scholarly journals FREE GLOBAL DSM ASSESSMENT ON LARGE SCALE AREAS EXPLOITING THE POTENTIALITIES OF THE INNOVATIVE GOOGLE EARTH ENGINE PLATFORM

2017 ◽  
Vol XLII-1/W1 ◽  
pp. 627-633 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Nascetti ◽  
M. Di Rita ◽  
R. Ravanelli ◽  
M. Amicuzi ◽  
S. Esposito ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Performance ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Global Scale ◽  
Google Earth ◽  
Observation Data ◽  
Geometric Accuracy ◽  
Computing Platform ◽  
Aster Gdem ◽  
Google Earth Engine ◽  
Earth Observation Data

The high-performance cloud-computing platform Google Earth Engine has been developed for global-scale analysis based on the Earth observation data. In particular, in this work, the geometric accuracy of the two most used nearly-global free DSMs (SRTM and ASTER) has been evaluated on the territories of four American States (Colorado, Michigan, Nevada, Utah) and one Italian Region (Trentino Alto- Adige, Northern Italy) exploiting the potentiality of this platform. These are large areas characterized by different terrain morphology, land covers and slopes. The assessment has been performed using two different reference DSMs: the USGS National Elevation Dataset (NED) and a LiDAR acquisition. The DSMs accuracy has been evaluated through computation of standard statistic parameters, both at global scale (considering the whole State/Region) and in function of the terrain morphology using several slope classes. The geometric accuracy in terms of Standard deviation and NMAD, for SRTM range from 2-3 meters in the first slope class to about 45 meters in the last one, whereas for ASTER, the values range from 5-6 to 30 meters.<br><br> In general, the performed analysis shows a better accuracy for the SRTM in the flat areas whereas the ASTER GDEM is more reliable in the steep areas, where the slopes increase. These preliminary results highlight the GEE potentialities to perform DSM assessment on a global scale.

Analyzing large-scale Earth Observation data repositories made simple with OpenEO Platform

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edzer Pebesma ◽  
Patrick Griffiths ◽  
Christian Briese ◽  
Alexander Jacob ◽  
Anze Skerlevaj ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Virtual Machines ◽  
Google Earth ◽  
Earth Observation ◽  
Data Cube ◽  
Observation Data ◽  
Data Repositories ◽  
Software Ecosystem ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Earth Observation Data

&lt;p&gt;The OpenEO API allows the analysis of large amounts of Earth Observation data using a high-level abstraction of data and processes. Rather than focusing on the management of virtual machines and millions of imagery files, it allows to create jobs that take a spatio-temporal section of an image collection (such as Sentinel L2A), and treat it as a data cube. Processes iterate or aggregate over pixels, spatial areas, spectral bands, or time series, while working at arbitrary spatial resolution. This pattern, pioneered by Google Earth Engine&amp;#8482; (GEE), lets the user focus on the science rather than on data management.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The openEO H2020 project (2017-2020) has developed the API as well as an ecosystem of software around it, including clients (JavaScript, Python, R, QGIS, browser-based), back-ends that translate API calls into existing image analysis or GIS software or services (for Sentinel Hub, WCPS, Open Data Cube, GRASS GIS, GeoTrellis/GeoPySpark, and GEE) as well as a hub that allows querying and searching openEO providers for their capabilities and datasets. The project demonstrated this software in a number of use cases, where identical processing instructions were sent to different implementations, allowing comparison of returned results.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;A follow-up, ESA-funded project &amp;#8220;openEO Platform&amp;#8221; realizes the API and progresses the software ecosystem into operational services and applications that are accessible to everyone, that involve federated deployment (using the clouds managed by EODC, Terrascope, CreoDIAS and EuroDataCube), that will provide payment models (&amp;#8220;pay per compute job&amp;#8221;) conceived and implemented following the user community needs and that will use the EOSC (European Open Science Cloud) marketplace for dissemination and authentication. A wide range of large-scale cases studies will demonstrate the ability of the openEO Platform to scale to large data volumes.&amp;#160; The case studies to be addressed include on-demand ARD generation for SAR and multi-spectral data, agricultural demonstrators like crop type and condition monitoring, forestry services like near real time forest damage assessment as well as canopy cover mapping, environmental hazard monitoring of floods and air pollution as well as security applications in terms of vessel detection in the mediterranean sea.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;While the landscape of cloud-based EO platforms and services has matured and diversified over the past decade, we believe there are strong advantages for scientists and government agencies to adopt the openEO approach. Beyond the absence of vendor/platform lock-in or EULA&amp;#8217;s we mention the abilities to (i) run arbitrary user code (e.g. written in R or Python) close to the data, (ii) carry out scientific computations on an entirely open source software stack, (iii) integrate different platforms (e.g., different cloud providers offering different datasets), and (iv) help create and extend this software ecosystem. openEO uses the OpenAPI standard, aligns with modern OGC API standards, and uses the STAC (SpatioTemporal Asset Catalog) to describe image collections and image tiles.&lt;/p&gt;

scholarly journals Towards Global-Scale Seagrass Mapping and Monitoring Using Sentinel-2 on Google Earth Engine: The Case Study of the Aegean and Ionian Seas

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (8) ◽  
pp. 1227 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dimosthenis Traganos ◽  
Bharat Aggarwal ◽  
Dimitris Poursanidis ◽  
Konstantinos Topouzelis ◽  
Nektarios Chrysoulakis ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Anthropogenic Impacts ◽  
Global Scale ◽  
Google Earth ◽  
Support Vector ◽  
Learning Approaches ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Independent Field ◽  
Google Earth Engine ◽  
Sentinel 2

Seagrasses are traversing the epoch of intense anthropogenic impacts that significantly decrease their coverage and invaluable ecosystem services, necessitating accurate and adaptable, global-scale mapping and monitoring solutions. Here, we combine the cloud computing power of Google Earth Engine with the freely available Copernicus Sentinel-2 multispectral image archive, image composition, and machine learning approaches to develop a methodological workflow for large-scale, high spatiotemporal mapping and monitoring of seagrass habitats. The present workflow can be easily tuned to space, time and data input; here, we show its potential, mapping 2510.1 km2 of P. oceanica seagrasses in an area of 40,951 km2 between 0 and 40 m of depth in the Aegean and Ionian Seas (Greek territorial waters) after applying support vector machines to a composite of 1045 Sentinel-2 tiles at 10-m resolution. The overall accuracy of P. oceanica seagrass habitats features an overall accuracy of 72% following validation by an independent field data set to reduce bias. We envision that the introduced flexible, time- and cost-efficient cloud-based chain will provide the crucial seasonal to interannual baseline mapping and monitoring of seagrass ecosystems in global scale, resolving gain and loss trends and assisting coastal conservation, management planning, and ultimately climate change mitigation.

scholarly journals Terrain Analysis in Google Earth Engine: A Method Adapted for High-Performance Global-Scale Analysis

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (6) ◽  
pp. 400 ◽  
Author(s):  
José Safanelli ◽  
Raul Poppiel ◽  
Luis Ruiz ◽  
Benito Bonfatti ◽  
Fellipe Mello ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Performance ◽  
Global Scale ◽  
Google Earth ◽  
Slope Aspect ◽  
Analysis Tool ◽  
Terrain Analysis ◽  
Terrain Attributes ◽  
Visual Correspondence ◽  
Elevation Data ◽  
Google Earth Engine

Terrain analysis is an important tool for modeling environmental systems. Aiming to use the cloud-based computing capabilities of Google Earth Engine (GEE), we customized an algorithm for calculating terrain attributes, such as slope, aspect, and curvatures, for different resolution and geographical extents. The calculation method is based on geometry and elevation values estimated within a 3 × 3 spheroidal window, and it does not rely on projected elevation data. Thus, partial derivatives of terrain are calculated considering the great circle distances of reference nodes of the topographic surface. The algorithm was developed using the JavaScript programming interface of the online code editor of GEE and can be loaded as a custom package. The algorithm also provides an additional feature for making the visualization of terrain maps with a dynamic legend scale, which is useful for mapping different extents: from local to global. We compared the consistency of the proposed method with an available but limited terrain analysis tool of GEE, which resulted in a correlation of 0.89 and 0.96 for aspect and slope over a near-global scale, respectively. In addition to this, we compared the slope, aspect, horizontal, and vertical curvature of a reference site (Mount Ararat) to their equivalent attributes estimated on the System for Automated Geospatial Analysis (SAGA), which achieved a correlation between 0.96 and 0.98. The visual correspondence of TAGEE and SAGA confirms its potential for terrain analysis. The proposed algorithm can be useful for making terrain analysis scalable and adapted to customized needs, benefiting from the high-performance interface of GEE.

scholarly journals Reef Cover: a coral reef classification to guide global habitat mapping from remote sensing

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emma Kennedy ◽  
Chris Roelfsema ◽  
Mitchell Lyons ◽  
Eva Kovacs ◽  
Rodney Borrego-Acevedo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Coral Reef ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Spatial Scales ◽  
Global Scale ◽  
Habitat Mapping ◽  
Ecological Knowledge ◽  
Observation Data ◽  
Reef Management ◽  
Global Mapping ◽  
Earth Observation Data

AbstractCoral reef management and conservation stand to benefit from improved high-resolution global mapping. Yet classifications employed in large-scale reef mapping to date are typically poorly defined, not shared or region-specific. Here we present Reef Cover, a new coral reef geomorphic zone classification, developed to support global-scale coral reef habitat mapping in a transparent and version-based framework. We developed scalable classes by focusing on attributes that can be observed remotely, but whose membership rules also reflect knowledge of reef formation, growth and functioning. Bridging the divide between earth observation data and geo-ecological knowledge of reefs, Reef Cover maximises the trade-off between applicability at global scales, and relevance and accuracy at local scales. We use the Caroline and Mariana Island chains in the Pacific as a case study to demonstrate use of the classification scheme and its scientific and conservation applications. The primary application of Reef Cover is the Allen Coral Atlas global coral reef mapping project, but the system will support bespoke reef mapping conducted at a variety of spatial scales.

scholarly journals Mangrove Vegetation Mapping Using Sentinel-2A Imagery Based on Google Earth Engine Cloud Computing Platform

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 249-255
Author(s):  
Luhur Moekti Prayogo
Keyword(s):  
Image Processing ◽  
Cloud Computing ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Google Earth ◽  
Mangrove Forests ◽  
Application Development ◽  
Computing Platform ◽  
Mapping Technology ◽  
Google Earth Engine ◽  
Sentinel 2A

Mangroves are trees whose habitat is affected by tides, and their presence has decreased from year to year. Today, mapping technology has undergone many developments, including the availability of images of various resolutions and cloud-based image processing. One of the popular platforms today is the Google Earth Engine. Google Earth Engine is a cloud-based platform that makes it easy to access high-performance computing resources for extensive processing. The advantage of using Google Earth Engine is that users do not have to be IT experts without experts in application development, WEB programming, and HTML. This study aims to conduct a study on mangrove mapping in Gili Genting District with Sentinel-2A imagery using a Google Earth Engine. This location was chosen since there are still many mangroves, especially on the Gili Raja and Gili Genting Islands. From this research, it can be concluded that cloud computing-based Sentinel-2A image processing shows that the vegetation value of NDVI results ranges from -0.923208 to 0.75579. The classification results show that mangrove forests' overall presence on Gili Genting Island is more expansive than Gili Raja Island with 16.74 ha and 14.75 ha. The use of the Google Earth Engine platform simplifies the analysis process because image processing can be done once with various scripts so that analysis becomes faster.

scholarly journals Reef Cover, a coral reef classification for global habitat mapping from remote sensing

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Emma V. Kennedy ◽  
Chris M. Roelfsema ◽  
Mitchell B. Lyons ◽  
Eva M. Kovacs ◽  
Rodney Borrego-Acevedo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Coral Reef ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Global Scale ◽  
End Users ◽  
Ecological Knowledge ◽  
Observation Data ◽  
Reef Management ◽  
Global Mapping ◽  
Earth Observation Data ◽  
Coral Reef Classification

AbstractCoral reef management and conservation stand to benefit from improved high-resolution global mapping. Yet classifications underpinning large-scale reef mapping to date are typically poorly defined, not shared or region-specific, limiting end-users’ ability to interpret outputs. Here we present Reef Cover, a coral reef geomorphic zone classification, developed to support both producers and end-users of global-scale coral reef habitat maps, in a transparent and version-based framework. Scalable classes were created by focusing on attributes that can be observed remotely, but whose membership rules also reflect deep knowledge of reef form and functioning. Bridging the divide between earth observation data and geo-ecological knowledge of reefs, Reef Cover maximises the trade-off between applicability at global scales, and relevance and accuracy at local scales. Two case studies demonstrate application of the Reef Cover classification scheme and its scientific and conservation benefits: 1) detailed mapping of the Cairns Management Region of the Great Barrier Reef to support management and 2) mapping of the Caroline and Mariana Island chains in the Pacific for conservation purposes.

Massive Image Treatment System Based on Cloud Computing Platform

2014 ◽  
Vol 687-691 ◽  
pp. 3733-3737
Author(s):  
Dan Wu ◽  
Ming Quan Zhou ◽  
Rong Fang Bie
Keyword(s):  
Image Processing ◽  
Cloud Computing ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Processing System ◽  
Virtual Space ◽  
Image Processing System ◽  
Computing Platform ◽  
Simulation Calculation ◽  
Computer Resources

Massive image processing technology requires high requirements of processor and memory, and it needs to adopt high performance of processor and the large capacity memory. While the single or single core processing and traditional memory can’t satisfy the need of image processing. This paper introduces the cloud computing function into the massive image processing system. Through the cloud computing function it expands the virtual space of the system, saves computer resources and improves the efficiency of image processing. The system processor uses multi-core DSP parallel processor, and develops visualization parameter setting window and output results using VC software settings. Through simulation calculation we get the image processing speed curve and the system image adaptive curve. It provides the technical reference for the design of large-scale image processing system.

scholarly journals Land Cover Classification Based on Cloud Computing Platform

2020 ◽  
Vol 55 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nghia Viet Nguyen ◽  
Thu Hoai Thi Trinh ◽  
Hoa Thi Pham ◽  
Trang Thu Thi Tran ◽  
Lan Thi Pham ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cloud Computing ◽  
Land Cover ◽  
Spatial Data ◽  
Google Earth ◽  
Computer Hardware ◽  
Commercial Software ◽  
Computing Platform ◽  
Land Cover Data ◽  
Cloud Computing Platform ◽  
Google Earth Engine

Land cover is a critical factor for climate change and hydrological models. The extraction of land cover data from remote sensing images has been carried out by specialized commercial software. However, the limitations of computer hardware and algorithms of the commercial software are costly and make it take a lot of time, patience, and skills to do the classification. The cloud computing platform Google Earth Engine brought a breakthrough in 2010 for analyzing and processing spatial data. This study applied Object-based Random Forest classification in the Google Earth Engine platform to produce land cover data in 2010 in the Vu Gia - Thu Bon river basin. The classification results showed 7 categories of land cover consisting of plantation forest, natural forest, paddy field, urban residence, rural residence, bare land, and water surface, with an overall accuracy of 73.9% and kappa of 0.70.

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