197 Fairview Ave. Toronto, ON M6P 3A6 416-604-7522 planetaryinstituteoftoronto@yahoo.ca

PIT is a small business dedicated to research, writing, and outreach in all aspects of planetary invesitgations. Our small, but dedicated, staff has over 19 years of experience in remote sensing methods, geological analysis, image interpretation, laboratory experiments, programming, writing, and outreach. Our consulting services are being offered to the geological, geographical, and GIS communities for a wide range of applications. We are dedicated to providing cost-effective and creative solutions to our customers.

What we can do for you.....
We provide a highly diverse set of services, ranging from all kinds of geological, geographical, and GIS analysis, to scientific writing and outreach. Specific areas include mapping, GIS, remote sensing methods, multi- and hyperspectral analysis, with applications to urban services, environment, energy, natural resources, and many others fields. Projects can take a variety of forms, depending on customer needs. For example, customers may require the analysis and interpretation of visual and numerical data, including GIS data, or the promotion of scientific discoveries/products to the scientific and general communities. We bring to our customers strong analytical abilities, creative presentation skills, and a broad background in geology.

Professional Expertise.....
The academic credentials of our staff members are comprehensive, including degrees in Astrophysics, Geological Engineering, Aerospace Engineering and Planetary Geology. Our experience is extensive, including work on remote sensing applications, the analysis of multispectral data, mapping, global monitoring, exploration geology, numerical methods, related programming, web publishing, report writing and outreach. In addition, we have worked with many types of data sets, such as satellite, airborne, and surface surveys. Some of our staff's projects have involved:

1. mathematical modelling of laboratory mineral spectra to develop minimal loss compression algorithms and assist in automated analysis of space-based data,
2. analysis of global multispectral satellite (SeaWiFS) data to evaluate disaster and hazard monitoring applications,
3. promotion of the SeaWiFS data set to the scientific community, industry, and the public,
4. analysis of multispectral data from the Moon to study subsurface stratigraphy and lunar volcanism,
5. scanning electron microscopy work to assess oxygen production for lunar resource management,
6. mapping of geology on Venus,
7. collection and analysis of airborne magnetometer data, ground emissivity surveys, and soil samples for resource exploration.

Our staff is familiar with a wide range of computer applications, programming languages, and operating systems. They have excellent writing and presentation skills, including fluency in the Russian language (oral and written).

Our Staff

• Irene Antonenko
      Senior Research Scientist
     
• John Prinos
      System Administrator/Programmer
  

  
  Visitors since
  May 17, 2001

This page last updated December 2, 2011