Highlights

All-In-One Image Analysis Solution

Built on core eCognition software technology, Trimble eCognition Essentials offers users a complete out-of-the-box solution for object-based image analysis. With a focus on quickly obtaining quality results and actionable data, eCognition Essentials allows users to easily analyze and transfer image data into intelligent geospatial Information – for example, creating land cover maps to be exported into a GIS database.

Intuitive Graphical Interface

For everyone wishing to utilize remote sensing data, Trimble eCognition Essentials offers an easy-to-use, intuitive graphical user interface. With immediate access to automated segmentation and classification tasks, the software puts a sample-based image classification workflow right in the hands of a production-oriented user.

Save Time With Automated Functions and Batch Processing

Users can achieve professional results with minimal turnaround times thanks to automated image analysis functions and batch processing capabilities. These functions include image segmentation, sample-based classification, and change detection alongside a set of interactive tools for quality control. To analyze several datasets without manual interventions or to execute the analysis on dedicated server hardware, eCognition Essentials users can submit analysis jobs to an eCognition Server, which will then automatically process all submitted data in batch mode. These automated features allow GIS and Image Analysts to quickly create high quality deliverables, freeing their time to focus on interpretation of the results and decision-making.

Less Complexity, More Capability

Powered by proven eCognition technology, eCognition Essentials is a stand-alone application that covers all steps of supervised image analysis to efficiently extract high-quality information from remote sensing data for applications within environmental, urban and agricultural land cover, as well as change detection mapping. By applying predefined and structured rules to image analysis tasks, eCognition Essentials offers a streamlined workflow to quickly extract geospatial information from raw image data. At any moment, only the most relevant actions will be displayed on the screen, while the sequence of components follows a pre-defined format to guide users towards optimal results.

Supports a Variety of Use Cases

Quickly and efficiently handle a variety of use cases, including:

• Forest cover and forest change mapping for carbon sequestering assessment on REDD++ projects and Kyoto Protocol reports
• Urban cover and urban change mapping for environmental monitoring and urban planning
• Agricultural land mapping and change detection for crop health analysis and agricultural subsidies on a country level
• Basic land cover and change mapping for monitoring of land degradation

Access the Trimble Data Marketplace

With the Trimble® Data Marketplace plug in for eCognition Essentials you can easily access remote sensing imagery and begin generating results immediately. The platform will be expanded constantly, with the following sets currently available:

• The Landsat 8 library features thousands of clear sky images, automatically added to the library for eCognition available free of charge.

How eCognition Essentials works

Trimble eCognition Essentials offers an easy-to-use, all-in-one software solution for performing professional image analysis with a guided four-step workflow.

1. Import Data

Get straight to work with one-step project creation by importing a variety of geospatial file formats, including Rasters (TIF, IMG, JP2) and Vectors (SHP, FileGDB).

2. Create & Classify Objects

Powered by the proprietary Trimble image analysis engine, eCognition Essentials lets users create objects based on spectral and spatial homogeneity definitions, followed by guided object classification according to pre-loaded or user-defined parameters.

3. Edit Results

Users have a chance to review results and — if needed — modify segmentation and classification rules without re-starting the entire workflow. Now results are ready for evaluating the accuracy by applying use case-oriented statistical values.

4. Export Results

Finish the intuitive, easy-to-use Trimble eCognition Essentials image analysis workflow by exporting a GIS-ready result layer of the final classification results.