北米のリモートセンシング・バーチカル市場

Abstract

Commercial Industries Hold Yet-to-be-Realized Potential for Remote Sensing Applications

The North American remote sensing market is gradually extending its reach beyond the Department of Defense (DoD) and other state and federal governments toward underserved commercial markets. Remote sensing vendors can draw upon their expertise to lay the groundwork for evolving commercial markets such as mining, petroleum exploration, and utilities. Vendors must also make active efforts to bring end-user perceptions in line with market realities. For instance, though imagery utility is to a certain extent dependent upon resolution, this is likely to have limited effect on commercial markets, as customers will likely have a stringent set of needs. Moreover, vendors must generate awareness of the benefits of remote sensing applications and extensively promote value-added services (VAS) to exploit market-specific opportunities.

This Frost & Sullivan research analyzes the North American remote sensing vertical market and the trends in various remote-sensing techniques such as panchromatic, hyperspectral, synthetic aperture radar, multispectral , and light detection and ranging (LIDAR) imagery. It also discusses the value-added services (VAS) packaged with various remote-sensing imagery techniques. Key industry drivers and challenges are backed by strategic recommendations to enable participants to formulate their business growth plans.

Increasing Value for the End User Critical to Success in Commercial Applications

In order to gain a stronghold in the commercial market, remote sensing vendors must have the capabilities to serve diverse end-user needs. However, smaller vendors must build up their customer base gradually by focusing their efforts on niche markets. "Targeting and increasing competence in a few commercial applications is likely to help vendors improve product quality and provide specialized and expert support services that are critical for penetrating the commercial market," explains the analyst.

Vendors are also enhancing their value proposition to end users by combining two or more remote-sensing imageries that produce 3-D models and animated movie clips designed specifically to cater to the commercial industries. Vendors are also striving for digitization of imagery that helps them in archiving and cutting costs to grab the attention of commercial industries.

High Capitalization Costs for Next-Generation Remote Sensing Systems Hinder Growth

Though the remote sensing market shows immense potential, it faces a challenging future due to the high capitalization costs incurred in the acquisition of cutting-edge technology required for next-generation remote sensing systems. "Many remote sensing vendors feel that it is impractical to recapitalize on the next-generation remote sensing systems while still operating with existing ones," says the analyst.

The high capitalization costs are also creating barriers to entry into the satellite imaging market. Additionally, the high-level technological expertise and government approvals required in launching such a satellite for purely commercial reasons also serve as major bottlenecks in the development process.

Table of Contents

• EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
  • Market Overview
    • Introduction
    • Market Drivers
    • Market Restraints
    • Challenges
  • Forecasts and Trends
    • Market Engineering Analysis
    • Revenue Forecasts
    • Market and Technology Trends
  • Market Segment Analysis
    • Revenues by Remote-sensor
    • Revenues by Application
  • Strategic Recommendations
    • Recommendation I
    • Recommendation II
  • Frost & Sullivan Awards
    • Product Innovation Award
    • Technology Leadership Award
    • Business Development Strategy
• PANCHROMATIC MARKET
  • Panchromatic Imagery and Value-added Services Market
    • Market Overview and Market Engineering Measurements
    • Unit Shipment and Average Price Forecasts
    • Revenues by Application
• MULTISPECTRAL SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR (SAR) & HYPERSPECTRAL MARKET
  • Multispectral Synthetic Aperture Radar & Hyperspectral Imagery & Value-added Services Market
    • Market Overview and Market Engineering Measurements
    • Unit Shipments and Average Price Forecasts
    • Revenue by Application
• LIDAR MARKET
  • LIDAR Imagery and Value-added Services Market
    • Market Overview and Market Engineering Measurements
    • Unit Shipments and Average Price Forecasts
    • Revenues by Application
• DECISION SUPPORT DATABASES (DSDS)
  • DSDs
    • Agriculture
    • Aircraft & Spacecraft
    • Government Mapping
    • Forest & Woodland
    • Mining Enterprises