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Trimble (TRMB) announced today eCognition® Essentials, a new software solution for geospatial and remote sensing professionals performing land cover mapping tasks using satellite imagery. eCognition Essentials offers an intuitive image analysis solution that allows users of all levels to quickly produce high-quality, Geographic Information System (GIS)-ready deliverables. Leveraging core eCognition software technology, eCognition Essentials is easy to use with its simplified and intuitive interface. eCognition Essentials reduces analysis error as it applies predefined and structured rules to analyze and transform imagery data into relevant geospatial information. The new automated image analysis functions—such as image segmentation or sample-based classification—combined with a set of interactive tools for quality control offer users a streamlined workflow for quicker project turnaround times. see complete story here : http://www.ecognition.com/essentials

For those who deal with geospatial data and GRASS GIS, and need to fulfill the requirements of the INSPIRE directive for metadata, one of the most exciting outcomes of the Google Summer of Code 2014 is the INSPIRE metadata support developed by Matej Krejci. This is the first step towards full metadata management through GRASS, and covers the editing part. Purpose The module allows to create / load / edit / export / validate xml metadata with (currently) two profiles: Basic GRASS profile INSPIRE profile You can select either of them in the drop-down menu on the top left corner. Requirements The module wx.metadata requires GRASS 7.1 and has external dependencies: OWSLib development version git clone git://github.com/geopython/OWSLib.git cd OWSLib && sudo python setup.py install Jinja templates git clone git://github.com/mitsuhiko/jinja2.git cd jinja2 && sudo python setup.py install Installation GRASS> g.extension wx.metadata Launch it as: GRASS> g.gui.metadata complete tutorial here : http://geofemengineering.blogspot.com/2014/10/for-those-who-deal-with-geospatial-data.html