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About
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The EnMAP-Box is a free and open source plugin for `QGIS <https://www.qgis.org/en/site/#>`_.
It is designed to process imaging spectroscopy data and
particularly developed to handle data from the upcoming `EnMAP <https://www.enmap.org/>`_ sensor. The two main goals of
the development are to provide
(i) state-of-the-art applications for the processing of high dimensional spectral and temporal remote sensing data and
(ii) a graphical user interface (GUI) that enhances the GIS oriented visualization capabilities in QGIS by applications
for visualization and exploration of multi-band remote sensing data and spectral libraries.
Therefore, the algorithms provided in the EnMAP-Box will be of high value for many other,
especially multi- and hyperspectral EO missions.

The EnMAP-Box bridges and combines efficiently all advantages of QGIS (e.g. for visualization, vector data processing),
packages like GDAL (for data IO or working with virtual raster files) and abundant
libraries for Python (e.g. scikit-learn for EO data classification and PyQtGraph for fast and interactive chart drawing).
The plugin consists of a (i) graphical user interface for hyperspectral data visualization and e.g.
spectral library management, (ii) a set of algorithms, and
(iii) a high-level application programming interface (:ref:`EnMAP API <GUI_GettingStarted>`).

Approved versions of the EnMAP-Box (“production releases”) are
made available in the QGIS Plugin Repository https://plugins.qgis.org/plugins/enmapboxplugin/.

The EnMAP-Box is developed at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin under contract by the Helmholtz Centre Potsdam GFZ and is
part of the EnMAP Core Science Team activities. It is funded by the German Aerospace Centre (DLR) - Project Management
Agency, granted by the Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space
(BMFTR; grant no. `50EE2401A <https://foerderportal.bund.de/foekat/jsp/SucheAction.do?actionMode=view&fkz=50EE2401A>`_).

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