DigitalGlobe 8-Band Research Challenge - Call for Entries

For the first-time ever, remote sensing and GIS researchers have access to high-resolution imagery with 8 spectral bands, including coastal blue, yellow, red-edge and NIR2. Do you have a valuable application to use this new data? Enter the 8-Band Challenge to get free imagery for your research and a chance to win $5,000 and present your findings at Geospatial World Forum in January!   DigitalGlobe will make 8-band imagery available to qualifying researchers to study the impact of using this data for: Land Use/Land Cover Analysis  Environmental Mapping and Monitoring Coastal Habitat Mapping Feature Extraction and more...           5 Winners and 10 Runners up will be selected Submit your proposal by August 31 and learn more at: www.digitalglobe.com/8bandchallenge                     Download our free whitepaper to learn more about 8-band capabilities at: www.digitalglobe.com/8bandchallenge           Media Sponsor       Organizers of the Geospatial World Forum, January 18 - 21, 2011 in Hyderabad, India. Geospatial World Forum shall offer a platform for the various stakeholders of geospatial technologies from across the globe to come together to deliberate upon the 'Dimensions and Directions of Geospatial Industry'.