<s>
Opticks	B-Algorithm
is	O
a	O
remote	B-Application
sensing	I-Application
application	I-Application
that	O
supports	O
imagery	B-General_Concept
,	O
video	O
(	O
motion	O
imagery	B-General_Concept
)	O
,	O
synthetic	B-Application
aperture	I-Application
radar	I-Application
(	O
SAR	O
)	O
,	O
multi-spectral	O
,	O
hyper-spectral	B-Application
,	O
and	O
other	O
types	O
of	O
remote	B-Application
sensing	I-Application
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Opticks	B-Algorithm
supports	O
processing	O
remote	B-Application
sensing	I-Application
video	O
in	O
the	O
same	O
manner	O
as	O
it	O
supports	O
imagery	B-General_Concept
,	O
which	O
differentiates	O
it	O
from	O
other	O
remote	B-Application
sensing	I-Application
applications	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Opticks	B-Algorithm
was	O
initially	O
developed	O
by	O
Ball	O
Aerospace	O
&	O
Technologies	O
Corp	O
.	O
and	O
other	O
organizations	O
for	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
Intelligence	O
Community	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ball	O
Aerospace	O
open	O
sourced	O
Opticks	B-Algorithm
hoping	O
to	O
increase	O
the	O
demand	O
for	O
remote	B-Application
sensing	I-Application
data	O
and	O
broaden	O
the	O
features	O
available	O
in	O
existing	O
remote	B-Application
sensing	I-Application
software	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Opticks	B-Algorithm
software	O
and	O
its	O
extensions	O
are	O
developed	O
by	O
over	O
twenty	O
different	O
organizations	O
,	O
and	O
over	O
two	O
hundred	O
users	O
are	O
registered	O
users	O
at	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Opticks	B-Algorithm
can	O
also	O
be	O
used	O
as	O
a	O
remote	B-Application
sensing	I-Application
software	I-Application
development	O
framework	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Developers	O
can	O
extend	O
Opticks	B-Algorithm
functionality	O
using	O
its	O
plug-in	B-Application
architecture	O
and	O
public	O
application	B-Application
programming	I-Application
interface	I-Application
(	O
API	B-General_Concept
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Opticks	B-Algorithm
is	O
open	O
source	O
,	O
licensed	O
under	O
GNU	B-Application
Lesser	I-Application
General	I-Application
Public	I-Application
License	I-Application
(	O
LGPL	B-Application
)	O
2.1	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Opticks	B-Algorithm
was	O
brought	O
into	O
the	O
open	O
source	O
community	O
in	O
Dec	O
2007	O
and	O
has	O
a	O
large	O
developer	O
community	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Opticks	B-Algorithm
can	O
be	O
used	O
as	O
a	O
standard	O
desktop	B-Application
application	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
vanilla	B-General_Concept
software	I-General_Concept
can	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
read	O
and	O
write	O
imagery	B-General_Concept
in	O
several	O
formats	O
and	O
for	O
some	O
basic	O
data	O
analysis	O
as	O
described	O
in	O
the	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Opticks	B-Algorithm
community	O
provides	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
,	O
Solaris	B-Application
10	I-Application
SPARC	B-Architecture
,	O
and	O
some	O
distributions	O
of	O
Linux	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Opticks	B-Algorithm
can	O
also	O
be	O
used	O
as	O
a	O
software	B-Architecture
development	I-Architecture
framework	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Opticks	B-Algorithm
community	O
provides	O
and	O
supports	O
a	O
public	O
SDK	B-Application
which	O
includes	O
a	O
documented	O
API	B-General_Concept
as	O
well	O
as	O
several	O
extension	O
tutorials	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Opticks	B-Algorithm
website	O
hosts	O
a	O
,	O
some	O
of	O
which	O
are	O
developed	O
and	O
maintained	O
by	O
the	O
same	O
development	O
team	O
as	O
Opticks	B-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
Opticks	B-Algorithm
has	O
active	O
mailing	O
lists	O
and	O
an	O
IRC	B-Protocol
channel	O
available	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
issue	B-Application
tracker	I-Application
is	O
available	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Opticks	B-Algorithm
has	O
for	O
incubation	O
with	O
the	O
OSGeo	O
foundation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Opticks	B-Algorithm
has	O
participated	O
in	O
both	O
the	O
Google	B-Application
Summer	I-Application
of	I-Application
Code	I-Application
and	O
ESA	O
Summer	B-Application
of	I-Application
Code	I-Application
in	O
Space	O
programs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Opticks	B-Algorithm
participated	O
in	O
GSoC	B-Application
2010	O
with	O
two	O
students	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
titles	O
of	O
the	O
accepted	O
projects	O
were	O
"	O
Adding	O
Image	O
Stack	O
Support	O
and	O
New	O
Algorithm	O
Plugin	B-Application
for	O
Opticks	B-Algorithm
"	O
and	O
"	O
Speckle	O
removal	O
and	O
edge	O
detection	O
tool	O
for	O
SAR	O
image	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Opticks	B-Algorithm
participated	O
in	O
GSoC	B-Application
2011	O
under	O
the	O
OSGeo	O
organization	O
with	O
three	O
students	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
titles	O
of	O
the	O
accepted	O
projects	O
were	O
"	O
Photography	O
processing	O
tools	O
for	O
Opticks	B-Algorithm
"	O
,	O
"	O
Development	O
of	O
a	O
ship	O
detection	O
and	O
classification	O
toolkit	O
for	O
SAR	O
imagery	B-General_Concept
in	O
Opticks	B-Algorithm
"	O
,	O
and	O
"	O
Astronomical	O
processing	O
tools	O
for	O
Opticks	B-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
Opticks	B-Algorithm
participated	O
in	O
ESA	O
SOCIS	O
in	O
2011	O
.	O
</s>
