R2V: Advanced Raster to Vector Conversion Software

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R2V is currently being used in more than 60 countries by thousands of users for map digitizing, GIS and CAD conversion applications

R2V Applications
Contour Map Digitizing
Parcel/Tax Map Digitizing
Soil Map and Flood Map Digitizing
Mapping from Aerial Photos & Satellite Imagery
Create 3D DEM from Contour Maps
CAD Drawing Conversion
Image Geo-Referencing, Registration & Processing
UTM, Lat/long and State Plane Projection Systems

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 News and Publications

"File Conversion Using R2V", Cadalyst, Dec. 2001, pp. 17
"R2V: Automated Map Digitizing", GIS Development, Dec. 2000, Vol. IV, Issue 12
"R2V Conversion: Why and How?", GeoInformatics, 6, Volume 3, Sept. 2000, pp. 28-31
"Map Digitizing: R2V New Version 2.5 Released", Earth Observation Magazine, Feb. 1997, pp. 50
"Mines Mapped in Cambodia", GIS World, Feb. 1997, pp. 16
"R2V Automates Mapping for Mine Clearance Mission in Cambodia", Earth Observation Magazine, Dec. 1996, pp. 14
"Raster to Vector", CADALYST, Oct. 1996, pp. 48
"Center Creates Biodiversity Conservation Using R2V", GIS World, June 1996, pp. 13
"Automated Map Digitizing", GeoInfoSystems, July 1996, pp. 60
"R2V for Windows from Able Software", The Electronic Atlas Newsletter, Dec. 1995
"Able Software Releases R2V for Windows Version 2.0", Earth Observation Magazine, Jan. 1996, pp. 52
"World Wildlife Fund-India Chooses Able Software", Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing, June 1996, pp. 647
"R2V 2.0 Released", Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing, Feb. 1996, pp. 119
"Able Software Appoints New Distributor", Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing, May 1995, pp. 462
"Able Software in Thailand", Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing, Dec 1995, pp. 1423
"New Version of Automated Raster to Vector Conversion Software Now Available from Able Software", Earth Observation Magazine, Feb. 1995, pp.61
"R2V 1.8 Released", Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing, Sept. 1995, pp. 1079
"Automated Raster to Vector Conversion Software", Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing, Jan. 1995, pp. 7
"Digitizing History: GIS Aids Historical Research," by L.R.Poos and Yecheng Wu, GIS World , pp. 48-51, July, 1995. The authors use R2V for Windows to develop maps of historical sites.
"R2V 1.7," by Bruce Gorham, GIS World, p. 99, August 1995. Independent researcher reviews and rates R2V for Windows, version 1.7.

Other Related Publications

Y. Wu and M. Kemper, "Take 2-D Output to a New Dimension",  GEOWORLD, June 2002, pp. 46-48
Y. Wu, "Method for Converting a High Resolution Image to True Color Using a Low Resolution Color Image", US Patent #6,477,270, Nov. 2002
NOAA Coastal Service Center, "Guidance for Benthic Habitat Mapping"
Y. Wu, "R2V: Automated Map Digitizing", GIS Development, Dec. 2000, Vol. IV, Issue 12, pp. 28-33
Y. Wu, "R2V Conversion: Why and How?", GeoInformatics, 6, Volume 3, Sept. 2000, pp. 28-31
Y. Wu, "Raster, Vector, and Automated Raster-to-Vector Conversion", in Moving Theory into Practice: Digital Imaging for Libraries and Archives, Book Eds. by A.R. Kenney and O.Y. Rieger, 2000, Research Libraries Group
C.E.Woodcock, J.B.Collins, V.D.Jakabhazy, X.Li, S.A.Macomber, and Y. Wu, "Inversion of the Li-Strahler Canopy Reflectance Model for Mapping Forest Structure", IEEE Trans. On Geoscience and Remote Sensing, March 1997, Vol. 35, No. 2, pp.405-414
Y. Wu, "Automated Creation of DEM from Contour Maps: Developments in Raster to Vector Conversion Technology", 1996 NEARC Conference, Saratoga Spring, NY
Y. Wu, "Automated Mapping from Remote Sensing Imagery", Presented at ASPRS New England Region Symposium, Salem, MA, Sept 30, 1996
L.R. Poos and Y. Wu, "Digitizing History: GIS and History Study", GIS World, 48-51, July, 1995
B. Gorham, "R2V 1.7 Review", GIS World, pp. 99, August, 1995
Y. Wu and A.H. Strahler, "Remote estimation of crown size, stand density, and biomass on the Oregon Transect", Ecological Applications, 1994, 4(2), 299-312
C.E. Woodcock, J.B. Collins, S. Gopal, V.D.Jakabhazy, X. Li, S. Macomber, S. Ryherd, V.J. Harward, J. Levitan, Y. Wu, and R. Warbinton, "Mapping forest vegetation using Landsat TM Imagery and a canopy reflectance model", Remote Sensing Environment, 1994, 50:240-254
Y. Wu, P. Lemkin and K. Upton, "A fast spot segmentation algorithm for two-dimensional gel electrophoresis analysis", Electrophoresis, 1993, 14, 1351-1356
P. Lemkin, Y. Wu and K. Upton, "An efficient disk based data structure for rapid searching of quantitative two-dimensional gel databases", Electrophoresis, 1993, 14, 1341-1350
Y. Wu and D. Mislan, "Automated DNA sequencing: an image processing approach", Applied and Theoretical Electrophoresis, 1993, 3, 223-228
C.E. Woodcock, A.H. Strahler, Y. Wu and X. Li, "Estimating Forest Stand Parameters through Inversion of a Canopy Reflectance Model", IGARSS, May 20-24, 1990, Washington D.C.
C.E. Woodcock, V.J. Harward, V. Jakabhazy, S. Macomber, S. Ryherd, A.H. Strahler and Y. Wu, "An Overview of a New Timber Inventory System", Proceedings, Third Biennial Forest Service Remote Sensing Applications Conference, Tucson AZ, April 9-13, 1990
A.H. Strahler, Y. Wu, and J. Franklin, "Remote Estimation of Tree Size and Density from Satellite Imagery by Inversion of A Geometric-Optical Canopy Model", Proceeding of the Twenty-Second International Symposium on Remote Sensing of the Environment, Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire, Oct. 20-26, 1988
A.H. Strahler, Y. Wu, and J. Franklin, "Invertible Canopy Reflectance Modeling of Forest Vegetation Structure", Forest Simulation Systems Conference, Berkeley, California, Nov. 2-5, 1988
A.H. Strahler and Y. Wu, "Invertible Forest Canopy Modeling", Middle State AAG, Atlantic City, USA, Oct. 1987

 

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