Intergraph Integrates Full Motion Video and GIS

One of the more interesting pieces of technology that Intergraph is bringing to market is called Motion Video Exploitation. The basic operation is to take georegistered, full motion video (think UAVs like Predators) and embed the video onto a map. This is not showing video in a separate window; this product actually “fuses” the video onto a map. It brings DVR-like technology to support viewing and analyzing motion video from within the GeoMedia environment. The user can annotate the video from reports; correlate annotations to the time of specific events; auto enhance motion video for analysis (i.e. contrast, brightness, stabilization, etc.); automatically segment georeferenced motion video using vector input as a guide and convert the segments into mosaic images; create a buffer zone around the area of interest for automatic segmentation; and mosaicking.

This is a pretty cool product and its ripe for military and intelligence applications. It’s in an “alpha” stage now and it will hopefully be in "beta" by the GEOINT conference in San Antonio in October.