SOCET Services™
SOCET Services™ is a feature-rich commercial software product that is designed to be used by various service-oriented
architecture (SOA) programs for image processing, or as an image processing middleware component for larger systems. It saves costs for the enterprise
and promotes consistency throughout the organization.
BAE Systems developed the SOCET Services product line to provide a comprehensive solution within a single baseline for automated image processing and transformations. End-products generated using SOCET Services include raw, nonorthorectified imagery such as format conversions, chipped image subsets, reduced-resolution data sets, and browse imagery. Additional products are digital elevation models and orthophotos.
SOCET Services is designed as a reusable set of services using a single interface for common image processing functions. The interface can easily be adapted into an enterprise-class Web service using the existing component-based architecture. SOCET Services provides a tiered component architecture that can be used repeatedly through multiple interfaces.
SOCET Services image processing software is designed for high-end pixel processing. It is made up of libraries, applications, and services that help engineers build server-based image processing systems, processing catalogs, or image library programs. Transactions are specified with XML and validated against XML schema.
The product has built-in scalability to multiple CPU systems, batch processing, format and sensor model consistency, and supports multiple file formats and product types. Therefore, it offers a cost-effective solution over other government programs.
SOCET Services is currently supported on LINUX, Solaris, and IRIX operating systems; other systems will be supported as demand dictates.
Future plans include moving to a commercial support and maintenance model. Over time, the new product line will evolve to include automated raster and vector product generation and production. Additional plans include Web services and workflows to support a service-oriented and mobile-code architecture.
