde workshop, Faculty of Engineering, Università La Sapienza of Rome.

"Cosmo-SkyMed Applications; Examples using “GSDView” Open Source Graphic Tool" - 14th Ka and Broadband Conference, 24-26 September ’08, Matera, Italy.


Publications 2/2Publications 2/2 REMOTE SENSING

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“High Performance Computing for vegetation parameters retrieval” - IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium 2007, IGARSS '07, Barcelona, Spain

“SAR Time Domain Processors for Space Programs” - SpaceOps 2006 Conference, 19-23 June 2006, Rome, Italy

The Application “Image coregistration” on grid technology” - IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium 2006, IGARSS '06, Denver, Colorado USA

“TD2D - A Time Domain SAR Data Processor” - IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium 2006, IGARSS '06, Denver, Colorado USA

“The G-SDM (GRID for SPACE DATA MANAGEMENT) Project” - IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium 2005, IGARSS '05, Seoul, COREA. Proceedings. 2005 IEEE International Volume 6, 25-29 July 2005 Page(s): 4211 – 4214

“Analysis of algorithms for SAR data processing: an approach in the time domain” – IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium 2005, IGARSS '05, Seoul, COREA. Proceedings. 2005 IEEE International Volume 5, 25-29 July 2005 Page(s): 3337 – 3340

“COSMO-SkyMed SAR Processing Parallel Implementation" - IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium 2002, IGARSS '02. 2002 IEEE International Volume 6, 24-28 June 2002 Page(s): 3165 – 3166

“Processing Algorithms for COSMO-SkyMed SAR Sensor” – IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium 2002, IGARSS '02. 2002 IEEE International Volume 5, 24-28 June 2002 Page(s): 2771 – 2774

“SAR images co-registration parallel implementation” - IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium 2002, IGARSS '02. 2002 IEEE International Volume 3, 24-28 June 2002 Page(s): 1337 – 1339

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