Preprocessing remotely sensed data for efficient analysis and classification

Abstract
Interpreting remotely sensed data typically requires expensive, specialized computing machinery capable of storing and manipulating large amounts of data quickly. In this paper, we present a method for accurately analyzing and categorizing remotely sensed data on much smaller, less expensive platforms. Data size is reduced in such a way as to retain the integrity of the original data, where the format of the resultant data set lends itself well to providing an efficient, interactive method of data classification.