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Eduspace introduces Earth observation techniques and applications to secondary school students with the help of two catalogues containing EO imagery, as well as a sophisticated image processing software package known as LEOWorks. ArcExplorer and ENVI FreeLook are software packages also used in some of the case studies.
Image Catalogue Viewer
The Eduspace Image Catalogue Viewer was developed by Terranova in collaboration with ESA/ESRIN. It allows the user to perform multi-mission inventory searches on ESA's main supported missions. Actual multiband imagery from different regions of the electromagnetic spectrum, including infrared, active microwave, and visible, can be downloaded.
You can download the Eduspace Image Catalogue application by clicking on the link on the right.
Install the Catalogue application on your computer by following the instructions given on the download page.
Once the Catalogue application has been installed, it will run independently from the Eduspace website, but you will still need to be connected to the Internet to access the catalogue.
You can also find the Eduspace Image Catalogue instruction manual on the right of this page.
The username and password made available for teachers to access the Eduspace Image Catalogue are respectively: 'Eduser' and 'space'.
LEOWorks
LEOWorks is a major component of this educational resource, which makes the actual processing of satellite imagery on school computers possible.
LEOWorks is able to perform many advanced processing operations including image classification, geometric correction, and pan-sharpening. Many image filters are available, and GIS tools enable the displaying and drawing of vectors on images.
LEOWorks is a didactical tool, and has very good help pages and an all-inclusive tutorial (see right of page). With the assistance of this help documentation, everyone is able to experiment with their own imagery to undertake their own processing. LEOWorks can process images in standard jpg, tif, bmp, and png formats.
ArcExplorer
ArcExplorer is a freeware used to display and analyse layers of Geographical Information Systems (GIS). It includes a complete user guide and has been made available by ESRI, one of the leading providers of GIS software and GIS solutions.
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