<s>
The	O
company	O
develops	O
products	O
such	O
as	O
IDL	B-Language
,	O
ENVI	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Jagwire	O
which	O
are	O
used	O
in	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
industries	O
including	O
defense	O
and	O
intelligence	O
,	O
environmental	O
,	O
engineering	O
,	O
aerospace	O
,	O
medical	B-Application
imaging	I-Application
,	O
and	O
federal	O
and	O
civil	O
governments	O
worldwide	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Stern	O
developed	O
a	O
programming	O
language	O
called	O
Mariner	O
Mars	O
Spectral	O
Editor	O
,	O
which	O
later	O
evolved	O
to	O
IDL	B-Language
,	O
Interactive	B-Language
Data	I-Language
Language	I-Language
,	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
supplement	O
FORTRAN	B-Application
,	O
specifically	O
for	O
data	O
analysis	O
and	O
visualization	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
incorporated	O
Research	O
Systems	O
Inc	O
.	O
(	O
RSI	O
)	O
and	O
released	O
IDL	B-Language
as	O
a	O
proprietary	O
programming	O
language	O
for	O
visualizing	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1994	O
,	O
the	O
software	O
package	O
ENVI	B-Application
was	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Written	O
in	O
IDL	B-Language
,	O
ENVI	B-Application
is	O
the	O
industry	O
standard	O
for	O
image	O
processing	O
and	O
analysis	O
allowing	O
GIS	B-Application
professionals	O
,	O
remote	B-Application
sensing	I-Application
scientists	O
,	O
and	O
image	O
analysts	O
to	O
extract	O
information	O
from	O
geospatial	O
imagery	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Four	O
years	O
later	O
,	O
RSI	O
along	O
with	O
the	O
Remote	B-Application
Sensing	I-Application
Systems	O
division	O
of	O
Eastman	O
Kodak	O
,	O
were	O
sold	O
to	O
ITT	O
Corporation	O
and	O
were	O
renamed	O
ITT	O
Visual	O
Information	O
Solutions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IDL	B-Language
(	O
Interactive	B-Language
Data	I-Language
Language	I-Language
)	O
is	O
a	O
scientific	B-Application
programming	I-Application
language	I-Application
used	O
in	O
particular	O
areas	O
of	O
science	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
astronomy	O
,	O
meteorology	O
,	O
and	O
medical	B-Application
imaging	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
ENVI	B-Application
is	O
an	O
off-the-shelf	O
software	O
program	O
used	O
to	O
visualize	O
,	O
process	O
and	O
analyze	O
geospatial	O
imagery	O
.	O
</s>
