FullPixelSearch

Pattern Recognition Software Measures Biodiversity

FULLPIXELSEARCH Software, an interactive pixel searching system, now can
measure biodiversity directly from aerial photographs and satellite
imagery.

Avian Systems, a developer of scientific and graphic software, has added
significant new features to FULLPIXELSEARCH software, a pattern
recognition package that allows users to search and find important regions
inside TIFF or PICT images on any color-enabled Macintosh. The enhanced
version now calculates and measures diversity and richness of landscapes
directly from any digital earth image product, a highly significant
feature because diverse landscapes are known to support equally diverse
biological communities. FULLPIXELSEARCH applies the same information
models, pioneered by Claude Shannon, that ecologists use to measure the
amount of heterogeneity or diversity in an ecological system.

FULLPIXELSEARCH was developed by Dr. Richard Podolsky, a noted ecologist
and expert on satellite imagery and remote sensing. According to Dr.
Podolsky, head of development at Avian Systems, "Halting extinction and
preserving biodiversity is perhaps the greatest environmental challenge.
Ecologists have long recognized that diverse landscapes are ecological hot
spots for species diversity and now there is a software tool to directly
measure the diversity of the earth". Podolsky goes on to say,
"FULLPIXELSEARCH allows Macintosh users to perform extensive searching and
pattern recognition within a wide range of imagery. Its functionality
presents users with a unique and powerful set of tools for exploring the
details and subtleties in any digital image."

In addition to calculating landscape diversity and richness,
FULLPIXELSEARCH matches patterns at the pixel level, a function which
previously was available only on mainframe systems. FULLPIXELSEARCH allows
the user to author a search routine either by copying and pasting regions
of interest into a template, or pixel by pixel. FULLPIXELSEARCH then scans
the image and records the location of regions that match the search
criteria. According to Dr. Jerry Freilich, Ecologist with the National
Park Service, "The ability to measure diversity directly from remotely
sensed data has literally transformed the way I manage the lands I am
responsible for. Once I find areas of high diversity I use FULLPIXELSEARCH
to identify other equally diverse regions in an image...it works like
magic."

Dr. Podolsky is the developer of GAIA (Geographic Access, Image, and
Analysis), an acclaimed remote sensing software package, and an imaging
consultant to the software and environmental community.

FullPixelSearch is available for $1,295 ($895 academic). For more
information on FullPixelSearch please contact:

Avian Systems, Inc.
1275 15th Street #15G
Fort Lee, New Jersey, 07024-1929
Tel: (201) 224-2025,   FAX: (201) 224-2566
Email: RichardP@eWorld.com

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