NEST - Next ESA SAR Toolbox
The Next ESA SAR Toolbox (NEST) is a user friendly open source toolbox for reading, post-processing, analysing and visualising the large archive of data (from Level 1) from ESA & 3rd party SAR missions & products including:
- ERS-1 & 2
- ENVISAT ASAR
- JERS SAR
- ALOS PALSAR
- TerraSAR-X
- Radarsat-1 & 2
- Cosmo-Skymed (pending)
- Sentinel-1 (pending)
Next ESA SAR Toolbox
NEST is based on the BEAM Earth Observation Toolbox and Development Platform in cooperation with Brockmann Consult of Hamburg. It provides both basic and advanced tools for the SAR user community
NEST provides both basic and advanced SAR Tools including:
- Data Conversion and Export
- Calibration
- Resampling
- Band Arithmetic
- Image Filtering
- Speckle Filtering
- Statistics & Data Analysis
- Reprojection
- Mosaicking
- Layer Management
- Tiled Memory
- Vector Shape Layers
- Web Map Service (WMS) layers
- NASA WorldWind Integration
- Image Co-Registration
- Orbit Correction
- Orthorectification
- Automatic import of 90m SRTM DEM
- Range Doppler
- Simulated SAR Image
- Image Analysis
- Principle Component Analysis
- EM Cluster Analysis
- KMeans Cluster Analysis
- SAR Ocean Tools
- Oil Spill Detection
- Wind Field Estimation
- Object Detection
NEST is being developed by Array Systems Computing Inc. of Toronto Canada under ESA Contract number 20698/07/I-LG.
Array also provides NEST Professional Services for Front of the Line Support, Custom Development and NEST Training.
Array's team of SAR Scientists and Software Engineers can provide you with:
- Custom SAR algorithm development
- Processing for value added products
- Automation of analysis tasks
- Cluster processing solutions
NEST Data Flow
Graph Processing Framework
Browsing & Importing of Products
Advanced Display & Analysis Tool
Coregistration
Orthorectification
Object Detection
Mosaicking