Patent ID: 8768104

Claim:
A system for processing a large volume of Earth observation imaging data comprising: a computer including a visual display and a user interface; a plurality of compute servers; an image database storing said Earth observation imaging data as a plurality of separate image data files; a network for interconnecting said computer, said plurality of compute servers and said image database; said plurality of compute servers being operable to process said separate image data files in a distributed manner using different classification methods; at least one of said plurality of compute servers being operable to process said separate image data files in a multiprocessing environment; at least one of said plurality of compute servers being operable to collate processed separate image data files into a single imaging result; and is operable to execute a voting scheme to select the output of one of said different classification methods as an optimal result; further comprising a central job database for storing a list of jobs to be performed, said jobs defining said processing to be performed, and said plurality of compute servers being operable to request jobs from said list; wherein each of said separate image data files includes Ground Control Points, and said processing is performed using said Ground Control Points to correct to ground co-ordinates; and wherein each of said separate image data files includes Tie-Points, and said processing is performed using said Tie-Points, to minimize errors between overlapping images.