Details

Functions, Purchase Info, and Examples

GeoGenesis® was designed under the direction of US Government program sponsors and is based on fully defined user requirements for imagery production processing, and this includes both function and performance. In 2012, we completed version 2.2, offering more than 35 new and improved capabilities.

Likewise, in addition to offering an improved user experience, the software has been purposefully priced to ensure user affordability; and this is a key point in times of increasing budget constraints. We hope you’ll notice that the cost of GeoGenesis is less than comparable solutions.

Note: GeoGenesis was developed under an SBIR. The term "SBIR Data Rights" is defined at subparagraph (a)(18) of the clause at DFARS 252-227.7018, and all FARs are applicable in this regard apply.

 

> Purchase Info

> Non-US Government

> List: $7,600/copy
> List: $1,420/annual maintenance
> Purchase options exist for multiple licenses

> US Government

> List: NA/copy
> List: $1,420/annual maintenance

> Additional Info

> email
> 1.888.860.IAVO


 

Functions

 

> Functional Overview

GeoGenesis® provides easy-to-use methods for the pre-processing of UAV, aerial, or satellite imagery, allowing you complete control over your data.  GeoGenesis allows you to use ground control data to automatically rectify individual images, or perform bundle adjustment (aerotriangulation) on a large set of overlapping imagery, to generate tightly controlled image sets for further analysis and processing. With GeoGenesis, you can rapidly orthorectify aerial and satellite imagery, fuse high-resolution panchromatic and lower-resolution multispectral imagery using our pan-sharpening processes, and combine or split multi-band imagery.

GeoGenesis also contains a set of mosaicking tools for combining multiple orthorectified images into a single, large-format image.  The mosaicking capability includes radiometric balancing for panchromatic or color imagery.  You can choose between a variety of cutline generation methods, including our fully-automatic process for generating cutlines with a minimum of scene disparity, making tedious manual cutline adjustment a thing of the past.

Geared for production-level applications, GeoGenesis is the tool of choice for your image processing and photogrammetry pre-processing needs.


> Functional Detail Listing

  • Easy-to-use tools for photogrammetric pre-processing of aerial and satellite imagery
  • Automatic tie point extraction for controlling images to each other or to ground control imagery
  • Single image sensor rectification and multi-image block bundle adjustment
  • Combine multi-image multispectral data into single images for processing
  • Pan-sharpening to fuse high resolution panchromatic imagery with lower resolution multispectral imagery
  • Fast and easy orthorectification of imagery with associated elevation models
  • Automatic mosaicking of ortho imagery into a single large-format image


> System requirements

  • Minimum Recommended Configuration
    • Windows XP SP2, Vista, or Windows 7*
    • 4 GB RAM
    • Core 2 Duo processor
    • 7200 RPM hard drives
    • 250MB Disk Space
    • OpenGL 2.1 supported graphics card**
  • Recommended Configuration
    • Windows 7
    • 4 GB RAM
    • Core i5 processor
    • 7200 RPM hard drives
    • 1GB Disk Space
    • Graphics Card: NVIDIA graphics card

The software will not operate fully without activation. Without activation, only the free "GeoGenesisLITE" functions. Phone and email activation are both available.

*GeoGenesis runs as a 32-bit application under 64-bit processor architectures to support legacy deliveries and 3rd party library integration.

**GPU acceleration for some GeoGenesis processes not supported on all graphics architectures.

 

> Compatibilities

  • Supported Data Formats (Input)
    • NITF (2.0 & 2.1)
    • GeoTIFF
    • EOSAT FAST Format (.fst)
    • ERDAS Imagine (.img)
    • ENVI (.img)
    • JPEG/JPEG2000
    • MrSID
    • PNG
    • DTED
    • SRTM (.hgt)
    • USGS DEM
    • USGS SDTS
    • ESRI Shapefile
    • Presagis OpenFlight
    • KML/KMZ
  • Supported Data Formats (Output)
    • NITF
    • ENVI (.img)
    • ERDAS Imagine (.img)
    • GeoTIFF
    • ESRI Shapefile
    • Presagis OpenFlight
    • KML/KMZ

     

> GeoGenesisLITE (FREE)

  • Save, reuse and share results
  • 3D Global Data Viewer to quickly conclude the location of the data
  • Fast image, vector and digital elevation model (DEM) display saves time
  • A GIS data viewer with rapid panning, roaming and zooming
  • Microsoft Windows display that supporting multiple docked and floating data views
  • Export of vector data to Keyhole Markup Language (.kml) for display in Google Earth
  • Convert satellite imagery from NITF format to GeoTIFF and save the resulting output file
  • Overlay vector data onto satellite imagery and aerial photography
  • View geospatial imagery, elevation, and vector data in the following formats:
    • NITF (.ntf)
    • GeoTIFF (.tif)
    • DTED (.dt0, .dt1, .dt2)
    • USGS DEM
    • SRTM (.hgt)
    • Shapefile (.shp)
    • GPS (.gpx)

 

 

Purchase Info

> Non-US Government

GeoGenesis is a commercial product available for sale in the United States as follows:

  • List: $7,600/copy
  • List: $1,420/annual maintenance (the first-year maintenance fee is included in the initial $7,600/copy license fee)
  • Purchase options exist for:
    • five-license packs
    • pricing scales for orders greater than five licenses
    • site licenses are also available
  • We accept:
    • MasterCard and VISA
    • Check
    • Purchase Order (may require references)

For more information contact our sales desk: email or call (toll-free): 888-860-IAVO (4286).

 

> US Government

GeoGenesis was developed under contract with the US Government. As such, royalty fees (e.g., license fees) are not allowed. Pricing is as follows:

  • List: None/copy
  • List: $1,420/annual maintenance
  • We accept:
    • MasterCard and VISA
    • Check
    • Purchase Order

For more information contact our sales desk: email or call (toll-free): 888-860-IAVO (4286).

 

> Additional Information

Legal restrictions regarding sale:

Note: all sections apply collectively and must be considered as per applicable laws.

Royalty-free: US Government Users (as per SBIR Data Rights)

GeoGenesis was developed under an SBIR. The term "SBIR Data Rights" is defined at subparagraph (a)(18) of the clause at DFARS 252-227.7018, and all FARs applicable in this regard apply.

GOVERNMENT PURPOSE LICENSE RIGHTS (SBIR PROGRAM)
"For a period of 5 years after delivery and acceptance of the last deliverable item under the subject contract, this technical data shall be subject to the restrictions contained in the definition of Limited Rights in DFARS clause at 252.227-7018. After the 5-year period, the data shall be subject to the restrictions contained in the definition of Government Purpose License Rights in DFARS clause at 252.227-7018. The government assumes no liability for unauthorized use or disclosure by others. The legend, together with the indications included on any reproduction hereof which contains any portions subject to such limitations shall be honored only as long as the data continues to meet the definition of Government Purpose License Rights."

For more information regarding contract number(s) and other related provisions, please contact the company.

Other Limitations

GeoGenesis is available for purchase/use by US entities only. It is not currently available for sale to non-US citizens, foreign organizations, or similarly non-US user categories without the legal permission coordinated with and offered by the US Government. Non-US entities interested in buying GeoGenesis are urged to contact the company, understanding that sale outside the US may be allowed under permission from the US Government under certain circumstances; and IAVO will examine the requirements in such case-by-case events to explore the legal requirements of any potential sale.

To request exception to this limitation: privacy-officer@iavo-rs.com

ITARS

The sale and distribution of GeoGenesis conforms fully and satisfy the requirements as stated in sections 120.10.a.5; 120.11, 121.1; 121.8.f; and 125 of SUBCHAPTER M – International Traffic in Arms Regulations, as per the Directorate Defense Trade Controls (DDTC), US Munitions List, Arms Export Control Act (AECA), and the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITARS – fully Parts 120-130). Thus, as per ITARS, these commercial software products as defined herein are eligible for international purchase as per DDTC, AECA, and ITARS. For more information, please write IAVO (415a East Chapel Hill St., Durham, NC 27701 USA).

Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS)

Export-controlled information: these commodities, technologies, or software may be export-controlled in accordance with the US export laws, and any diversion contrary to such law(s) is prohibited. Sale outside of the US may be restricted as per US export laws.

Disclaimers: GeoGenesis and the GeoGenesis family of products are based fully on widely used open-source literature. There is nothing wholly unique or specialized in this software; and to the contrary, the tools herein are entirely based on subject matter routinely taught at universities in the United States (US) and internationally. As such, other than the name of the software (e.g., GeoGenesis et al.), there is no part that can legitimately be considered proprietary or patentable by IAVO or any other party within the US or internationally. Thus, though US export-controls are non-applicable and non-attributable accordingly, IAVO currently refrains from selling the software outside of the US due to the corporate inability to support non-US clients. Currently, there are no plans to sell the software outside of the US for this reason; and therefore, international sales are not accepted at this time.

Further, the following statements are offered and agreed to by all users.

Condition 1: If US users who have lawfully purchased the software in the US choose to transport and/or use GeoGenesis et al. – under their own choice or through the collective choice of others – outside of the US, such user(s) understands that it becomes his/her/their responsibility to comply with any and all international trade and industry security issues as they may apply; and that IAVO is in no way responsible for any non-US use of the GeoGenesis et al.

Condition 2: Similarly, if any user, through access to an application programming interface (i.e., API) adds any functionality to GeoGenesis et al., such added functionality becomes the full and absolute responsibility of such said user; and that IAVO is in no way responsible for any use, re-sale, support, or distribution of such additional GeoGenesis et al. functionality in this regard.

 

Use Examples

> Example 1:

Use of the GeoGenesis pan-sharpening algorithms to combine high resolution panchromatic imagery with the color information of lower-resolution multispectral imagery, yielding a high-resolution color image for exploitation and analysis.

 

 

> Example 2:

Use of the GeoGenesis automatic tie point (ATP) generation functions to automatically tie imagery together in preparation for bundle adjustment of large image sets.

 

 

> Example 3:

Block bundle adjustment (aerotriangulation) minimizes the overall registration and limits errors, tightly controlling sets of imagery to geospatial coordinates.  This is the first step in the production workflow to ensure geospatially accurate output products.

 

 

> Example 4:

Batch processes such as orthorectification and color balancing make the generation of products such as these large-scale orthomosaics efficient and practical.

 

 


Worthy Highlights

GeoGenesis® recently posted version 2.2 for release, containing a variety of new tools for modeling and pre-processing. See more in What’s New.

 

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