From Answers to Action: Why ENVI and IDL Agents Go Beyond General AI

4/20/2026

As generative AI tools like Claude and Gemini continue to gain traction, many organizations are asking the same question: Can general purpose AI actually support real geospatial workflows, or does it stop at surface-level answers? That question was front and center in our recent webinar, Meet Your New Partners in Science: ENVI... Read More >

Mapping Earthquake Deformation in Taiwan With ENVI

12/15/2025

Unlocking Critical Insights With ENVI® Tools Taiwan sits at the junction of major tectonic plates and regularly experiences powerful earthquakes. Understanding how the ground moves during these events is essential for disaster preparedness, public safety, and building community resilience. But traditional approaches like field... Read More >

Comparing Amplitude and Coherence Time Series With ICEYE US GTR Data and ENVI SARscape

12/3/2025

Large commercial SAR satellite constellations have opened a new era for persistent Earth monitoring, giving analysts the ability to move beyond simple two-image comparisons into robust time series analysis. By acquiring SAR data with near-identical geometry every 24 hours, Ground Track Repeat (GTR) missions minimize geometric decorrelation,... Read More >

Empowering D&I Analysts to Maximize the Value of SAR

12/1/2025

Defense and intelligence (D&I) analysts rely on high-resolution imagery with frequent revisit times to effectively monitor operational areas. While optical imagery is valuable, it faces limitations from cloud cover, smoke, and in some cases, infrequent revisit times. These challenges can hinder timely and accurate data collection and... Read More >

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 >

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UAS & the New Frontier into Commercial Airspace

Anonym Tuesday, January 21, 2014

Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) technology is certainly nothing new when considering the applications around the world. In fact, in a recent article published in UAS News, "Senators question FAA about faster drone regulation" that very point is driven home citing the 20+ years of commercial UAS applications around the globe. Yamaha Motor of Japan is highlighted as an example of using UAS technology in precision agriculture to achieve an 1100% efficiency increase in crop fertilization. Couple that with the projected $82 billion the industry will bring to commercial markets in the next several years, and we have the makings for a very powerful story which has my full attention.

While it is well known that UAS technologies have been part of US military and research operations for some time, it was only very recently that the FAA announced six selected test sites around the country which will be instrumental to bring unmanned aircraft applications into US commercial airspace. The key initial directives for these sites include six research areas that focus on safety, logistics, and environmental impact assessments. Once standards are procedures are established and restrictions on commercial operations are lifted – I am eager to participate in implementing software solutions that go along with exploiting UAS payloads to derive information products that solve interesting problems. I feel very lucky to have a front-row seat to witness and participate as these projects unfold.

A few of the projects that have caught my eye are:

Delair-Tech UAV will be the first to fly over New York