IMAGE ANALYSIS IN THE ARTIC 2010-04-30

Boulder Labs Inc signs a contract with CIRES, Cooperative Institute
for Research in Environmental Sciences, to develop software for the
analysis of 27,000 images collected by unmanned aircraft over the
Bering Sea in May/June 2009.
CIRES is a joint institute of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA) and the University of Colorado at Boulder

The Principal Investigator, Dr. Betsy Weatherhead, has comissioned
Boulder Labs for these tasks:

Seal identification Software will be developed to help
identify the unique seal shapes in all images. This work will build
off of previous work that Boulder Labs has been involved in to
identify finger prints and indentations for camera and touch screen
applications. Boulder Labs will iterate with scientists and communicate
directly with Dr. Weatherhead to assure that algorithms are developed
that match with visual identification of seals made by scientists
at NOAA's Marine Mammal Laboratory.


Ice characterization. Software will be developed to
characterize the percentage of each image that represents: ice that
is above water, ice that is below water and open water. In addition
to the percentage of each of these three categories. Software will
be further developed to identify fractal characteristics: as discussed
with Dr. Weatherhead, these characteristics will focus on edge to
area ratios as appropriate. Once software has been developed, Dr.
Weatherhead will determine whether the software will be applied to
the images by Dr. Weatherhead or by Boulder Labs.