Dear all,<br>
<br>CNES is happy to announce the release of OTB <span class="nfakPe">2.8</span>, code name "¹§Ï²·¢²Æ" (Gong Xi Fa Cai).<br>
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The main additions to this version are both on the library and the<br>
applications.<br>
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End users will be happy to find 3 very useful new applications:<br>
1. Object Counting <<a href="http://blog.orfeo-toolbox.org/uncategorized/counting-objects" target="_blank">http://blog.orfeo-toolbox.org/uncategorized/counting-objects</a>><br>
2. Fine Registration <<a href="http://blog.orfeo-toolbox.org/uncategorized/fine-registration" target="_blank">http://blog.orfeo-toolbox.org/uncategorized/fine-registration</a>><br>
3. Road Extraction <<a href="http://blog.orfeo-toolbox.org/preview/road-extraction-revamped" target="_blank">http://blog.orfeo-toolbox.org/preview/road-extraction-revamped</a>><br>
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A very user-friendly installer for the whole set of applications is provided for Windows users.<br>
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Library users will be interested about:<br>
1. A new implementation (faster, more robust) of the SIFT algorithm<br>
2. The Speed-Up Robust Features (SURF) kindly contributed by<br>
Communications & Syst¨¨mes<br>
3. The Mean Shift filtering and clustering algorithm<br>
4. The out-of-the-box support for KML and OpenStreetMaps<br>
5. The support for lidar data using libLAS <<a href="http://liblas.org/" target="_blank">http://liblas.org/</a>><br>
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As usual, you can go to <<a href="http://www.orfeo-toolbox.org/" target="_blank">http://www.orfeo-toolbox.org/</a>> and follow the<br><div id=":aq" class="ArwC7c ckChnd">
download link or get directly to Sourceforge<br>
<<a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/orfeo-toolbox/" target="_blank">http://sourceforge.net/projects/orfeo-toolbox/</a>> and get the packages<br>
there. Full source code, Software Guide and Windows binaries are<br>
available.<br>
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OTB is the only open source library which makes available a full set of<br>
building blocks for implementing remote sensing image processing going<br>
from low level to advanced map applications. All this thanks to, among others, <br>ITK, GDAL and OSSIM.<br>
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>From sensor models to GoogleEarth format compatibility, from image<br>
filtering to Support Vector Machine classification and regression, from<br>
binary mathematical morphology to SIFT matching, from rigid registration<br>
to PDE-based disparity map estimation, and much more.<br>
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Best regards,<br><br>J. Inglada<br><br>
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