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NV5 Geospatial Blog

Each month, NV5 Geospatial posts new blog content across a variety of categories. Browse our latest posts below to learn about important geospatial information or use the search bar to find a specific topic or author. Stay informed of the latest blog posts, events, and technologies by joining our email list!


Easily Share Workflows With the Analytics Repository

Easily Share Workflows With the Analytics Repository

10/27/2025

With the recent release of ENVI® 6.2 and the Analytics Repository, it’s now easier than ever to create and share image processing workflows across your organization. With that in mind, we wrote this blog to: Introduce the Analytics Repository Describe how you can use ENVI’s interactive workflows to... Read More >
Deploy, Share, Repeat: AI Meets the Analytics Repository

Deploy, Share, Repeat: AI Meets the Analytics Repository

10/13/2025

The upcoming release of ENVI® Deep Learning 4.0 makes it easier than ever to import, deploy, and share AI models, including industry-standard ONNX models, using the integrated Analytics Repository. Whether you're building deep learning models in PyTorch, TensorFlow, or using ENVI’s native model creation tools, ENVI... Read More >
Blazing a trail: SaraniaSat-led Team Shapes the Future of Space-Based Analytics

Blazing a trail: SaraniaSat-led Team Shapes the Future of Space-Based Analytics

10/13/2025

On July 24, 2025, a unique international partnership of SaraniaSat, NV5 Geospatial Software, BruhnBruhn Innovation (BBI), Netnod, and Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) achieved something unprecedented: a true demonstration of cloud-native computing onboard the International Space Station (ISS) (Fig. 1). Figure 1. Hewlett... Read More >
NV5 at ESA’s Living Planet Symposium 2025

NV5 at ESA’s Living Planet Symposium 2025

9/16/2025

We recently presented three cutting-edge research posters at the ESA Living Planet Symposium 2025 in Vienna, showcasing how NV5 technology and the ENVI® Ecosystem support innovation across ocean monitoring, mineral exploration, and disaster management. Explore each topic below and access the full posters to learn... Read More >
Monitor, Measure & Mitigate: Integrated Solutions for Geohazard Risk

Monitor, Measure & Mitigate: Integrated Solutions for Geohazard Risk

9/8/2025

Geohazards such as slope instability, erosion, settlement, or seepage pose ongoing risks to critical infrastructure. Roads, railways, pipelines, and utility corridors are especially vulnerable to these natural and human-influenced processes, which can evolve silently until sudden failure occurs. Traditional ground surveys provide only periodic... Read More >
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A New Era of Hyperspectral Imaging with ENVI® and Wyvern’s Open Data Program

Joey Griebel

This blog was written in collaboration with Adam O’Connor from Wyvern.

 

As hyperspectral imaging (HSI) continues to grow in importance, access to high-quality satellite data is key to unlocking new insights in environmental monitoring, agriculture, forestry, mining, security, energy infrastructure management, and more. Wyvern’s Open Data Program provides free access to visible and near-infrared (VNIR) hyperspectral data, allowing users to explore and analyze imagery at an impressive 5.3m ground sample distance (GSD).

At NV5, when new remote sensing data sources become available, we make sure to integrate them quickly so our users can take advantage of the latest advancements. That’s why ENVI supports Wyvern’s hyperspectral satellite data, giving users the ability to seamlessly ingest, visualize, and analyze this powerful dataset.

 

What Makes Wyvern’s Hyperspectral Data Valuable?

Wyvern provides VNIR hyperspectral imagery at 5.3m GSD, which means each pixel represents 5.3 meters on the ground. This resolution is ideal for applications requiring a balance between spatial detail and regional coverage. Wyvern data provides:

  • High enough resolution to distinguish vegetation types, land cover changes, manmade objects, and surface materials while covering large areas efficiently.

  • Detection of vegetation stress, crop health, yield prediction, and forest tree speciation while keeping data sizes manageable for fast processing in ENVI.

  • Ability to perform environmental conservation monitoring and remediation assessments, as well as support humanitarian assistance and disaster response (HADR) efforts, where detecting large-scale patterns is more critical than fine details

Wyvern Dragonette-1 imagery data product loaded into the ENVI software (CIR).

Real-World Applications for Wyvern Hyperspectral Data Processed in ENVI

  • Agriculture & Forestry: Detect plant stress, measure chlorophyll content, fertilizer optimization, early detection of pests, invasive plants identification, and classify both crop types and tree species.

  • Mining and Oil & Gas: Operational site monitoring, reclamation and remediation, ecosystem restoration, water quality monitoring, and regulatory compliance.

  • Disaster management: Analyze flooding, wildfire damage, fuel mapping to optimize mitigation efforts, tornado and hurricane damage mapping, and deforestation impacts over vast areas.

ENVI: The Industry Standard for Hyperspectral Data

As the definitive leader in spectral image processing, ENVI is designed to handle all types of remote sensing data, including hyperspectral, multispectral, LiDAR, and SAR. With ENVI, users can:

  • Seamlessly open and visualize Wyvern data with native support for easy ingestion.

  • Perform advanced preprocessing such as atmospheric corrections, radiometric calibration, and spectral filtering.

  • Extract actionable insights by generating spectral indices, classifying land cover, detecting anomalies, identifying materials, performing change detection, and creating custom analysis workflows.

For those interested in exploring ENVI’s capabilities with real-world hyperspectral satellite data, Wyvern’s Open Data Program provides a valuable opportunity to work with fresh imagery.

Alongside this launch, Wyvern has developed a dedicated ENVI Tutorial to help users ingest and preprocess imagery for accurate analysis and generate products for research and decision making. Whether you’re a researcher, analyst, or geospatial professional, this is an excellent opportunity to test the latest hyperspectral imaging technology with industry-leading analytics software.

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