More Than 350 Entries for 8-Band Research Challenge

Overall enthusiasm for the challenge has been very high. Scientists are proposing to leverage 8-band imagery to address questions of land use/land cover, vegetative analysis, feature extraction and bathymetry, as they apply to various industries including environmental, telecom, oil and gas and civil government. The 8-Band Challenge represents an unprecedented collaboration between private enterprise and the scientific community to understand the true power of 8-band imagery and support its usability in the commercial market.

DigitalGlobe 8-Band Research Challenge is a contest designed to encourage researchers to investigate how 8-band, high-resolution imagery can enhance image analysis and classification research. The 8-band data is unique in the marketplace to DigitalGlobe, a result of the company's newest commercial satellite WorldView-2, launched in October 2009. Accepted proposals will receive a limited quantity of free 8-band imagery in order to conduct their research and submit a final paper for review.