Learn About Survae

Survae Platform Overview

The use of video and other imagery by enterprise, government and NGOs is growing exponentially — from UAVs to ground-based smartphones and action cameras. But the video and imagery recorded by all of of these devices lacks a crucial element: context.

Survae allows its clients to get context about every second of what they are seeing by connecting their video and other imagery to maps — making it easy for any organization to get advanced data from the sky, ground or water. We connect all imagery to a set of base maps and clients can then bring in any GIS map they want as a layer.

We can support all kinds of data-enabled devices including UAVs, iOS and Android smartphones and tablets, GoPros and Garmins, surveillance cameras, underwater cameras, helicopter or plane-mounted cameras, plus satellites.

Survae’s open platform supports any organization that needs to view, manage, find and share a lot of video or imagery from multiple sources. Survae is built to support not only virtually any kind of data-enabled imagery from multiple devices, but also from disparate sources — different service providers, internal and external users, and multiple viewpoints (aerial, ground, and submarine).

It’s an ideal solution for making sense of the massive amounts of visual data being collected from the sky, ground or water.

What are the benefits of using the Survae platform?

Survae provides a complete cloud-based solution for accessing, cataloging, indexing and storing videos, imagery and associated data. Our platform is built to support not only virtually any kind of data-enabled imagery from multiple devices, but also from multiple sources. Bring in video, infrared or stills from different service providers, internal and external users, and from multiple viewpoints and easily work with them all within your Survae account.

Survae’s map-based interface and visual search engine provide a completely unique method for making sense of the massive amounts of visual data collected by cameras.

  • Get immediate context and see video, stills and multispectral imagery connected to Google maps or to your own maps.
  • View video along with a moving map that displays the video path.
  • Search, browse and find video (and individual frames within a video) using the map.
  • Mouse over the video path to see geo-located thumbnails from any location; start playing video from any location via the map.
  • See all of your video assets on a central map and find video using the map itself to search or browse; locate videos visually on the map and play them directly from the map.
  • Search for visual assets using your own maps.
  • Share mapped videos internally or externally
  • Bring in imagery from your own devices or from contractors you already work with.
What video and still imagery devices does Survae work with?

Survae currently supports video, stills and multispectral images recorded by the following data-enabled devices:

  • DJI Phantom 4, 4 Pro, Mavic Pro, Inspire 2 & Matrice for video, stills and infrared
  • GoPro Hero 5 & Hero 6 and Garmin Elite, XE & Ultra 30 for video and stills
  • Garmin VIRB 360 for 360 degree video
  • Recent models of iOS (Apple) and Android smartphones for still imagery. iOS and Android apps coming soon for video.
  • Recent SLR cameras with GPS for stills
  • Support for additional UAVs, underwater cameras, helicopter or plane-mounted cameras, plus satellites are in development. Contact us regarding specialized formats, including the MISB standard and others used by US government agencies.

Specialized devices:

  • Kongsberg Geospatial IRIS UAS Ground Control Station (GCS) for live video
  • C2i Sea Otter tether-less amphibious robotic crawler for ground-based and underwater video and sensor data

We will be adding other manufacturers and devices throughout 2018. Do you have a specific need? Please contact us and let our development team know what you’re looking for.

Where can I see demos of the technology?

Please visit world.survae.com where you can see a wide variety of video and still imagery connected to maps, as well as how we organize imagery for quick access via the map or through search and filtering.

Just a few of the features you can try out:

  • See how we provide context for video, stills and multispectral imagery by connecting them to a set of base Google maps. Clients can bring in their own GIS maps as layers. Sign up for a free trial account to see that functionality with your own maps.
  • View video along with a moving map that displays the video path.
  • Mouse over the video path to see geo-located thumbnails from any location; start playing video from any location via the map.
  • Locate videos visually on the map and play them directly from the map.
  • See how we make it easy to manage and organize all of your imagery so it’s easily accessible. Search using the map or with text, browse by category, location, and keywords, and use a wide variety of filters.
What maps does Survae work with?

Survae connects all imagery to a base set of Google street, satellite and terrain maps. Clients can easily import any GIS map they want to use as a layer, including Esri shapefiles and kmz and kml files.

What are some of the uses for the Survae platform?

If you work with land, water or infrastructure, Survae provides a simple interface for using video, maps and data to add important context to your aerial and ground-based imagery.

Survae is used in a wide variety of applications, including inspection, evaluation and surveys. Markets we currently serve include:

  • Natural resources conservation and wildlife protection
  • Bridges, roadways, and buildings
  • Forest management and timberland
  • Agriculture
  • Power lines, substations, pipelines, communications towers, wind and solar farms
  • Humanitarian missions
  • Local, state and federal government agencies

Plans and Licensing

How is the Survae platform licensed?
Survae is a subscription service, licensed on a monthly or annual basis to clients.
What features are available with a monthly or annual license?
Platform Features

  • Anytime/anywhere access with a web browser to the Survae cloud-based platform for working with and sharing all of your data-enabled visual assets.
  • Uploading and encoding. Video is encoded and stored in 480p, 720p, 1080p and 4k formats, providing a variety of useful formats for viewing and sharing.
  • Indexing and cataloging for all of your visual assets and data.
  • Secure cloud-based storage. Contact us with any high-security requirements, such as secure data transfer, encryption and government-level security for storage of critical data assets.
  • Choose from multiple storage plans to meet your organization’s needs. Add additional storage, as you need it. Edge servers are an option for global accounts as well as country-specific server locations to meet EU privacy laws.
  • Robust, permissions-based system for connecting and managing internal staff, external contractors, field staff, and central office users and administrators.

Map and Search Features

  • Base Google map set (street, satellite and terrain) for all accounts. Import GIS maps such as Esri shapefiles, kml and kmz files.
  • All imagery is connected and synced to the map. View video along with a moving map that displays the video path.
  • Search, browse and find imagery (including individual frames within a video) using the map. Mouse over the video path to see thumbnails from any location; start playing video from any location via the map. You can add keywords, text and tags to each video and use those for search, as well.
  • See all of your imagery assets on a central map and find imagery using the map itself to search or browse; locate videos and other images visually on the map and play them directly from the map. See all of your imagery on a state, national or global map or zoom in to county or local level, as needed.
  • Share mapped imagery internally or externally with the Survae video/map player. Beyond using the platform itself, you can include links to any of the imagery in emails, for instance, or embed videos on web pages for sharing outside your organization.
How do you upgrade storage, users or add more licenses?
It’s easy to add more storage to any plan on an as-needed basis or to move up to a more comprehensive plan with additional features. Just reach out to support@survae.com when you’re ready.

 

Can we take our content with us if we cancel our account?
Yes. If you ever want to cancel your account, you have the ability to download all of your original content and take it with you. Anything you upload to the Survae platform will be available for you to download. Please note that the maps provide by Survae and our proprietary technology for connecting and displaying your content with maps won’t be available for your use once you cancel your account.

Technical Questions

What kind of bandwidth is needed to use Survae?

Recommended broadband connection speeds per stream for playing video and working with connected maps through the Survae platform:

  • 1.5 Megabits per second (Mbps) for playing 480p quality video
  • 3 Mbps for 720p quality
  • 5 Mbps for 1080p quality
  • 25 Mbps for 4k quality

Uploading video to Survae requires a good broadband connection due to the large file sizes involved. Clients who don’t have access to high speed Internet can send us their files for processing using Google Drive, Dropbox or other file sharing services and our tech team will take care of the processing.

Which browsers are supported?

Recent versions of Google Chrome, Internet Explorer, Microsoft Edge, Mozilla Firefox, Opera and Safari all work with the Survae platform and video/map player.

 

Can we edit the video prior to uploading to Survae?

In order to ensure that video and data are synced properly, users should not edit any video prior to uploading it to Survae.