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PEDAGeOG™ is a software product which provides high school and college students with an opportunity to process satellite data on their school computers as part of their geography curriculum. It is the software component of the Geo/SAT 1 project which consists of an integrated package of software, data, and teacher's manuals. PEDAGeOG™ has been tested in schools in the United States. It was developed by a Woodrow Wilson Fellow.

Features

• display images in monochrome, pseudo-, true-, and false-color
• 24-bit color display available in Windows on displays up to 1600 pixels by 1200 lines in resolution
• zoom
• handle images up to 8000 by 8000 pixels in size
• import Space Imaging's Scholar Series data sets and scanned aerial photographs in bmp format
• demo data included
• create color composite images by combining pictures formed in different regions of the spectrum;
• create pseudo-color tables under student control
• enhance a picture by contrast stretch
• enhance a picture throught arithmetic operations on the picture
• classify a picture by density slicing
• experiment with demonstration lessons that are included
• point-and-click user interface
• create bmp images for export if desired
• very reasonable site license pricing (please see below)

User Manual Contents

• Message to the Student
• Introduction
• Lessons: 1--The qualitative comparison of different spectral bands. 2--The quantitative comparison of different spectral bands. 3--The concept of pseudo-color. 4--The concept of color composite. 5--The histogram of a picture. 6--Picture enhancement by increasing the picture contrast. 7--Picture enhancement by pixel multiplication. 8--Picture classification by density slicing.
• The PEDAGeOG™ Program: 1--File and data bookkeeping functions. 2--Video display functions. 3--Look-up-table functions. 4--Image display functions. 5--Image enhancement functions. 6--Classification. 7--Data import/export functions.

Computer Specifications

• Pentium
• 16 megabytes main memory
• mouse
• 24-bit VGA display adapter operating in 640 by 480, or 800 by 600, or 1024 by 768, or 1600 by 1200 mode
• VGA color monitor
• hard disk (1 megabyte for program storage; additional for images)
• Windows 95 or later

Pricing

Software program

• Site license pricing is given below. This allows you to install the software on as many computers as you have in your school or college department.
• Site license----United States--US$95.00; International--US$95.00; Canada--Can$119.00+GST

Shipping and Handling (air mail)

• United States -- US$4.00
• International -- US$4.00
• Canada -- Can$4.00+GST

Please contact Eidetic should you have any questions or to place an order.

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