From: Ian Gilbert on
DigitalGlobe is announcing the inaugural 8-Band Research Challenge to encourage scientists to investigate new and innovative ways to apply 8-band imagery to image analysis challenges. The call for proposals is open now, and will close on August 31, 2010. Enter the 8-Band Challenge to get free imagery for your research and a chance to win $5,000 and present your findings at Geospatial World Forum in January!

More information can be found at http://www.digitalglobe.com/8bandchallenge.