Grant: Applied Research and Development Grants - Level 1
Southern Alberta Institute of Technology
$25,000.00
Automated Georeferencing of Satellite Imagery
EF 2019-20
Résumé
GHGSat Inc. is the first company in the world to develop a satellite with the capability to detect point-source greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from industrial facilities. GHGSat approached SAIT's Centre for Innovation and Research into Unmanned Systems (CIRUS) to help develop an automated system for accurate georeferencing of imagery acquired from their GHGSat-C1 and C2 satellites, which are due to be launched in the summer of 2019. The proposed workflow will require determining the approximate position of the image, identifying and downloading suitable reference imagery, automated point matching, creating a georeferenced version of the GHGSat image, and accuracy assessment. This research will provide GHGSat with a practical methodology for image georeferencing and enable them to offer images processed at a higher level of spatial accuracy than their standard product.
Programme
Applied Research and Development Grants - Level 1
Bénéficiaire
Emplacement
Alberta, Canada
Type de bénéficiaire
Academia
Type
Grant
Source
NSERC's Awards Data
Tel que publié
Application id
544512-2019
Name nom
Tofani, Rick
Department département
Applied Research and Innovation Services
Organization id
10
Institution établissement
Southern Alberta Institute of Technology
Province en
Alberta
Province fr
Alberta
Country en
CANADA
Country fr
CANADA
Fiscal year exercice financier
2019
Competition year année de concours
2019
Award amount
25000
Program id
CARD1
Program name en
Applied Research and Development Grants - Level 1
Program name fr
Subventions de recherche et développement appliquée - niveau 1
Group en
RESEARCH PARTNERSHIPS
Group fr
PARTENARIATS DE RECHERCHE
Committee code
1561
Committee name en
Applied Research and Development Grants
Committee name fr
Subventions de recherche et développement appliquée
Area of application code
409
Area of application group en
Environment
Area of application group fr
Environnement
Area of application en
Environmental impact of economic activities (including agriculture)
Area of application fr
Effet des activités économiques sur l'environnement (y compris agriculture)
Research subject code
4101
Research subject group en
Geographical information
Research subject group fr
Information géographique
Research subject en
Cartography and geomatics
Research subject fr
Cartographie et géomatique
Installment
inst:1 - 1
Partie
1
Nb partie
1
Application title
Automated Georeferencing of Satellite Imagery
Keyword
NSERC
Application summary
GHGSat Inc. is the first company in the world to develop a satellite with the capability to detect point-source greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from industrial facilities. GHGSat approached SAIT's Centre for Innovation and Research into Unmanned Systems (CIRUS) to help develop an automated system for accurate georeferencing of imagery acquired from their GHGSat-C1 and C2 satellites, which are due to be launched in the summer of 2019. The proposed workflow will require determining the approximate position of the image, identifying and downloading suitable reference imagery, automated point matching, creating a georeferenced version of the GHGSat image, and accuracy assessment. This research will provide GHGSat with a practical methodology for image georeferencing and enable them to offer images processed at a higher level of spatial accuracy than their standard product.
