{{Short description|Geospatial software programs}} {{Infobox software | name = RemoteView | logo = RemoteView Product Logo - Black - Aug 2011.png | logo size = 250px | screenshot = RemoteView Pro 3-2-2 main window with loading dock image.jpg | screenshot size = 250px | caption = RemoteView main window with image loaded | developer = Textron Systems | released = {{Start date and age|1996}} | latest release version = 4.9 | latest release date = {{Start date and age|2024|2}} | programming language = C++ | operating system = Windows | size = ≈4 GB | language = English | genre = Remote Sensing Application, GIS | license = Proprietary | website = {{URL|http://www.textronsystems.com/what-we-do/geospatial-solutions/remoteview}} }}
'''RemoteView''' is the family name of a group of software programs designed by Textron Systems Geospatial Solutions to aid in analyzing satellite or aerial images of the Earth's surface for the purpose of collecting and disseminating geospatial intelligence. The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) is a user of RemoteView software.<ref name="Overwatch Press Release">{{cite web|title=Overwatch Announces 5-Year Research Contract with National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency|url=http://www.overwatch.com/news/press_release_item.php?ReleaseID=1465779|publisher=Overwatch Press|accessdate=September 1, 2010}}{{dead link|date=February 2025}}</ref>
== Overview == '''RemoteView''' is an electronic light table application, initially developed and released commercially by Sensor Systems in 1996. An electronic light table application makes it possible for imagery analysts to review satellite images on a computer instead of examining film or printed photographs. RemoteView was originally written only for the Unix operating system, but as the US Department of Defense transitioned to the Windows operating system, Sensor Systems released a Windows-based version. Overwatch acquired Sensor Systems and the RemoteView software in 2005.<ref name="Acquire">{{cite web|title=Federal Information Technology Systems Announces the Acquisition of Sensor Systems, Inc.|url=http://www.daroth.com/press/Federal%20IT%20acquires%20Sensor%20Systems%20040105.pdf|publisher=Daroth Capital Press|accessdate=August 5, 2008}}</ref> Textron Systems acquired Overwatch in 2006.
RemoteView's main function is an imagery and geospatial analysis tool. It can display imagery formats, elevation data sets, and vector data sets. Capabilities include image enhancements, photogrammetry, orthorectification, multispectral classification, pan sharpening, change detection, assisted search, location positioning, and 3D terrain visualization.<ref name="RemoteView">{{cite web|title=RemoteView|url=http://www.overwatch.com/products/remote_view_pro.php|publisher=Overwatch |accessdate=October 23, 2012}}</ref> These features allow an intelligence analyst to review large-scale imagery and generate annotated reports on any findings.
==Extensions== Textron Systems Geospatial Solutions offers extensions that add specialized capabilities to RemoteView.<ref name="RemoteView Exsentions">{{cite web|title=RemoteView Extensions|url=http://www.textronsystems.com/what-we-do/geospatial-solutions|publisher=Overwatch|accessdate=January 27, 2010}}</ref> These include:
* Virtual Mosaic – a tool for quickly joining more than four adjacent or overlapping images * 3D Pro – a module that expands visualization tools to allow creating 3D virtual worlds for simulating real world conditions and planning missions * Geo Database– a complementary tool that enables automatic data sharing between RemoteView and Esri's ArcGIS Pro software * GeoCatalog for Desktop – a complementary database that makes it easier to organize and retrieve geospatial data
==Deprecated and Removed Features== * RVConnect: An extension that provided integration between RemoteView and ESRI's 32-bit ArcMap software. Deprecated in version 4.7 when Esri announced the long-term replacement of ArcMap with ArcGIS Pro. Removed in version 4.9 * V-TRAC Basic: A complementary video player that allowed limited analysis of full motion video recorded by UAVs. Deprecated in version 4.8, replaced in version 4.9 with built-in support for video analysis. * V-TRAC Pro: An extension to V-TRAC Basic that added support for additional mark-up and reporting tools. Deprecated in version 4.8, replaced in version 4.9 with built-in support for video analysis.
==See also== * Geomatics * Imagery analysis * Remote sensing * Remote sensing application * Satellite imagery
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==External links== * [http://www.textronsystems.com/what-we-do/geospatial-solutions/remoteview RemoteView Product Page]
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