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SpatialNews.com Press Release
Definiens and SKM announces eCognition Training Courses in Australia
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Munich, Germany – January 25, 2006: Definiens, a leader in advanced image intelligence solutions, and its Australian reseller Sinclair Knight Merz announces that its eCognition training courses will be available in Australia starting this year. The first course is scheduled for February 16 - 17 in Melbourne. Additional course offerings will be announced later this year.
"With SKM now firmly in place and recognised locally as the eCognition reseller in Australia we now have the possibility to offer regular eCognition training courses to our Australian and New Zealand customers." said Markus Heynen, Manager International Sales & Marketing of Definiens AG, Earth Business Unit.
Eamonn Grant, Account Manager for SKM went on to say, "This is the next logical step for us to try and promote the use of Definiens cutting edge technology being used to manipulate high resolution imagery such as DigitalGlobe's 60cm Resolution QuickBird data. Bringing Definiens to Melbourne means that our Imagery Services customers will receive training directly from the experts."
eCognition Basic and Advanced training courses, taught by Definiens authorized instructors, introduce participants to eCognition Professional™ and provides the foundation for becoming a successful eCognition user. The Basic Seminar covers fundamental concepts of object-oriented image classification and eCognition. Participants learn how to load data, segment satellite images, and apply eCognition's supervised and rule-based classification. The Advanced Seminar builds upon the knowledge gained in the eCognition Basic Seminar and covers advanced functionality of eCognition.
For more information or to register online please visit the eCognition training course webpage at http://www.definiens-imaging.com/support/training.htm
About Definiens
Definiens is a global leader in providing advanced image intelligence solutions and services that enable its clients to harness all relevant information from digital images to support fast and accurate decision making crucial to its business process. Definiens' products are built on its platform technology (eCognition) that represents a quantum leap in the realms of digital image analysis. Our products are offered across chosen markets, initially focusing on Earth Observation/Remote Sensing (EO/RS) and Life Sciences. Definiens offers advanced and robust image analysis solutions to accelerate the drug discovery, development, and diagnostics processes in life sciences, and perform satellite and aerial image classification more intelligently, more accurately, and more efficiently than traditional methods. Definiens has customers worldwide in the areas of Life Sciences and Earth Observation/Remote Sensing, including leading companies, academic centers, and government agencies. Founded in 1994 by Nobel Laureate Prof. Dr. Gerd Binnig, Definiens is a multi-national organization with headquarters in Munich, Germany and offices in Boulder, Colorado and Boston, Massachusetts. We remain committed to being the leader in the development of advanced image intelligence technology far into the future through continuous research and development. For further information regarding the company and its products please visit www.definiens.com
About SKM
Sinclair Knight Merz Group is a leading global professional services firm working with public and private sector clients across several chosen market areas. Services include engineering, scientific studies, planning, economics, logistics, architecture, geotechnical engineering, project management and spatial information. Sinclair Knight Merz Spatial Sector works with clients to plan, design, build and integrate complex information management systems, with an aim to enhancing their client's operational efficiency, management effectiveness, and decision-making and planning capabilities. We provide leading edge services encompassing Geographic Information Systems (GIS), photogrammetry, remote sensing, surveying , data conversion, mapping and spatial databases .
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