Intergraph and Optech Leverage Advanced Airborne Data Capture Technology to Offer Cost Savings and Production EfficiencyCombining Intergraph's Z/I Imaging Digital Mapping Camera and Optech's Airborne Laser Terrain Mapper Speeds the Delivery of Photogrammetric Products HUNTSVILLE, Ala., May 24, 2004 -- Intergraph
"With precision and reliability as the foundation of both the Z/I Imaging
DMC and the Optech ALTM they are a perfect complement," said Don Carswell,
President of Optech. "We're pleased to now provide our customers with a
pricing advantage that matches the technology advantage that these products
offer."
The Z/I Imaging DMC offers a rigid frame and fixed-pixel geometry that
delivers high-quality imagery with proven ground resolution down to 1 1/2
inches per pixel for input into a completely digital workflow. Another
design feature of the DMC is its ability to collect frame-based four-band
multi-spectral imagery simultaneously with panchromatic data on a single
pass of the flight line. This allows three separate end products - black and
white, natural color and false-color infrared - to be generated from a
single airborne data set.
Optech's ALTM offers area coverage rates as high as 100 kHz at 1,100 m
altitude, producing elevation data of unparalleled density and unprecedented
low cost per posting. ALTM is a complete end-to-end survey solution that
includes Optech's ALTM-NAV Flight Management Software for survey planning,
and REALM Survey Suite, Optech's fully integrated data processing software.
Additional features include: adjustable scan frequency, scan angle, and
pulse repetition frequency; variable beam divergence; roll compensation;
laser intensity for highly detailed images; and full technical support
anywhere in the world.
"Optech continues to advance airborne survey technology to offer accurate
and efficient positional data collection," said Dr. Terry Keating, Chairman,
Z/I Imaging. "Combining the precision and engineering quality delivered by
the DMC with Optech's best-of-class lidar data collection systems gives
customers more efficiency in their data collection, production and
distribution workflows."
For more information about Intergraph's Z/I Imaging technology, visit
http://imgs.intergraph.com/products.
About Optech
Optech is the world leader in the development, manufacture and support of
airborne laser terrain mapping systems, and the company's Airborne Laser
Terrain Mapper sets the global standard in airborne lidar survey systems.
Optech offers client-driven solutions in airborne terrestrial mapping,
hydrographic surveying, laser imaging, space-based atmospheric monitors and
spaceborne landing/docking systems. For more information, visit
http://www.optech.on.ca.
About Intergraph Mapping and Geospatial Solutions
Intergraph Mapping and Geospatial Solutions is a leading geospatial
solutions provider for the following markets: local, state and federal
government; transportation; utilities; communications; location-based
services; photogrammetry; remote sensing; cartography; and military and
intelligence. For more information, visit http://imgs.intergraph.com.
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