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Kucera International, Inc. to become one of the country’s largest full-service mapping 38133 Western Parkway firms. Headquartered in Ebensburg, PA, the Mapping Sci- Willoughby, OH 44094-5789 ences Division is staffed with 100 highly skilled professionals 216-975-4230; 216-975-4238 (fax) providing the following services: l Aerial Photography - We maintain two aircraft and two Kucera International Inc. is a professional corporation that aerial cameras for photography acquisition. Aircraft performs photogrammetric, surveying, engineering, cadastral, and cameras are operated by our own highly experi- and computer services for GIS, facility management, and re- enced crews. lated programs. l Surveying - We have adapted state-of-the-art technolo- Kucera’s capabilities and experience span all stages and gies such as GPS, electronic total stations and electronic elements of mapping program evolution. For program start-up field books. Our services range from property boundary and management, Kucera provides consulting, feasibility surveys to horizontal and vertical control/airborne GPS. studies, specifications, system recommendations, and pilot l Photo Lab - We maintain a full-service photographic projects. For program development, Kucera performs hard- laboratory that performs film developing, contact and ware/software acquisition, GIS data conversion, and data diapositive printing, enlargements and photo mosaics. collection/generation in the form of aerial photography, GPS l Analytical Triangulation - Services offered range from surveys, digital photogrammetric base mapping, cadastral producing control photos and diapositives to final ad- mapping, and image processing. Database maintenance, sys- justment and preparation of the A.T. report. tem upgrades, update mapping, data integration, data analy- l Photogrammetric Stereo Compilation - We currently use sis, application programming, and GIS training are provided analytical and softcopy stereoplotters for the collection as Kucera’s program implementation and support functions. of topographic and planimetric data. Our staff of 100 includes professionals and experts in all l GIS conversion - Our application development special- our areas of specialization. A team of Kucera professionals ists and technicians use ARC/INFO and ArcView exten- provides comprehensive, “total quality” management of each sively to develop solutions for our clients. project from start to finish, with emphasis on close communi- l Cadastral Mapping - Kimball has extensive experience in cation/consultation with the client at all times, sound project cadastral map conversion including scanning and planning and execution, rigorous quality control, timely vectorizing, digitizing and compiling parcels based on completion, and overall cost effectiveness. the original deeds and plats. We complement our expert staff with proven, high-caliber l Orthophoto Production - Digital orthophotos are fully technology, including Cessna and Piper aircraft, Kodak pho- produced in-house including scanning of diapositives or tographic equipment, Trimble GPS, Zeiss photogrammetric aerial film. instrumentation, Hewlett Packard, Silicon Graphics, and l E9-1-1/Public Safety - Kimball offers extensive experi- Gateway computers, and GIS/CAD from ESRI, Genasys, ence in all facets of public safety technology and is ca- Intergraph, Autodesk, Vision International, and a variety of pable of providing our clients with expertise in emer- other application-specific vendors. gency communication system planning, implementation At Kucera, we believe that professional, high-quality ser- and operation. vice can be delivered for a reasonable cost, and we back up Each project, regardless of complexity, is managed by one this belief with some of the most competitive pricing in our project manager. This approach provides a single point of business. For large and small projects alike, ranging from contact for our clients and enables us to build relationships turnkey to single phase in nature, we utilize our expertise that can ensure a project’s success. Kimball also offers qual- and technology to its full potential, yielding performance ity, professional architectural, engineering and environmen- which is economical as well as professional. tal services. Kucera is headquartered in Cleveland, OH, and has production offices throughout the U.S. Kucera is a corporate member of ASPRS and URISA. LaFave, White & McGivern, L.S., P.C. 133 Commercial Street L. Robert Kimball & Associates, Inc. PO Box 679 Theresa, NY 13691-0679 615 W. Highland Avenue 315-628-4414 or 800-427-9036; 315-628-4529 (fax) Ebensburg, PA 15931 [email protected] 814-472-7700; 814-472-7712 (fax) [email protected] ; www.lrkimball.com LaFave, White & McGivern is a professional land surveying and photogrammetric mapping partnership formed in 1968 L. Robert Kimball and from the practice of Aziel LaFave Land Surveyor, founded in Associates, Inc. 1946. In addition to the headquarters in Theresa, the firm has (Kimball) was founded two offices serving the surveying needs of New York and in 1953, and has grown other northeastern states: Rome, NY; and Boonville, NY.

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LaFave, White & McGivern is one of the oldest and largest l Applications Development for municipal and regional firms of it’s type in upper New York. With a staff of licensed planning, property inventory and appraisal, land records professional surveyors and certified photogrammetrists, the management, land registration, facilities management, firm provides photogrammetric, cadastral, geodetic, topo- and emergency dispatch services graphic and engineering design surveys. Our complete photo- l Training in the use of GIS software and applications grammetric mapping capabilities from ground control LGS is a wholly owned subsidiary of Stewart Title Com- through aerial triangulation and digital mapping can also pany and a member of Landata Group, Inc. Landata Group of- produce digital orthophotographs from the same aerial pho- fers a comprehensive expertise in land records management tography. Digital orthophotographs are produced with the and information systems. Landata Group has offices world- Zeiss Phodis OP digital orthophoto system and can be pro- wide including Stewart Information Hungary Ltd. in vided in file formats for most CAD and GIS systems. Budapest and Stewart Data Slovakia in Bratislava. Other Survey instrumentation includes the latest state-of-the-art members of the Landata Group include Landata Field Ser- electronic Total Station Instruments with data collectors. For vices (land surveying companies), Landata Inc. (a real estate/ maximum speed and efficiency in performing field surveys, GIS company) and Landata Technologies (a document imag- reducing notes and plotting survey maps, the offices have ing and records management company). field-to-finish survey software systems. The data collectors download directly into these systems, the data is reduced and the survey map is plotted. This approach reduces the Landcare Aviation, Inc. manpower and time requirement for completion of projects. Oneida County Airport The most recent addition to survey is G.P.S. capability with 5900 Airport Road Leica 399 & 9500 units. Oriskany, NY 13424 315-736-4225; 315-736-4227 (fax); www.landvue.com Landata Geo Services, Inc. Landcare Aviation, Inc. (LAI) of- 5411 Jackwood Drive fers fast response, high resolution, San Antonio, TX 78238-1809 aerial digital imaging services. We 210-684-2147; 210-684-3884 (fax) operate 12 GPS-ACCUPHOTO [email protected] ; www.landata.com equipped aircraft nationwide combined with sophisticated technology. Landata Geo Services, Inc. (LGS) is Color/CIR images are provided an industry leader in the develop- quickly with required resolution ment of Geographic Information Sys- tem (GIS) database products and ap- (standard resolution: 6 inch to 2 foot with custom acquisition plications. During its forty years of to 2 inches.) LAI collects and provides in-flight geo-refer- continual operation, LGS has con- enced imagery compatible with GISs. Clients include emer- stantly upgraded its resources and ca- gency planners, forestry, utilities, rail- road, agriculture, and pabilities to competitively offer one- environmental. stop, full-service digital mapping and GIS solutions for Al Stringham, Bill Partridge, and Ed Bohling founded private and governmental agencies. LGS’s expertise includes: Landcare Aviation, Inc. “Starting with a rented Cessna 172, we focused on using 35mm/70mm cameras to collect high l On-site Needs Assessment and Implementation Plans for government and utility agencies developed specifically to quality imagery.” Faced with finding and photographing fit our client’s individual and specialized requirements large areas and remote sites, LAI developed the LORAN l Surveys utilizing GPS and conventional survey tech- based laptop ACCUPHOTO System. Mission planning was niques CADD based. The camera fired on pre-programmed points l Aerial Photography in black and white, color, and infra- and exposure position recorded in-flight. LAI licensed the red using WILD RC30 cameras with image motion com- technology to Genisys Comm Inc. who further developed pensation GPS-ACCUPHOTO with numerous enhancements. Aerial im- l Photogrammetric Mapping using Leica SD2000 Analyti- aging firms worldwide use GPS-ACCUPHOTO systems. cal Stereoplotters During 1990, LAI saw the value of digital imagery using l Softcopy Photogrammetry and Orthophotography Ser- Kodak’s Photo-CD® technology. In early 1992, 15,000 square vices using the Helava DPW-770 analytical softcopy and miles of coverage was archived onto Photo-CD®. Early users digital orthophoto workstations included Madison County Real Property Services, Oneida l Hard Copy Data Conversion to premier digital and GIS County Solid Waste Management Authority, New York Power formats through scanning, autovectorizing, heads-up, Authority. During 1993, LAI provided coverage for Oneida and table digitizing techniques County’s 911. LAI’s single aircraft has grown to a fleet of 12 to l GIS Database Development in major GIS software formats meet expanding requirements for imagery. including ESRI’s ARC/Info, Intergraph’s MGE, Bentley’s LAI continues with TASC/EMERGE Precision Farming In- GeoGraphics, MapInfo, and Autodesk’s AutoCad Map. formation Service. LAI provides aircraft and crews for TASC/

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EMERGE. During the 1997 growing season, we covered over l GIS and AM/FM database development and appli- 150,000 acres in 18 states on a regular basis. Requirements for cations; fast turn-around (48 to 72 hours) has allowed us to build a l Specialized map, plan, and chart creation and up- network of permanent bases around the country for many lat- dating; eral applications requiring fast turn around for rectified, geo- l Remote sensing analysis; referenced imaging services. l Record drawing inventory and management systems. LAI works with many clients to provide images to efficiently meet their challenging requirements. LH Systems, LLC 10965 Via Frontera Land Data Technologies Inc. San Diego, CA 92127 11411 - 163 Street 858-675-3335; 858-675-3345 (fax) Edmonton, AB T5M 3Y3 Canada [email protected]; www.lhsystemsgroup.com 403-451-6477; 403-451-3419 (fax); [email protected] LH Systems, LLC, is a joint venture Land Data Technologies, a member of the Stewart Weir company of Leica Geosystems and Group of surveying and engineering companies, has been ac- BAE Systems Mission Solutions (for- tive in the mapping and land information disciplines merly GDE Systems then Marconi In- throughout North America and worldwide since integrated Systems). LH Systems de- corporation in 1972. signs, develops and manufactures a The company employs a comprehensive and technically- range of products and software-based systems for the acquisi- sophisticated approach to the initial design, detailed acqui- tion, processing and maintenance of precise information, pri- sition, and end-user application phases of georeferenced marily from airborne and satellite imagery. LH Systems was land information with associated relational databases for the founded on 1 June 1997 to take over the Leica photogramme- mapping, GIS and AM/FM communities. try and aerial camera systems business on a worldwide basis Combining the superior performance of Wild and Zeiss and the commercial photogrammetry systems business of the analytical and digital analogue data capture systems, Helava Associates, Inc., subsidiary of GDE Systems. Product Intergraph Mini and PC-based computer graphics, compre- lines include aerial camera systems (RC30, PAV30), flight hensive quality assurance programs and database man- management system (ASCOT), post-processing of airborne agement systems with in-house GIS and information manage- GPS (Flykin Suite+), photo interpretation equipment (APT2, ment expertise, Land Data Technologies provides the ST4, TSP1), analytical plotters (SD2000/3000), triangulation complete range of hard and softcopy information products to package (ORIMA), feature collection software (PRO600), pho- the users of land-based data. togrammetric scanner (DSW500) and digital photogrammetric In response to the increasingly sophisticated and special- software (SOCET SET®, DODGER). LH Systems has an- ized needs of land information managers, and in keeping nounced a novel airborne digital sensor, scheduled for launch with a philosophy for the ongoing integration and applica- at the ISPRS Congress in Amsterdam in July 2000. Imagery tion of advanced and innovative technology. Land Data Tech- from this high resolution sensor, which has been developed nologies includes ISM SysImage digital ortho-photo; Micro- jointly with the German Aerospace Center (DLR), will be suit- image MIPS digital image processing and analysis system; able for photogrammetric derivation of very precise geo- Vexcel VX3000 and Scitex Response 810 high resolution im- graphic information and the sensor will deliver both multi- age and document scanning and laser plotting systems as in- spectral and panchromatic data. tegral components of its land infor-mation GIS/AM/FM and Headquartered in San Diego, California, LH Systems op- data conversion portfolios. erates with a distribution network consisting of direct out- Land Data Technologies provides geomatic products and lets and appointed representatives. The direct outlets con- services for a wide range of applications including: sist of subsidiary companies in Heerbrugg (Switzerland), l Urban and rural topographic and cadastral landbases; London, Paris, Berlin, Tokyo, Madrid and Sydney, and sales l Engineering design and construction; offices in Denver and Singapore. LH Systems competes ef- l Utility and infrastructure database management fectively in the systems business, stressing flexibility and systems; fast response as it provides its customers with solutions for l Oil, gas, and mining exploration; precise information from imagery. The company’s systems l Forestry and natural resource inventories; provide users in over 75 countries with the latest produc- l Wildlife habitat/vegetation classification; tion tools for precision mapping to support engineering, l Agriculture management; telecommunications, environmental, planning and other l Land use planning, analysis, and modeling; land-related information applications. l Transportation and utility corridor studies; l Water resource management; l Environmental monitoring and damage assessment;

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Litton TASC maps, aerial photographs, satellite imagery, animation, pho- 55 Walkers Brook Drive tographic archives, engineering drawings, and large docu- Reading, MA 01867 ments using CD-ROM, local area networks, and the Internet. 781-942-2000; 781-942-7100 (fax) LizardTech offers the most advanced image compression [email protected] ; www.tasc.com on the market today. Its image compression software, called MrSID (Multi-Resolution Seamless Image Database), was de- TASC helps a wide variety of veloped at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) by the government and commercial cli- same team that developed the current FBI standard for finger- ents use information technology print image compression. MrSID has been developed specifi- in new and exciting ways. A key cally for customers who have extremely large files sizes (Gb factor in our thirty years of suc- and Tb), need incredibly fast access to their images, and also cess and strong customer satis- who do not want a noticeable loss in image quality. One of its faction has been a constant focus on the challenging and dy- key features is selective decompression which makes it ideal namic requirements of our clients. Another is TASC’s for Internet-based access to large digital imagery. emphasis on promoting a truly multi-disciplinary environ- In 1980, the Federal Technology Transfer Act was enacted ment. Our employees have expertise in software engineering, to allow federal agencies to license and transfer rights of pub- system design, technical analysis, and product integration for licly owned intellectual property to private industry. This act diverse technological areas. was extended to the Department of Energy in 1984. In 1989, TASC has long been recognized for extraordinary advances Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) extended the federal and unique capabilities in the management, processing, and provisions to their operation and allowed nonclassified application of spatial information. TASC is a leader in pro- LANL technology to be licensed to the private sector. viding information systems, services, and products that inte- In 1992, the initial technology license (for MCICR) was grate years of expertise with GIS, remote sensing, photogram- completed, and Lizard Tech was formed. The company ini- metry, imagery collection and processing, and visual and tially focused on end-user products in the Macintosh market. spatial computing. Our staff is equally proficient in modify- These products, Fast Eddie and Planet Color, an industrial ing off-the-shelf GIS and image processing software to ad- strength image compression technology, evolved from 1993 dress customer-specific needs. The results of these efforts are and an exclusive agreement was signed with LANL in Octo- comprehensive, cost-effective software products and services ber 1995. that integrate analytical tools and data synthesized from In May 1996, LizardTech made its strategic move to Se- multiple sources. attle, where there is better support for early stage companies. For instance, TASC’s legacy in precision navigation en- MrSID was provided to the Library of Congress as its first cus- ables us to provide high-resolution, low cost digital airborne tomer in February 1997. LizardTech sold and delivered its imagery that is readily accessible for commercial software first commercial system to Analytical Surveys Inc. (ASI) in products. TASC’s innovative approach combines capabilities July 1997. ASI is based in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and is a in image processing, GIS, GPS, high-volume information dis- leader in photogrammetric engineering. Other industrial cus- semination, and weather to create tailored precision imagery tomers include Space Imaging/EOSAT, Paradata, San Diego products for agribusiness, under the Emerge brand name, and Data Processing Corporation, and the United States Geologi- other industries. WSI Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary cal Survey. of TASC, is the leading commercial supplier of high quality weather information services. From broadcast to aviation, WSI delivers real-time weather data and imagery to a wide Lockheed Martin Corporation range of customers, as well as powerful software packages for 11107 Sunset Hills Road improved forecasts and analysis. Reston, VA 20190 Founded in 1966, TASC has over 2,600 employees at nearly 703-707-6710; 703-707-5281 (fax) 30 offices in the U.S. and U.K. You can learn more about [email protected] TASC on the Web at www.tasc.com. Lockheed Martin is a LizardTech, Incorporated leading 1520 Bellevue Avenue, 2nd Floor contractor Seattle, WA 98122 and a major supplier of high-quality products and services to 919-833-9662; 919-833-9614 (fax) government and commercial customers. From aggregates to [email protected] ; www.lizardtech.com aerospace, the corporation employs more than 190,000 people worldwide who are dedicated to designing, developing, and LizardTech is a private company focused on publishing in- manufacturing systems and products in leading-edge tech- novative software that provides users of all levels instant ac- nologies. cess to digital images and multimedia content. This includes Lockheed Martin’s various operating companies report into

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five sectors—Energy and Environment, Aeronautics, Elec- operational services to undertake projects of any magnitude tronics, Information and Technology Services, and Space in any location. and Strategic Missiles which report to the Corporate Execu- The Field Survey Department can provide up to ten fully- tive Office. equipped field survey crews to perform con-struction surveys, Within the sectors researchers, scientists, engineers, and cadastral and geodetic surveys, photogrammetric control sur- technicians integrate and operate systems which support de- veys, and topographic surveys. LKB currently offers a com- fense space exploration, aerospace and aircraft, electronics, plete range of surveying and related engineering services, in- information management, and energy/environment indus- cluding aerial photography, photogrammetric mapping, tax tries, and produce materials for construction and industrial mapping, construction layouts, as-built surveys, and natural use. The corporation ranks first in research and development resource investigations. This Department also provides the activities among U.S. Department of Defense contractors. specialized services required for hydrographic surveys, route Overall, three of Lockheed Martin’s four sections provide surveys (pipeline, utilities, and roadways), and high-order products and services that have relevance to photogrammetry measurement precision surveys. The Survey Department is and remote sensing. First, the Space and Strategic Missiles equipped with total stations and other electronic distance Sector produces launch vehicles and satellites for military, measuring instrumentation, one-second theodolites, and pre- civil and commercial customers; provides spacecraft payload cise levels. integration services and ground-based support of space sys- The Mapping Department utilizes the following Stereo- tems; and builds the External Tank for NASA’s Space Shuttle. plotting instruments: Kern DSR-14/ Microstation Analytical Second, the Information and Technology Services Sector is Mapping System with a CADMAP edit station, Kern PG-2, a leader in global information technologies, developing hard- Santoni III, and Santoni IV Analog Stereo Plotters. Our pho- ware and software solutions for complex information man- tographic laboratory uses the latest automated equipment for agement systems, sophisticated automated test equipment, all phases of photographic reproduction in support of our and training systems for development, simulation systems, photogrammetric division as well as having a library of aerial and image processing technology. photography dating back to 1940s of New York state and Third, the electronic sector designs, develops and manu- vicinity. factures high-performance defense and elec-tronic systems data processing products, as well as development of cus- for undersea, shipboard, land-based, and airborne appli- tom applications software, training and on-site operational cations. support. LGI has established an impressive record over the Lockheed Martin’s vision is to be recognized as the world’s last decade of quality software development and integration premier systems engineering and technology enterprise. Its of image processing and GIS systems worldwide. mission is to build on its aerospace heritage in order to meet In addition, LGI offers commercial software systems for the needs of its customers with high-quality products and analyzing and displaying remotely sensed data. These com- services. mercial products include: Geo-KIT, a toolkit for cartographic and imagery visualization modules; WeatherFront, a high resolution system for scheduling, collecting, and processing real Lockwood, Kessler & Bartlett, Inc. time weather satellite information in an ERDAS Imagine en- One Aerial Way vironment; and the spectral imagery training offered at the Syosset, NY 11791-5501 LGI Spectral Imagery Training Center in Fairfax, VA. LGI is 516-938-0600; 516-931-6344 (fax) also a value added reseller of ERDAS and ESRI software. [email protected]; www.lkbinc.com Logicon Geodynamics Services (LGS), a wholly-owned Established in 1889, Lockwood, Kessler & Bartlett, Inc. subsidiary, specializes in GeoTechnology Services for natural (LKB) is a multidisciplinary consulting engineering firm resource exploration and development, infrastructure plan- headquartered in Syosset, NY, with a branch office in ning, and environmental assessment. Current customers in- Norwalk, CT. LKB maintains five departments: Engineering, clude the U.S. Dept. of Interior, Native American Corpora- Mechanical and Electrical, Construction Administration, tions, and international petroleum, engineering/construction, Field Survey, and Mapping. These departments provide ser- and environmental firms. vices in civil, environmental, mechanical and electrical; LGS specializes in providing fully integrated databases transportation engineering; site development; environmental and decision tools for natural resource exploration and infra- consulting; solid waste and wastewater management; con- structure planning using commercial standard software. Inte- struction administration and inspection; facilities and sys- grated planning databases typically include enhanced satel- tems planning; field surveying; and aerial photography and lite or aircraft imagery, digital elevation models, geological/ photogrammetry. Our present staff of approximately 175 is geophysical survey interpretations, hydrology, land cover/ comprised of engineers, construction inspectors, surveyors, land use, environmental inventories, and cultural data. photogrammetrists, photo lab technicians, environmental sci- LGS is a reseller of SPOT, EOSAT, and EarthWatch satellite entists, landscape architects, geo-logists, and various techni- data, ERDAS and ESRI software and offers training in the use cal and support personnel. We can provide technical and of satellite imagery and GIS and GPS software.

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Magellan Corporation MATRA Systemes & Information Ashtech Precision Products 6 rue Dewoitine, BP 14 471 El Camino Real 78142 Velizy Villacoublay Santa Clara, CA 95050-4300 Cedex, France 408-615-5100; 408-615-5200 (fax) +33-1-34-63-73-83; +33-1-34-63-70-70 (fax) [email protected] ; www.magellangps.com Commitment to the Actual Geographic Information. Through a worldwide MATRA Systemes & Information is a 1,000-person company distribution network, belonging to the French Groups Matra-Hachette and Cap Magellan Corporation’s Gemini Sogeti. Ashtech precision prod- MATRA gathers 20 years of experience and skills in image ucts development team processing and geographic information, providing data pro- manufactures and markets GPS receiver systems and related duction and management systems, for both commercial and subsystems for a variety of high-performance land, aerial and military applications. As examples we can highlight the nautical applications. Ashtech customers include the U.S. ground receiving stations (for SPOT, LANDSAT, ERS sensors), Coast Guard, the Geographical Survey Institute of Japan, the Mission Planning and Photointerpretation systems and other FAA (Federal Aviation Administration), the National Imag- real-time processing systems. ery and Mapping Agency (NIMA), and others. The Ashtech MATRA Systemes & Information offers a complete and product facilities have received ISO-9001 certification. modular range of stand-alone software committed to the pro- Serving Our Primary Markets duction and management of digital geographic data for Fundamental Ashtech markets encompass the global sur- downstream thematic applications. veying, navigation, and GIS spectrum, including land bound- Geographic Data Production Systems ary and cadastral surveying, real-time static, rapid-static and l TRASTER T10: Digital stereoplotter committed to photo- kinematic surveying, as well as precise geodetic, hydro- grammetric projects based on aerial photographs and graphic and bathymetric surveying. Typical applications for SPOT images. Ashtech GPS and GPS+GLONASS™ technology include GPS/ l PRODIGEO: Geocoding and rectification software for the GIS mapping, remote sensing, seismic stakeout, crustal defor- production of orthoimages and space maps (SPOT, mation, earthquake monitoring, open pit mining, and aerial LANDSAT, ERS...). photogrammetry. Others include resource management, min- l ORTHON: Generation of orthophotos and imagemaps for eral exploration, environmental impact data acquisition, 3-D thematic applications. attitude determination and position systems for marine and l GEOMNT: Automatic generation of DTM for SPOT images. aerial navigation, real-time differential positioning (DGPS), l GEOCARTO: Software for rasteri-zation, geocoding, and OEM integration, and more. mosaicking of paper maps. Delivering the Goods Image Processing Systems With a highly skilled work force of technology-driven re- l MULTISCOPE: Photointerpretation, image processing, searchers, scientists and engineers, the Ashtech team is and map editing for multisource geographic data. building solutions from the inside out, challenging today’s 3D simulation tool protocol by anticipating tomorrow’s needs. From surveying/ l EVELINE: Actual 3D viewing for simulation and impact mapping, navigation, and GIS to remote sensor monitoring, studies of infrastructure projects using actual geographic aerial photogrammetry, and more, Ashtech products are information (SPOT images, aerial photos, CAD data). changing the way we look at our world, the way we communi- The modular solution is user-friendly and gathers produc- cate, and how we conduct business. With a rapidly-expand- tion efficiency and cost-effectiveness to fulfill the users’ ing line of Ashtech products, Magellan is committed to pro- requirements. viding the GPS community with the quality and dependability that Ashtech customers around the world have MAPS geosystems come to expect. Corniche al Majaz Road We’re Here for Our Customers Corniche Plaza I Magellan maintains Ashtech service and repair centers in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates the Americas, Europe and Asia. The company also provides 971-6-5725411; 971-6-5724057 (fax) 24-hour website access at www.magellangps.com. [email protected]; www.maps-geosystems.com The MAPS Group of Companies operate in the field of geographic data acquisition throughout Europe, Africa and the Middle East. Founded in 1974, today MAPS has production facilities in Germany, UAE, Lebanon and Portugal with a

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multinational staff of 170 engineers and technicians from a ensure that the Companies remain in full control of delivery wide range of disciplines. times, product standards and quantity control. 25 years of mapping experience in 50 countries have The equipment includes aircraft for high and low altitude turned MAPS into experts in adapting products and services photography, photogrammetric scanner, and analytical and to meet a worldwide variety of client requirements digital photogrammetric workstation. MAPS’ software library Airborne Data Acquisition lists 600 in-house or third party developed programs. Airborne Data Acquisition combines aerial photography, MAPS - a professional spatial data service offered interna- precision scanning, airborne GPS assisted aerial triangulation tionally. and ground control to provide precision controlled stereo models for in-house data capture or for client usage. MARKHURD th Ground Survey 13400 68 Avenue North Ground Control for photogrammetry, large scale topo- Minneapolis, MN 55311-3515 graphical surveys, underground utility surveys, route profil- 612-420-9606; 612-420-8920 (fax); www.markhurd.com ing, monitoring surveys and bathymetry. With much of the Estab- traditional ground control for photogrammetric mapping re- lished in placed by airborne GPS assisted aerial triangulation (as prac- 1922, tised by MAPS for all of their mapping projects since 1990!) MARKHURD provides complete photogrammetric engineer- MAPS’ Geodetic Survey Section is now widely engaged in ing, digital mapping, and spatial data development services. Geodetic Network Rehabilitation work i.e. accuracy up-grad- As and industry leader, MARKHURD has successfully com- ing and geoid determination, often a requirement to permit pleted projects in over 35 countries. This history of excel- efficient usage of GPS technology. lence has been achieved by combining a dedicated staff of Orthoimagery/Digital Terrain Modelling/ professionals with the latest advancements in technology. By Photogrammetry doing so, our clients have access to a full spectrum of re- MAPS’ digital image processing department is a hi-tech sources capable of developing viable and practical solutions production facility for large quantities of high quality for your specific project. orthoimages. The backbone of this section are the highly au- Over the past few years, advanced technology has resulted tomated procedures to extract and edit DTMs, as well as im- in the convergence of the photogrammetric engineering and age processing and enhancement procedures; all continu- digital mapping sciences with integrated map-based infor- ously up-graded to advanced standards. MAPS developed mation systems. Our approach to the design of customized various DTM production procedures to cope with different databases and automated functionality is innovative, cost-ef- terrain type and accuracy requirements, be it intended for fective and reliable. Evidence of this is our successful pursuit orthophotos, 3-D building modelling, contour lines or appli- and completion of thousands of projects each year. cations where ultra high accuracy is required. MARKHURD consistently receives ratings of “excellent” from our customer base, which explains why, from year to year, re- Spatial Data Integration/GIS Implementation peat clients award us 80% of our new contracts. MAPS’ Spatial Data Integration Service assists the clients, Throughout our history, MARKHURD has been one of the many of them in the cadastral and municipal field, to inte- first companies to leverage technology for our client’s inter- grate their spatial data into GIS or other data bases and to est. Since our first photography project in 1922, we have con- channel relevant information to all levels of an organi-sation tinually added newer and better ways to deliver products and with minimum effort and an emphasis on virtually no train- services we are contracted to provide. During the last decade ing requirement. we have added softcopy workstations, airborne GPS systems, System Engineering image scanners, and numerous software routines to our exist- Throughout its operation, MAPS relies heavily on it Sys- ing list of tools. Our continued commitment in both person- tems Engineering Section to provide the tools that ensure ef- nel and equipment has been and will continue to be the driv- ficient production of high quality data. The personnel of this ing force behind our success. section have over 200 years experience in software develop- Our client base consists of utility companies, engineering ment related to spatial data. Applications include software firms, land developers, and all levels of government. Each of for photogrammetric data capture, mapping automation plug- our clients’ project needs are unique; however, they all share ins for major CADD and GIS software, GPS integration and the common bond of requiring accurate, timely, and cost ef- Image Management, Processing and Display technology. The fective, technically sound solutions. Our conscientious staff Systems Engineering Section forms the backbone of MAPS of professionals are dedicated to providing our clients with GIS Implementation and Spatial Data Integration Services. quality services Complete In-House Facilities In-house facilities and expertise for all services offered,

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Martinez Corporation Merrick & Com- Airport Business Plaza pany (an employee- 1408 Northland Drive, Suite 104 owned company) Mendota Heights, MN 55120 provides compre- 651-686-8424; 651-686-8389 (fax) hensive, client-focused land information services, including [email protected] image acquisition (aerial and satellite), surveying (conventional, GPS, and ABGPS), digital photogrammetry, digital Martinez Corporation ortho processing, precision cadastral mapping, utility net- (MC) provides aerial work automation, GIS database design, and GIS application photogrammetry, digital programming. mapping, digital ortho- Merrick’s GIS, Survey, Photogrammetry Core Team utilizes photos, surveying services, analytical triangulation, database leading edge processes and technologies to cost-effectively construction and reprographic services. Recent projects in- customize data collection, editing and translation to meet clude transportation corridors, utilities, flood plains, hazard- any specifications and GIS format requirement. The ous waste sites, volumetric determinations, and GIS base company’s services frequently involve custom application mapping. Our client base in-cludes government agencies, en- programming, integrating the most efficient hardware and gineering firms and private corporations. software systems. Merrick’s strong alliances with numerous Both conventional drafting and CAD drafting services are software providers enable its Core Team to create fully cus- offered for topographic and planimetric mapping. The primary tomized, short- and long-term data management solutions. equipment used for the digital mapping includes the Wild- Merrick’s combination of experienced personnel, survey Heerbrug BC-1 Analytical Stereoplotter, Qasco Analytical equipment and computer resources enables the precise tailor- Stereoplotter (Zeiss-Jena Topocart C), and Zeiss-Jena Topocart ing of each mapping project’s approach. The company’s in- B Stereoplotter. Each plotter employs KORK interactive house capabilities (GPS surveying, aerial triangulation, stereo graphic mapping and digitizing software system. MC has compilation, CAD and GIS) allow for a completely integrated KORK, Intergraph, and AutoCAD software available in-house. team under a single project manager. MC also offers digital orthophotos created on our Leica/ Merrick’s project team approach eliminates unnecessary Helava Digital Photogrammetric Workstation (DPW). The overhead, duplication of tasks and coordination problems be- DPW allows us to offer additional services to our clients, in- tween project phases. The goal of each project team is to pro- cluding; automated DTM’s, digital mosaics, digital ortho-pho- duce cost-effective GIS photogrammetric products that ad- tos, map updating, feature data capture and perspective dress all present mapping needs and future GIS scenes. requirements. Our staff includes two Certified Photogrammetrists to Over the years, Merrick has been a leader in the delivery of insure your project is completed to the highest industry precision landbase mapping services. The following timeline standards. provides an historical overview of Merrick’s land information MC has a fully staffed survey department consisting of two capabilities: multi-state Licensed Land Surveyors, and a technical staff of l Surveying—1955 computer/Cadd operators and three to five fully-equipped l Aerial Photography—1962 survey crews. MC provides cadastral, land subdivisions, ALTA l Analog Photogrammetry—1964 as-built surveys, construction staking, GPS control networks, l Reproduction Photo Lab/Film Processing—1965 topography/data collection and forensic surveys. l Scribed Topographic Mapping—1969 We are capable of delivering mapping and surveying data l Coordinate Geometry—1981 in a number of formats including; AutoCAD, Intergraph, l Computerized Legal Descriptions—1981 KORK, MOSS, Arc/Info, Ultimap and others. l Digital Photogrammetric Data—1983 MC is a Certified Minority Owned Business that has been l Digital Terrain Modeling—1983 providing quality products for the engineering and planning l AutoCAD Mapping—1986 communities since 1974. We take pride in the quality and l Intergraph/Microstation Data—1986 timely production of our work. This is confirmed by our na- l ESRI ARC/INFO Databases—1989 tionwide list of repeat customers. l Digital Orthophotography—1990 For further information, contact Tony Martinez. l GPS Surveying—1990 l COE Survey and Mapping Projects—1993 Merrick & Company l Airborne GPS—1995 2450 South Peoria Street l Softcopy Photogrammetry—1995 Aurora, CO 80014 l GIS Application Programming—1995 303-751-0741; 303-745-0964 (fax) l Satellite Imagery Provider—1996 [email protected] ; www.merrick.com/gis l ESRI PC-based Product Provider and Training Facil- ity—1998

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lData Compression Software Provider (CATS) —1998 M.J. Harden Associates, Inc. Merrick & Company’s Southeast Office (Merrick Southeast) 1019 Admiral Boulevard is a regional mapping service provider. Merrick Southeast is Kansas City, MO 64106 located in Aiken, South Carolina and complements Merrick’s 816-842-0141; 816-471-1599 (fax); www.mjharden.com total operation with additional photogrammetric, GIS, and MJH is a geographic information technol- CAD capabilities. ogy firm specializing in photogrammetry, GIS and information technology services. Michael Baker, Jr., Inc. With over 40 years of experience, our 4301 Dutch Ridge Road professional staff offers practical solu- Beaver, PA 15009-0280 tions for your project. Precision aerial 724-495-7711; 724-495-4266 (fax) photography with airborne GPS, GPS mbakercorp.com; www.mbakercorp.com geodetic control surveys, advanced stereo compilation and cartographic finishing techniques are offered to provide: Michael Baker, Jr.,Inc. is a wholly-owned, full service GIS l digital planimetric, topographic, plan/profile, and align- subsidiary of Michael BakerCorporation, a U.S. corporation ment mapping headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA. l digital terrain modeling With 3,700 employees and offices throughout the United l digital orthophoto imaging States and internationally, Michael Baker, Jr. Corporation has over 18 years experience in all phases of GIS development MJH operates two aircraft equipped with precision aerial and implementation. As a full service GIS provider, the mapping cameras. A GPS computer controlled navigational Michael Baker, Jr., Inc. subsidiary provides implementation system provides a fully automated flight control system for consulting, database design, application development, con- the plane and camera. The camera system features FMC tech- version services, GPS/GIS technology and customer support nology and a gyro-stabilized suspension mount for enhanced through all phases of the GIS project life cycle. The company photo resolution. Aerial negatives and reproductions are pro- has assisted literally hundreds of government agency and pri- cessed in-house to ensure quality standards and schedules vate industry clients in implementing GIS – from system se- are met. lection, landbase development and database design through The MJH survey department, led by a professional land data collection, source document conversion, GPS/GIS field surveyor, has extensive project experience providing GPS mapping and asset inventory. Michael Baker, jr., Inc. has over data collection capabilities that include Airborne GPS, RTK, 200 staff dedicated entirely to the geo-services business. geodetic, and rapid static surveys. Michael Baker Corporation has provided photogrammetric Our compilation department is equipped with Intergraph’s mapping services to clients since 1950. Today, Michael Baker softcopy image stations to compile planimetric/topographic Jr., Inc. offers a wide range of services that includes complete mapping and digital orthophotography. Our compilation de- project management, project planning, aerial photography, partment is staffed with seasoned compilers who are experi- gps control surveys, photo lab reproduction, analytical enced in all facets of image interpretation. They make the aerotriangulation, digital topographic mapping, DTM and difference in the quality and accuracy of data collected. The digital orthophotography. Michael Baker, Jr., Inc. also provides final process in map production is cartographic finishing, LIDAR services for cost-effective development of DTMs where customized software is used to produce products that through an affiliate company. meet unique project requirements, whether it’s a stand-alone Michael Baker Corporation is ranked in the top 10% of the map or a GIS base map. 500 largest U.S. engineering / construction firms. The com- MJH also offers a variety of satellite image products from pany is organized into five business units: Transportation, the CARTERRA line ranging from 180-meter coverage to 1- Civil, Buildings, Environmental and Energy. Michael Baker Jr., meter ortho-rectified imagery. Inc. subsidiary is an integral part of Michael Baker Our GIS services include implementation, consulting, Corporation’s Civil Business Unit, and continues the Baker map/record conversion, and application/web software devel- tradition of providing technically advanced, high quality ser- opment. MJH also provides hardware and software configura- vices for shaping tomorrow’s world. tion, installation, training, and maintenance. Our experience extends from city and county governments to large investor- Microsoft Corporation owned utilities. One Microsoft Way Redmond, WA 98052-6399 MRJ Technology Solutions, Inc. 425-882-8080; 425-936-7329 (fax) 10560 Arrowhead Drive Fairfax, VA 22030 703-385-0700; 703-385-4637 (fax) [email protected] ; www.mrj.com

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MRJ Technology Solutions Norkart developed its own software at a very early stage, is an information systems initially for its own use, but subsequently on a commercial and engineering analysis basis. Vesla/Geonor is commonly called V/G, and with the V/ company. Our expert techni- G systems forming a platform, Norkart has become a power cal staff provides solutions center in Norwegian geographical information technology. and services to our customers by applying the appropriate While the software initially was designed to handle land- technology to solve the most challenging technical problems. surveying tasks, the systems now deal with vital tasks in the MRJ, established in 1978, today has revenues over $150 field of production, maintenance, administration and distri- million and more than 850 professionals dedicated to provid- bution of digital map data in many different types of organi- ing quality service to government agencies, the military, and zations, amounting to more than 4000 installations. a wide range of commercial clients. The breadth of our experience and expertise in applying advanced technology solu- North West Group tions in geospatial services, network systems, simulation and Suite 212, 5438-11th Street NE modeling, decision support, and engineering analysis is un- Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2E 7E9 paralleled. 403-295-0694; 403-295-2444 (fax) Support to our clients includes GIS spatial data and large database management, data capture and conversion, remote North West Group (North West) is comprised of several em- sensing and terrain image analysis, high performance com- ployee owned companies puting, algorithm development, network management, hard- specializing in aerial pho- ware/software state-of-the-art system integration, and graphi- tography and related ser- cal user interface design. MRJ offers GIS and remote sensing vices in Canada, the US and technology to a wide set of business environments including international markets. Since marine; environmental; military exercise support; urban ap- 1988 innumerable complex projects to various technical plications; heath care, and facilities planning. specifications have been completed around the world. A key capability is geospatial feature extraction from maps North West is based at the Calgary International Airport, and images. Our experience in quality control and assurance Calgary, Alberta, Canada. This is a modern building com- and digital data conversion has evolved leading edge soft- prised of hangar and office space used for administration. All ware tools and a wealth of experience. aircraft maintenance, flight planning, aerial film processing, Our focus is to increase productivity while providing user- film checking, annotation, printing, scanning and photo- friendly, spatial data decision aid capabilities for a diverse grammetry are performed at this location permitting maxi- customer base. MRJ develops integrated systems that use mum efficiency with minimum delays on our production. ARC/INFO, ERDAS, MapInfo, and other GIS commercial soft- North West owns and operates five aircraft specially modi- ware. We have written customized translators to change dis- fied and equipped for aerial photography. North West uses parate spatial data into common formats for integration high precision cartographic quality LH Systems RC30 cam- within homogeneous databases. MRJ is a developer of com- eras with 88mm, 153mm, 210mm and 305mm lens cones. mercial and military GIS applications using ARC/INFO, All photography is acquired with the proprietary ArcView, ArcData, and ERDAS. ACCUNAVÔ Flight Management System (FMS) developed by MRJ’s excellent reputation and expertise in applying ad- North West. The ACCUNAVÔ FMS provides both realtime vanced, high-value, technology solutions are unmatched in navigation and kinematic/airborne control. Applanix POS/DG the industry. To find out more about MRJ Technology Solu- equipment is used for real time aerial triangulation for appli- tions and what we deliver, visit our web site, www.mrj.com. cable projects. Several large projects have been successfully completed with this technology. Norkart Ltd. North West’s laboratory provides complete panchromatic Lokketangen 20A, PO Box 145 (Kodak 1140 for black & white) and color (Kodak 1611 for 1300 Sandvika, Norway negative and positive) film processing and printing. +47-6-756-4900; +47-6-756-4901 (fax) North West operates a LH Systems DSW 500 film scanner Norkart was established in 1961 and is among the leading and SOCET set softcopy photogrammetric software. companies in the field of photogrammetric mapping, the development and sales of geographical information systems Observera, Inc. (GIS), consulting services, the production of thematic maps, 4451 Brookfield Corporation Drive, Suite 107 aerial photography and land surveying. Chantilly, VA 20151 Norkart has a staff of 60 well-educated people. Norkart de- 703-378-3153 or 800-444-6905; 703-378-3166 (fax) livers services and products to major operators in the Norwe- [email protected] ; www.observera.com gian GIS market. Among the customers and partners are both Observera is dedicated to developing remote sensing sci- private companies and the great majority of Norwegian cen- ence and technology that will enable people to better see, un- tral and local government bodies.

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derstand, and convey a truer picture derwater terrains, and measurement and control in the re- of our world. This goal is reflected in source and transportation industries. our name, which is derived from two In the 1980s Optech’s airborne lidars produced the world’s Latin words: observare, “to see” and first nautical charts based on airborne lidar data. In the early vera, “truth.” 1990s its ground-based differential absorption lidar (DIAL) sys- Observera takes a balanced ap- tems were installed at several arctic sites to monitor strato- proach to each customer’s project, focusing on accuracy, tech- spheric ozone. At the same time, Optech developed the com- nology, innovation, and cost effectiveness. We support our pact, versatile laser rangefinder that now forms the core of its customers in three primary areas: process control and airborne terrestrial mapping products. l Analyzing remotely sensed data, In 1994 Optech won the prestigious Canada Awards for l Developing algorithms and software, and Business Excellence in Innovation for its outstanding l Defining remote sensing and processing requirements. achievements in airborne lidar hydrography. Recent development efforts in the area of range-imaging for robotic vision, The staff at Observera has a unique set of multi-disciplin- with the support of the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), and ary skills, with strengths in the five technologies upon which space-borne lidar for the global measurement of atmospheric high fidelity remote sensing analysis is based. ozone (with CSA and NASA), build on Optech’s experience. Image Registration and Projective Transformation play piv- Optech’s ALTM (Airborne Laser Terrain Mapper) is being otal roles in obtaining accurate correlations and classifica- widely used for rapid, high-accuracy topographic survey ap- tions. Observera’s staff have both the knowledge to apply the plications. Optech’s rangefinders have found applications in best techniques for a given application and the experience the industrial process control sectors for level and stockpile with state-of-the-art tools to get the job done right. monitoring, and in the transportation industry for vehicle lo- Resolution Enhancement methods are used by our staff to cating, profiling, positioning and guidance. combine geographic and image data range from subpixel im- Optech’s ALTM is a fast, accurate, topographic surveying age fusion to geographic data set fusion using artificial intel- tool. Designed to obtain 3D digital data, it is ideal for large to- ligence. Our cutting-edge techniques improve accuracy and pographic surveys, power wire detection and forest floor map- reduce resource requirements. ping. With ALTM installations around the globe, Optech has Clustering and Change Detection techniques pioneered by more airborne laser mapping systems in the field than any our staff, combine spatial and spectral information to provide other company. significant accuracy gains over conventional methods. Labeling approaches used by Observera to combine multisource landcover classification data include conventional OPTEM International and artificial intelligence techniques. Our results require 78 Schuyler Baldwin Drive fewer resources and show superior accuracies. Fairport, NY 14450 Accuracy Assessment is often the most critical and most 716-223-2374; 716-223-3413 (fax); www.optemintl.com expensive aspect of a landcover classification effort. Optem International, formerly Image Interpretation Sys- Observera’s staff are recognized leaders in the fields of formu- tems, specializes in the design, development and manufac- lating data quality issues, defining the minimum data re- ture of zoom stereoscopes for photogrammetry and quired, and managing the accuracy assessment processes. photointerpretation. For over 40 years a wide variety of opti- Please call us to discuss cost effective ways to solve your cal instruments have been supplied to military as well as re- remote sensing and image processing problems. mote sensing markets. Optem is pleased to introduce the new Digital Transfer Optech Incorporated Scope (DTS). DTS is a portable stereoscopic workstation that 100 Wildcat Road will update and edit digital base maps directly from aerial Toronto, Ontario M3J 2Z9 Canada photography. DTS is designed as a desktop solution to conve- 416-661-5904; 416-661-4168 (fax) niently operate in conjunction with your computer. DTS al- [email protected]; www.optech.on.ca lows interpretation of aerial photos in stereo or mono through the eyepieces. The zooming optical system maintains full Established in 1974 as a resolution of the film throughout interpretation. The instru- privately held, Canadian- ment contains an LCD monitor for displaying digital base owned research and devel- maps which can be superimposed with aerial photographs opment firm, Optech has and projected through the eyepieces. Software warps the base grown to be a world leader map to fit the scale and tilt of the photo for precise editing in the development, manufacture and sale of advanced and delineating. DTS will also superimpose a digital image electro-optic instrumentation. Its products, based on the with an aerial photo for change detection analysis. A digital company’s core expertise in pulsed laser radar (lidar), offer camera may be attached to DTS. The zooming system allows client-driven solutions in the principal markets of atmo- for digitizing regions of interest only from the film. spheric monitoring, airborne surveying of terrestrial and un-

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The SIS-95 Stereo Interpretation System (SIS-95) is de- ography, oil and gas, transportation, urban areas as well as designed for stereoscopic viewing of photographic transparen- fense and intelligence. cies and paper prints. PCI Geomatics software products include EASI/PACE®, a The Zoom 500 and Zoom 240 Stereoscopic Workstations remote sensing software package for the analysis of satellite continue to be the standard for photointerpretation in intelli- and airborne imagery, OrthoEngine®, a production tool which gence operations worldwide. orthorectifies aerial photographs, ImageWorks®, an image pro- Optem also specializes in the design, development and cessing and viewing package with the ability to edit vector manufacture of custom optical systems worldwide for indus- data with image backdrop, FLY!®, a near real time 3-D image trial, medical, educational and remote sensing applications. fly through and visualization package, RadarSoft®, a tool to interpret airborne and satellite radar imagery and ACE®, a car- ORBIMAGE tographic software package which provides a complete envi- 21700 Atlantic Boulevard ronment for producing digital maps. Dulles, VA 20166 In addition, the company offers application specific pro- ® 703-406-5800; 703-404-8061 (fax); www.orbimage.com grams including; GeoAnalyst , a powerful tool for the integration of remotely sensed imagery with geoscience data, and ORBIMAGE is a Agroma®, a remote sensing/spatial analysis software package leading global pro- for the agriculture community. vider of satellite-de- PCI Geomatics operates ten Education Centers, which pro- livered Earth imagery vide custom and pre-set training courses for instruction on services with a planned constellation of five digital remote using its software. They also provide lecture based workshops sensing satellites. It currently operates the OrbView-1 atmo- on topics such as air photo orthorectification and flood map- spheric imaging satellite (launched in 1995), the OrbView-2 ping from radar imagery. Each Center is equipped with desk- ocean and land multispectral imaging satellite (launched in top and UNIX workstations, which afford students the option 1997), and an integrated image receiving, processing and dis- to learn on their platform of choice. tribution system with over 20 current and planned regional PCI Geomatics’ premium software is offered through a dedi- ground stations around the world. OrbView-3, the first of two cated international force of sales representatives and value high-resolution (one-meter panchromatic and four-meter added resellers. The company operates offices in the USA, multispectral) optical imaging satellites, will be launched in Canada, United Kingdom, India and Mexico in order to ensure mid-2000, followed by the launch of OrbView-4, which will that its customers are effectively and efficiently serviced. include a hyperspectral imagery capability, in late 2000. ORBIMAGE also holds the exclusive, worldwide imagery dis- Pacific Meridian Resources tribution rights for the Canadian RADARSAT-2 satellite and 5915 Hollis Street, Building B non-exclusive distribution rights for the RADARSAT-1 satel- Emeryville, CA 94608 lite. In addition, ORBIMAGE is a non-exclusive distributor of 510-654-6980; 510-654-5774 (fax) imagery from Russia’s SPIN-2 satellite. [email protected]; www.pacificmeridian.com PCI Geomatics Pacific Meridian Resources brings 50 West Wilmot Street cutting edge technology to resource Richmond Hill, Ontario analysis and management. Critical is- L4B-1M5 Canada sues recently addressed for our clients 905-764-0614; 905-764-9604 (fax) include evaluation of wildfire risk, [email protected]; www.pcigeomatics.com (web) identification of endangered species habitat, change detection, toxic waste site management, PCI Geomatics is a leader pipeline siting and ecosystem management. Our diverse cli- in the development of inno- entele includes federal, state and local agencies, timber cor- vative software for the remote porations, open space trusts, utility companies, Native sensing, digital photogram- American groups, financial institutions, environmental and metry, and data visualization engineering firms, and private land owners. Pacific Meridian markets. The Company de- Resources is a woman-owned small business operating from signs software that includes the broadest range of functional- offices in the San Francisco Bay Area; Atlanta, Georgia; Port- ity, and operates on the most extensive list of computer plat- land, Oregon; and Sacramento, California. The firm also has forms in the industry. Its software is primarily used by personnel in residence at client offices in Salt Lake City, professionals and scientists for resource analysis and map- Utah; Lansing, Michigan; and Austin, Texas. Pacific Meridian ping applications in operations responsible for monitoring is a woman-owned small business. the earth and its resources. They include; agriculture, infra- Pacific Meridian is a natural resources consulting firm structure, forestry, meteorology, mining and minerals, ocean- with expertise in forestry, ecosystem management, geography,

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wildlife biology, agriculture, and urban planning. Services in- l Digital Orthophotography - using our Vexcel 4000 DT clude image processing and remote sensing services, change photogrammetric scanner and combining traditional or detection, GIS design and development, GIS modeling, train- softcopy aero-triangulation techniques, we can create a ing, and applications development. digital ortho according to your specifications via our To date, the firm has mapped over five hundred million softcopy system. These images can be delivered as part acres of forestland, wetlands, agricultural and urban lands of an integrated GIS or CAD database or produced on throughout the United States and abroad, utilizing airborne plots. and satellite remotely sensed data, exceeding accuracies of l Digital Photogrammetric Mapping - our team of photo- 93 percent. Additionally, Pacific Meridian has trained hun- grammetrists have been creating quality digital topo- dreds of professionals in GIS and remote sensing, and has de- graphic mapping for almost 80 years. We utilize analyti- veloped several custom software solutions, including: cal plotters in a MicroStation environment with l GeoBook™, a GIS data access application, which gives DAT_EM, Albany, and Eagle Point software, just to name non-GIS experts, fast, easy and intuitive access to com- a few. Our services include planimetric feature extrac- plex geographic data. tions, volumetric, cross sections, GIS base mapping, pro- l LUCCAS™, the Land Use and Cover Change Analysis files, contours, DEMs, and 3-D modeling. System, which allows users without extensive GIS or im- For additional information, call us or visit our web site: age processing experience to perform change detection www.parkaerial.com projects using remotely sensed data. l FIRE!, an application which simulates the rogression of wildfires based on fuels, topography, weather, and other Photo Science, Inc. of Kentucky spatial and temporal variables. 2670 Wilhite Drive Lexington, KY 40503 Additionally, Pacific Meridian has developed software for 606-277-8700; 606-277-8901 (fax) timber management, ecosystem modeling, toxic waste man- [email protected] ; www.photoscience.com agement, industrial siting, and other applications. Photo Science is a Park Aerial Surveys, Inc. full-service aerial photography, GPS field con- PO Box 19289 trol, and photo- Louisville, KY 40259-0289 grammetric services 502-969-2991; 502-969-2221 (fax) firm; with a staff of over [email protected] ; www.parkaerial.com 80 professional and technical personnel devoted exclusively Park Aerial Surveys, Inc. is located be- to aerial photography, surveying, and photogrammetry. Our tween the Southeast and Midwest regions of team of professionals include fourteen (14) Certified Photo- the U. S. and began its aerial photography grammetrist, three (3) Professional Engineers, three (3) Regis- and mapping services in 1920. Today, we tered Land Surveyors, two (2) Professional Geologists, one (1) combine decades of experience with the lat- Certified Mapping Scientist, and over sixty five (65) cartogra- est in technology, so that our customers re- phers, technicians, and support personnel. ceive the highest quality of service. On aver- Photo Science owns and operates leading-edge techno- age each employee has about 18 years of logy. Key equipment includes five (5) fully customized, experience at Park Aerial. We offer a full state-of-the-art aircraft including Airborne GPS capability range of services featuring aerial photo acquisition with air- with full-time pilots ready to mobilize at a moments notice; borne GPS, digital orthophoto, digital photogrammetry, sur- eleven (11) GPS units; analytical stereoplotters; Intergraph veying, and photo lab services. and Vision SoftCopy systems with complete Digital l Aerial Photography - using a Zeiss RMK TOP aerial cam- Orthophoto, GIS, AutoCAD, and Arc/INFO services. era system configured with flight management system, Photo Science’s dependability, accuracy, and superior differential GPS, and video lock-on system to capture quality are the benchmarks of the commitment to excellence Black/White, Color, and Color IR images. Our flight crews shared by the entire Photo Science staff. This focus on profes- have an average of 11 years of experience. sional skills, supported by state-of-the-art technology, enables l Airborne GPS - we can capture the data and accommo- the firm to fulfill the professional needs and requirements of date you on how to process it. a broad range of clients. We possess the scientific capabilities l Photo Lab - supporting our aerial photo missions, we and technical know-how to provide the best possible services, maintain a full-service photo lab. Film large or small. Our services are as follows: processing,printing, image processing, and associated re- l Aerial Photography (digital, film, and LIDAR) production services are provided in-house. Since 1920, l Global Positioning System (GPS) Surveys (Airborne GPS) we have accumulated one of the oldest and most exten- l Photo Lab Processing and Precision Photographic Repro- sive archives of regional photography. duction

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lDigital Photogrammetry and Digital Data Capture For more information see our web page at www.pine l Aerotriangulation (conventional and softcopy) design.com or call us at 813-576-3800. l Interactive Graphics Computer Mapping l Data Conversion Services Precision Photo & Imaging Inc. l Cartography 5758 North Webster Street l Remote Sensing Dayton, OH 45414-0595 Image Analysis l 937-898-7450; 937-890-8799 (fax) Geographic Information System (GIS) l [email protected]; www.pre-phot-img.com l Automated Mapping / Facilities Management (AM/FM) l Digital Orthophotos Precision Photo & Imaging Inc. (PP&I) is a privately owned l Satellite Imagery firm based in Dayton, Ohio, (formerly known as Precision Photo Laboratories, Inc.). Today, PP&I combines the strength Our reputation for attention to detail and quality service of a fully equipped, state-of-the-art photo lab for both color are key reasons why we are unparalleled in the field of photo- and black and white photography with the technological ad- grammetry. Clients return to Photo Science because they vances of photogrammetric imaging and consulting services. know they can trust our staff to deliver a product of excep- PP&I takes pride in serving the needs of the aerial photo- tional quality, on time, and at a competitive price. graphic and mapping community throughout the United States and in over 20 other countries. As one of the largest Pine Design Engineering Services Company photo lab operations in the world, PP&I processes over th 550 94 Avenue North 350,000 feet of aerial film per year. St. Petersburg, FL 33702 A longtime recognized leader in aerial photo lab services, 813-576-3800; 813-576-4423 (fax) PP&I also offers precise photogrammetric scanning, the foun- [email protected] ; www.pinedesign.com dation of successful orthophoto projects. We use our expertise Pine Design Engineering Services Company, is a full ser- in photographic tone reproduction to enhance detail in digi- vice Computer-Aided Photogrammetric Mapping and Facili- tal scans. With over five years of experience with Leica/ ties Management Company, Pine Design’s present customer Helava scanners, we provide geometrically accurate scans base consists of DOD, other federal, state and local agencies, that are tailored to our clients’particular workstation re- and commercial clients. Pine Design’s commercial clients in- quirements. clude Fortune 500 Companies in a variety of industries: avia- Today, the firm has a staff of 40 professionals and techni- tion, transportation, architecture, as well as civil, electrical cians. The strength of the company lies in the experience, and mechanical. Services for these clients include: technical expertise, and creativity of its personnel. These em- l GIS Development ployees offer PP&I’s customers almost 450 years of combined l Data Conversion Services photographic laboratory experience. Over half of the employ- l GIS (ARC/INFO Programming) ees have been with the company 10 years or more. Many came l Facilities Management Services to their positions with photographic and military back- l Photogrammetric Data Capture grounds, while others received their training under the direc- l Software Translation tion of PP&I’s highly skilled staff. The company prides itself l Digital Orthophotography on the level of excellence and dedication to quality demon- l Heads-up and Board Digitizing strated by its employees. l Utility & Parcel Map Conversion l Scanning Professional Surveyor Magazine l Project Specific Coding/Annotating 1713-J Rosemont Avenue l Vectorization Frederick, MD 21702-4170 l NT Networking 301-682-6101; 301-682-6105 Softcopy l [email protected]; www.profsurv.com Pine Design Engineering Company’s technical staff is Professional Sur- degreed and experienced in a variety of Engineering Disci- veyor, with a circula- plines. Our staff offers a wide range of Automated Mapping, tion of around 50,000 Facilities Management and GIS related services. To meet our per issue, addresses clients needs, Pine Design uses a variety of hardware systems the information needs and software packages including Intergraph, AutoCAD, of geomatics professionals. Published eleven times a year, AutoCAD Map, Arc/Info and ArcView. Pine Design also pro- Professional Surveyor covers topics ranging from surveying vides its clients NT Networking consulting and services. and mapping to photogrammetry and remote sensing. In ad- Pine Design’s expertise in the field of AM/FM is well rec- dition to print advertising, we offer comprehensive business- ognized and can be attested to by Pine Design’s high ratio of to-business marketing services to enhance your advertising repeat business.

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campaign. A combination of these services can help you stereoplotters. These systems are all PC-based with the re- strengthen your market position, increase your market share, lated lower costs and higher reliability; use the universally announce new products, improve company and product rec- accepted MS-DOS operating system, and use the same Qasco ognition and find new buyers or personnel. software. For instance, each issue includes an independent product A recent addition to our range is a PC-based upgrade for review. Whether it is hardware or software, our experienced the Intergraph IMA stereoplotter. This system supports the contributing editors will evaluate your product, pointing out power zoom and dove prism drives of the IMA providing links features and special enhancements in an objective manner. to superimposition software to enable the image and vectors Product reviews and any other feature articles can be re- to maintain coincidence during zooming and rotation. printed to complement your trade show brochures or dealer Our analytical software interfaces with numerous Digital literature. Mapping Software packages. Additionally we present a SourceBook in January of each We can provide a complete system installation or we will year. The SourceBook contains free product listings in many interface our data to your existing application programs for different categories. The product listing information is com- aerotriangulation adjustment, DTM manipulation, etc. pletely controlled by you via our Internet online submission. Continued support is a feature of our operation, and our Equally important are press releases for announcements or in- software is regularly upgraded to include new technologies troductions, which we publish in the “Products, People, and features. Places” (PPP) section of the magazine. This section is also free of charge and includes reader response numbers. Leads Query+, Inc. generated by your product will be forwarded to you directly. P.O. Box 235 Many of our advertisers find our “Web Connect” section Tenafly, NJ 07670 very useful. In Web Connect we place your website screen 408-394-8200; [email protected]; www.queryplus.com capture with the web address listed underneath. For you this is a golden opportunity to drive readers to your home page. Or Query+ provides fast and flex- reach an even bigger and international market by advertising ible solutions for searching satellite directly on our website: http//:www.profsurv.com images and visual databases. Our software and services allow organizations to go beyond keyword Qasco Analytical Systems Pty Limited searches and retrieve information 12/9 Seven Hills Road based on content. Content-based searches use the actual con- Baulkham Hills, NSW 2153 tents of an image rather than descriptions about an image. Australia This powerful technique allows users to search directly for +61-2-9639-8822; +61-2-9686-2620 (fax) particular features or objects of interest, without using key- Qasco Analytical Systems is a division of the Qasco Group words or requiring advance knowledge of geographic coordi- which has been involved in the surveying and mapping in- nates. Instead of looking manually at satellite data for known dustry in Australia and the Pacific area for over 30 years. locations of “interesting” facilities, a content-based search Qasco has been involved in the development and construc- would look for anything that resembles the features of an “in- tion of analytical stereoplotters since 1979 and began market- teresting” facility, based on search criteria the user provides. ing the first low-cost analytical stereoplotter in 1980. Re- Flexibility to choose search criteria at run-time gives even cently, we have concentrated our efforts on developing and more power to users who have special retrieval needs. The marketing systems to convert mechanical or analogue software relies on a unique combination of our patent-pend- stereoplotters to analytical operation, to upgrade early ana- ing technology and proprietary indexing techniques. lytical stereoplotters to PC control, and to provide encoders Benefits and digital interfaces for analogue stereoplotters. Using content-based retrieval enables businesses to use large To date, we have more than 140 installations in 26 coun- image databases more effectively. By employing Query+ tech- tries, and our systems have proven reliable and cost-effective nology, companies that buy, sell, or use satellite images can: for production and teaching. Conversions are available for the l Exploit their image databases to create a competitive ad- Wild B8, A10, AG1 and PUG5, Kern PG2 and Zeiss Topocarts. vantage All conversions are PC-based using a single interface board; l Meet the challenges of using larger and more complex they allow all fiducial marks to be measured; use a closed databases to make real-time decisions loop system to eliminate gross errors; and use calibrated lin- l Find critical information quickly and easily ear encoders for highest accuracy. All conversions use the Our search engine finds the right images fast, through a same software, so that data files are common for all systems powerful and user-friendly interface. and operator training is identical for all stereoplotter types. We also offer upgrades for the Wild BC1, BC2, AC1, Kern Products and Services DSR1 and DRSII, and Zeiss C series and P series analytical Query+’s Similarity product provides users innovative tools

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that deliver tremendous flexibility and speed for searching l Large Volume Discounts – to support large projects such visual data. Similarity adds powerful technology to existing as monitoring programs, which require a minimum of databases, enabling searches based on image content to fifty scenes per year supplement or replace keyword or geographic searches. This l Digital Elevation Models – to support the telecommuni- same technology can also distribute new images in real-time cations industry, mapping, and GIS users involved in re- and cluster similar data. Similarity includes interfaces to source management most common databases and computing platforms, and ad- l Mosaics and RADARMaps – to support large area cover- heres to industry standards. Query+ also offers a complete age requirements range of services including knowledge management consulting, technical training, and customer support. Radman Aerial Surveys 6220 24th Street RADARSAT International Sacramento, CA 95822-3703 13800 Commerce Parkway 916-391-1651; 916-391-6537 (fax); [email protected] MacDonald Dettwiler Building Radman Aerial Surveys is a certified woman-owned, com- Richmond, British Columbia plete in-house mapping company located at the Executive Canada V6V 2J3 Airport in Sacramento, CA. 604-231-5000 or 604-244-0400 Radman Aerial Surveys has provided private industry and 604-231-4900 or 604-244-0404 (fax) governmental agencies, both domestic and foreign, with [email protected]; www.rsi.ca professional services and products including aerial photogra- RADARSAT In- phy, remote sensing, aerotri-angulation, digital photogram- ternational (RSI) is metry, biostereometrics, close-range photo-grammetry, ortho- a worldwide dis- photography, digital databases, map revisions, cross tributor of Earth-observation satellite data. RSI has been work- sectioning and profiling, and quantity computations for road- ing with its partners to ways, stockpiles, dams, building sites and reservoirs. Our l Create cost-effective, custom products and services to well-equipped photo laboratory provides film processing and meet the unique requirements of operational applica- development, contact prints, film or glass diapositives, tions (e.g., crop monitoring, ice reconnaissance, geologi- photomosaics, plan and profile sheets, rectified photography, cal mapping, disaster management, forest management, orthophotography, composites, and enlargements and reduc- ship detection, and land use management) tions on paper or mylar. l Identify new applications for satellite imagery Our aircraft are staffed with experienced personnel using l Develop training programs to educate users on the appli- calibrated Wild and Zeiss mapping cameras. Photography is cations of satellite imagery provided in black and white, color, black and white infrared, or color infrared films. RSI’s partners include an international network of more Aerial photography and photogrammetric products are of- than sixty-five distributors, 10 ground receiving stations, and fered in a wide variety of hardcopy and digital formats to eight resource centres, who offer near-real time services, data meet the individual needs of each of our clients. processing, and training to local users. RSI prides itself on being a “one-stop-shop” for satellite information solutions. RSI’s product line features Raytheon Systems Company RADARSAT-1, the world’s first radar remote sensing satellite Imagery and Geospatial Systems Division program entirely dedicated to operational applications. Its PO Box 660023 state-of-the-art capabilities provide resource management Dallas, TX 75226-0023 and environmental monitoring professionals around the globe 214-205-4481 or 800.699.7551 with a new and reliable view of the Earth’s surface. In addi- Raytheon Systems Company, an operating business unit of tion to this leading-edge Canadian technology, RSI offers a Raytheon Company headquartered in Lexington, MA, is a vast array of other products and services including imagery worldwide developer and integrator of high-technology elec- products from ERS, SPOT, LANDSAT, IRS, and high-resolu- tronic systems. tion satellites. The Imagery and Geospatial Systems Division, headquar- At RSI, we use the technology available from Earth-obser- tered in Garland, Texas, has over 30 years of experience in the vation satellites to develop solutions specifically designed to development and integration of image manipulation tech- meet your operational requirements. A sample of RSI’s offer- nologies, high-performance algorithms and information tech- ings include nology architectures for processing, display and exploitation l Emergency Response Service – to supply disaster re- of digital imagery. sponse agencies worldwide with dependable and timely As a market leader, Raytheon develops and produces information for damage assessment scaleable remote sensing ground systems that receive and

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process raw image data from remote sensing satellites and ing, derivation of biophysical parameters, and geometric cor- aerial photography sources. These systems produce a number rections for satellite imagery including terrain correction for of standard image-based products and support all production Landsat, AVHRR and SPOT images, temporal change analy- functions. Our open architecture design provides the flexibil- sis, and long-term monitoring. ity to support seamless processing of all major imagery Raytheon is a leader in scientific data management and is sources. Solutions are completely scalable, from stand-alone the primary contractor for the EROS Data Center, the National ground stations to comprehensive remote sensing solutions Space Sciences Data Center, the NASA Goddard Space Flight for entire nations. Related systems support hydrographic Center Distributed Active Archive Center (DAAC), and sev- mapping, environmental and resource management, law en- eral other federal scientific data centers. The company is a forcement, surveillance and reconnaissance. major participant in NASA’s Mission to Planet Earth and has Raytheon produces advanced geospatial and mapping in- developed major elements of NASA’s Version 0 EOSDIS. formation products and services for commercial and govern- As part of the newly-formed Raytheon Systems Company, ment customers. We also provide complete outsourcing ser- Raytheon operates computer facilities, data archives, informa- vices for image acquisition, production, management, tion systems, data production centers, photographic process- delivery and archiving functions. Raytheon is setting the ing systems, and other services in support of its customers. standard for accuracy, throughput, reliability and cost-effectiveness by leveraging automated processing, advanced pho- Research Systems, Inc. togrammetry technologies, and relationships with leading 4990 Pearl East Cr. commercial data and GIS service providers. Boulder, CO 80301 By providing extensive information technology services, 303-786-9900; 303-786-9909 (fax) Raytheon supports established systems and delivers new com- [email protected]; www.rsinc.com puting solutions. We offer comprehensive information technology services including consulting, systems engineering, man- Research Systems, Inc. agement and integration, operations and maintenance, and is a technical software training for high performance computing environments. company developing vi- Raytheon’s Imagery & Geospatial Systems Division has the sualization and data experience, technology and insight to provide you with the analysis tools. most effective combination of systems, products and services In 1977, Research Systems produced its flagship product, to address your information challenge. IDL, the Interactive Data Language Version 1.0. Today, IDL includes state-of-the-art graphics programming features that Raytheon Corporation are a part of why IDL is more powerful than ever before. IDL— an advanced, fourth generation language—has become the in- 4400 Forbes Boulevard dustry leader and is used worldwide to build visualization Lanham, MD 20706-4392 applications for science, medical, financial, and engineering 301-794-5000; 301-794-7106 (fax) data analysis. [email protected] ; www.stx.com Research Systems’ suite of off-the-shelf visualization and Raytheon is an innovative, results-oriented technology data analysis software programs includes unique solutions leader providing professional support services to the federal such as the remote sensing data analysis package ENVI, the government, private industry and international clients. Spe- Environment for visualizing images. Known as the leader in cializing in a broad spectrum of Earth remote sensing sci- hyperspectral technology, ENVI also includes a complete set ences and technologies, Raytheon conducts scientific re- of tools for accessing all types of satellite, aircraft or GIS search; develops algorithms, applications and information data, georeferencing, orthocorrection, mosaic, classification, systems; builds satellite ground processing systems; and op- radar analysis, vector editing, and map composition. Because erates active and deep data archives for space and aerial re- ENVI is powered by IDL, it is customizable and also works the mote sensing programs. same on all PC, UNIX, Mac, and even Linux platforms. Raytheon develops algorithms and processing systems for We support our customers by devoting extensive resources a wide range of land, ocean, ice and atmospheric parameters. to customer support. Regular customer-response surveys con- Our scientists—experts in the radiative properties of the firm that we outperform all of our competition in terms of re- Earth’s atmosphere and surface, instrument calibration and sponsiveness and depth of technical knowledge. A large characterization, and physical sciences underlying remote archive of technical knowledge, as well as contact informa- sensing—apply their extensive knowledge to create global tion for our technical support and professional services and regional data sets, clearinghouses and specialized data- groups, is available on our website at www.rsinc.com. bases for numerous applications. Our family of products continues to grow. Our current Raytheon also specializes in technique development for product line includes IDL, ENVI, ION (IDL on the Net), VIP digital land imagery. 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analysis and viewing of large scientific and engineering Science Applications International files). More information about these products can be found on Corporation our website at www.rsinc.com. We are confident that, by care- Space & Technology Solutions Sector fully listening to our users, we will continue to develop top- Mail Stop T1-5-10 notch, complete applications. 1710 Goodridge Drive McLean, VA 22102 Rollei Fotechnic Gmbh 703-676-8925; 703-676-4547 (fax); RolleiMetric Department [email protected] PO Box 3245 Science Applications In- D-38022 Braunschweig, Germany ternational Corporation +05-31-6-80-02-22; +05-31-6-80-03-03 (fax) (SAIC) is a $5 billion diver- [email protected] ; www.rolleimetric.de sified technology company Efficient systems in with more than 39,000 em- contact free optical mea- ployees. Founded in 1969, SAIC has evolved from a small surement. cadre of research scientists into a broad-based scientific and The RolleiMetric prod- technical problem-solver, known for devising innovative solu- uct range offers highly efficient image measurement systems. tions and applying them to key problems. The combination of professional photography and state of the SAIC’s expertise in photogrammetry, GIS and related areas art software technology results in multiple applications of extends from production of photogrammetric products, to cut- geometric image analysis in industry and science. The ting edge support of emerging GPS technology, to definition RolleiMetric photogrammetry systems are for example ap- of GIS data structures to support simulation and modeling, to plied on: providing support to Mission to Planet Earth programs. The l Architecture, archaeology, construction disciplines used include photogrammetry, geodesy, image l Traffic accident documentation science, GIS data management, natural disaster modeling, in- l Forensic science formation and communications theory, and remote sensing. l Geology Our customer set includes commercial and international l Industrial quality control firms, and federal, state, and local governments. SAIC is the major engineering support contractor for the National Imag- The objects to be measured are completely documented by ery and Mapping Agency, and is also a major producer under using a modified Rollei 6x6 or 35 mm camera. The object can the NIMA Omnibus Geospatial Production Contract. be reconstructed in 3D with highest accuracy. Measurements are carried out automatically. With the RolleiMetric systems, Rollei offers a complete Sensor Systems, Inc. hard-and software for innovative solutions in digital image 103A Carpenter Drive measurement. Sterling VA 20164-4423 703-437-7651; 703-4370039 Saab Survey Systems AB [email protected]; www.sensor.com Odengatan 25-29 Sensor Systems, Inc. primary PO Box 1017, S-551 product is RemoteView is a com- 11 Jönköping, Sweden prehensive product suite for image +46-36-194800; +46-36-194588 (fax) processing, analysis, exploitation, [email protected]; www.combitech.se/survey and the production of remote sensing products. Ideal for government, Saab Survey Systems offers airborne survey systems for pri- military, and commercial applications-RemoteView is your mary data acquisition of geographical information to private passport to the new world of high-resolution, one-meter com- and public organizations. Saab Survey Systems introduces a mercial imagery that is revolutionizing the earth information concept that combines three essential features of a topo- business. graphical survey—high precision, low cost, short lead and Sensor Systems, Inc. was founded in 1985 as an engineer- process times—Saab TopEye™. ing consulting company in technologies related to imaging Saab TopEye™ produces topography data with high resolu- systems. The company initially provided engineering support tion and precise accuracy. It is suitable for large scale map- to clients in the design and characterization of infrared and ping and engineering surveys as well as surveying and sur- optical sensors, and in the development of standards-based veillance of infrastructure such as roads, powerlines, etc. image processing systems. Sensor Systems developed considerable experience applying UNIX systems to image analysis, database and exploita-

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tion problems. The company has ported UNIX to new archi- Sensys hyperspectral systems include the MODIS Airborne tectures, developed numerous device drivers, and gained a Simulator (MAS), the Airborne Hyperspectral Scanner (AHS), high level of expertise with RISC processors, multiprocessor with 48 bands, and in 1994 Sensys delivered its first 102 computers, mass storage peripherals, graphics displays and channel MIVIS (Multispectral Infrared and Visible Imaging windowing systems. Spectrometer) system. The MIVIS system is designed to si- In 1990 Sensor embarked on the development of a portable, multaneously record up to 128 co-registered channels of data high performance, object-oriented software architecture de- on VLDS tape with 12-bit digital resolution. signed to scale onto the new generations of “super” micropro- Senysys would like the opportunity to meet your airborne cessors from DEC, HP, SUN, Silicon Graphics, IBM and Intel. remote sensing needs. Please contact us at the above address From this common source base, comprising some 1.5 million to discuss your requirements. lines of modern object oriented software. Sensor develops and manufactures software for the visualization, storage and SGI analysis of medical and remote sensing imagery. This source 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway base represents a unique capability for building highly ca- MS-525 pable image processing and visualization software products Mountain View, CA 94043 that run on industry standard platforms. 650-960-1980 In July of 1998, Sensor Systems released RemoteView Pro, a remote sensing image analysis and visualization system. This SGI is the world’s leader in high- system allows users to roam over gigabyte-size images and performance computing technology, apply a wide range of processing operations within an easy to dedicated to unleashing the power of use “working folder” environment, complete with graphics human creativity. The company’s sys- and hyperlinks. RemoteView Desktop is the first NT product of tems, ranging from desktop worksta- Sensor Systems to be followed soon by an NT version of tions and servers to the most powerful RemoteView Pro. supercomputers in the world, deliver advanced computing and 3D visualization capabilities to sci- Sensys Technologies, Inc. entific, engineering, and creative professionals and large enterprises. In addition, SGI creates innovative software for de- PO Box 1869 sign, Internet, and entertainment applications. SGI provides Ann Arbor, MI 48106 solutions in several key industries, including manufacturing, 313-769-5649; 313-769-0429 (fax) government, entertainment, communications, energy, the sci- Sensys Technologies, Inc. is internationally recognized as ences, and education. the premiere supplier of airborne multispectral imaging systems for environmental remote sensing. Since 1969, Sensys The Sidwell Company has placed over 100 major systems in 25 countries. 675 Sidwell Court In addition to imaging system products, Sensys offers re- St. Charles, IL. 60174-3492 mote sensing services. One of these incorporates their new 630-549-1000; 630-549-1111 Airborne Digital Camera (ADC). This service combines the [email protected]; www.sidwellco.com latest airborne digital camera technology with GPS and GIS technologies to provide users with a digital database which The Sidwell Company is a multi-service organization that can be accessed from a desktop workstation. This airborne provides aerial photography; photogrammetric services in- service is especially beneficial for corridor mapping applica- cluding digital orthophotography and topographic mapping; tions for railroads, powerlines, pipelines, and highways. Out- cadastral mapping and data conversion; and geographic in- put data is recorded on CD ROM with GPS position informa- formation systems (GIS) development. Mapping and GIS de- tion time tagged to each exposure. velopment services offered by Sidwell can support a variety Sensys also provides data acquisition, processing and of applications including land records management, plan- analysis services for domestic and international airborne ning, public works and engineering. multispectral survey programs involving environmental stud- Sidwell’s photogrammetry department offers topographic ies such as wetland delineation and resource inventories. mapping services for applications including engineering de- The Sensys product line includes the ABS Bispectral and sign, site planning and storm water management. Global Po- AMS Multispectral scanners to meet the needs of most sitioning System data can be incorporated into all photo- conventional airborne imaging applications. The ATM and grammetric mapping projects. Sidwell’s digital orthophoto ATMX enhanced thematic mappers are upgraded versions of development services can provide flexible, variable-scale im- the scanners that are in use by most of the world’s leading re- agery as a base to support a range of mapping applications. mote sensing organizations. Sensys advanced systems in- The company’s team of photogrammetric specialists includes clude the TIMS for geologic mapping, and AOCI for oceano- personnel with direct experience in stereo-compilation, digi- graphic research. tal analytical aerial triangulation, digital terrain model data collection and orthophotography.

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Sidwell maintains its own aerial flight department and in- SOFIA is guided by professional engineers with more than house photographic lab facilities. Sidwell’s two survey air- 40 years of experience in several areas of civil engineering craft are equipped with GPS navigation and various precision and architecture. This background is combined with the en- aerial mapping cameras with forward motion compensation. ergy and freshness of engineers graduated in the 80s and Precision aerial photography is used for the development of postgrad-uated in the 90s to guarantee an optimal care on topographic and digital orthophoto mapping, as well as to ex- each of our products. pand GPS survey control networks through digital aero-triangulation techniques. Sidwell can also perform digital terrain Sony Electronics, Inc. modeling applications such as volumetric inventories. 3 Paragon Drive Since it’s founding in 1927, Sidwell has built a tradition of Montvale, NJ 07645 providing quality mapping solutions to clients in local gov- 800-829-7669; 201-358-4215 (fax) ernment and private industry. Sidwell has completed more than 135 comprehensive mapping projects encompassing End users and more than 6 million parcels of land. And, for more than 30 Systems Integrators years Sidwell has offered photogrammetric mapping services, seeking more flex- completing projects for small development sites, municipali- ible, real time data acquisition systems should take a close ties, counties and large federal land projects. Sidwell is an look at Sony’s high performance tape drives. Sony distin- employee-owned company. guishes itself in today’s high-performance data acquisition and storage market by offering a scalable family of systems with intelligent interfaces that automatically match systems SOFIA S.A. de C.V. operation to the user’s optimal recording or transfer rate. New Calle Saturno 36, Jardines de Cuernavaca/#21 Antes tape drives introduced last year (ADI and DTF Series) offer Cuernavaca, Morelos, CP 62360, Mexico high performance specifications to meet even the tightest +52-73-16-1355; +52-73-16-1233 (fax) budget requirements. [email protected] Sony Data Systems Division markets a full line of ultra- Founded in 1981, high capacity, high-speed tape storage devices used in a SOFIA (Photogram- wide range of data collection and archiving applications. The metry) was borne of DIR1000H Series Tape Drives are capable of recording up to growing needs of our Engineering Division and the lack of ac- 96 gigabytes per cassette at sustained transfer rates up to 512 curate cartography in Mexico. megabits per second. Our DFC Series also includes several We have provided accurate hard-copy and digital cartogra- SCSI-2 interfaces. Our DMS series of automated tape libraries phy for particulars, public and government institutions. In are also available for a wide variety of mass storage and re- addition to Digital Mapping Products, we have produced trieval applications. DMS systems combine DIR recording, more than 45,000 hardcopy orthophotos with our WILD-OR1— state-of-the-art tape library and computer-based control for SOFIA has been the leader in Mexico. We were the first, and intensive storage applications, with capacities up to 30 for many years the only, company with analytical terabytes. stereoplotters and GPS technology. PetaSiteTM is Sony’s latest innovation in mass storage and The quality of our technicians combined with the accu- retrieval tape library systems. Accommodating tapes from racy of our analytical instruments allows us to produce digi- both the DIR1000 Series drives and the new DTFTM half-inch tal mapping and orthophotography for diverse customers in drives which we recently introduced. PetaSites can store up Mexico, the U.S., Latin America and Africa. to three peta-bytes (3,000 terabytes) of data. A surprisingly The Photogrammetric Division counts on: small footprint provides a storage density of just under 1 tera- l 1 WILD AC1 Analytical byte per sqft. Access time is less than 30 seconds. l 2 WILD BC1/BC3 Analytical With over 700 systems now installed worldwide, the Sony l 1 OR1 Orthophoto difference is clear: our technology really works. l B&W Complete photo lab l 2 room Metric Camera for accurate enlargement and re- Space Imaging duction 12076 Grant Street l Large-format Automatic Thornton, Colorado 80241 l Developing Machine 301-552-0537 or 800-232-9037; 301-552-3762 (fax) l 3 GPS Trimble 4000 SL [email protected] ; www.spaceimaging.com l 4 GPS Trimble Geodetic Surveyor 4000 SEE Space Imaging’s vision l Teodolites, Levels & Distance meters is to lead the growth of a l Complete Drafting department new global Earth informa- l Commercial and House made software for Surveying, Photogrammetry, Digital Mapping, GIS. tion industry. It will pro-

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vide the broadest selection of access of remote sensing satel- Spectra Precision (formerly Spectra-Physics Laserplane, lites, Earth data, information products and services; provide Inc.) stays on the leading edge of construction, agricultural the broadest range of Earth information products and best- land forming and surveying industries by researching produc- value, end-to-end information solutions for vertical markets; tive applications for new technologies. and provide legendary, responsive customer service. The company offers a full spectrum of alignment, leveling, Since its founding in late 1994, Thornton, Colorado-based grade control and positioning products featuring optics, laser, Space Imaging has built the world’s largest constellation of sonic, and GPS technology in practical, easy-to-use designs. Earth imaging satellites and aerial mapping platforms de- Spectra Precision designs equipment to make leveling, mea- signed to provide a broad assortment of timely, quality infor- suring or aligning tasks easier, faster, and with less manpower mation about the planet. The company’s already diverse col- than traditional methods, in order to increase productivity. lection of resources will grow with the launch of its own The Laserplane company started by pioneering the use of IKONOS 1, the world’s first one-meter resolution, commercial lasers for grade control in agriculture. Spectra Precision has imaging satellite. The name IKONOS is derived from the evolved into the machine control system leader in both agri- Greek word for “image.” The addition of the IKONOS satel- culture and construction. Now Spectra Precision’s extensive lites to Space Imaging’s portfolio will enable the company to product lines are farther reaching than just machine control produce a new generation of imagery that allows customers to systems; they are: resolve objects on the Earth’s surface as small as one meter in l GeoStar Laser and GPS- based agricultural surveying and size. This is significantly more detail than has ever been land forming system, available to the commercial marketplace. l Autolevel line of optical levels for the craftsman, The first-of-a-kind IKONOS system provides a global re- l Quadriga electronic leveling and measurement tools for source for governments, business leaders and private citizens, craftsmen, producing a wealth of information about the Earth’s ever- l Bucket ProTM excavating system, changing cultural and natural features. Access to this new l BaselineTM and ConstructorTM line of total stations, level of visual information will allow for a deeper under- l Laserplane® leveling systems, standing of the environment, international security, and eco- l Dialgrade® pipe lasers, nomic change. Using the image products created by IKONOS, l Blade-ProTM motorgrader control system with the new la- farmers can more precisely monitor the health of crops and ser TracerTM, estimate yields, scientists can look at environmentally sensi- l ScreedProTM paver control system with sonic TracerTM, tive areas and predict trends, government officials can moni- MinuteMarkerTM visible beam interior laser, tor and plan enlightened land use policies, city planners can l PlumbPlaneTM compensated vertical alignment system further the development of new housing communities, and l Paydirt® software systems for earthwork take-offs and insurance companies can measure and map damage to prop- l develop bids. erties after natural disasters. With the ability of IKONOS to scan huge swaths of the planet with map-level detail, Space Spectra Precision representatives, whether they are inside Imaging can also provide definitive and rapid solutions to sales, field representatives at direct sales offices or dealer help planners determine land ownership in nations moving representatives, are trained to be trouble-shooting field con- towards private ownership. sultants for customers. Another customer convenience avail- Space Imaging owns or has marketing rights to a constella- able in many parts of the world, is equipment leasing and tion or remote sensing satellites already in orbit. These in- special finance arrangements from Spectra-Physics Credit clude the U.S. Landsat satellites, the Indian Remote Sensing Corporation for Spectra Precision and Geotronics customers. (IRS) satellites, Canada’s RADARSAT, and the European Space Spectra Precision now has a combination of direct sales of- Agency’s Radar Satellite. By the beginning of the millennium, fices and independent dealers worldwide, chosen to best Space Imaging will have launched two IKONOS satellites – serve market needs. Each has complete access to Spectra Pre- both slated for launch in 1999. The company markets all of its cision products, distribution and service, as well as warran- products under the CARTERRA(TM) brand name. ties to back up the products and strengthen the customer re- Space Imaging is able to make Earth information resources lationship. widely available using advanced image collection and processing technologies, state-of-the-art archiving, and digital Spencer B. Gross, Inc. distribution methods over the Web. The company takes advan- 13545 NW Science Park Drive tage of the exceptional heritage and technological experience Portland, OR 97229 of its investors, affiliates and strategic partners worldwide. 503-646-1733; 503-626-4818 (fax) [email protected] ; www.sbgmaps.com Spectra Precision Spencer B. Gross, Inc. (SBG) is a full service photogram- 5475 Kellenburger Road metric mapping firm specializing in high accuracy spatial Dayton, OH 45424-1099 data from aerial photography and remote sensed information. 513-233-8921; 513-233-9004 (fax)

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We specialize in digital mapping and photo coverages of the Northwest acquired with precision digital orthophotography for spatial mapping cameras. We have regular, historical coverages of information systems, and provide total the Portland Area since 1964 and a new, color, low altitude solutions for base mapping and deci- flight in 1998. sion support. Remote Sensing—SBG teams with industry leaders to pro- Founded in 1956, our firm is recog- vide ADAR multi-spectral/near IR imagery and LIDAR de- nized as the source in the Northwest rived terrain mapping. for reliable, quality mapping and aerial photogrammetric services. By SPOT Image Corporation continually investing in new technologies, SBG has become 1897 Preston White Drive the leader in Digital Photogrammetric Mapping and Digital Reston, VA 20191 Orthophoto Production. We have pioneered the acquisition of 703-715-3100 or 800-ASK-SPOT; 703-648-1813 (fax) Airborne GPS Aerial Photography, advanced new procedures www.spot.com in Analytical Aerotriangulation and DTM techniques, and benchmarked progressive methodology for Digital Orthophoto SPOT Image Corp., a world leader production. in the provision of satellite imagery, With over 30 professionals and offices in Portland, OR and imagery-derived products and geo- Reno, NV, we offer complete service and affective solutions: graphic information, offers custom- Analytical Aerotriangulation—Our expert staff provides ers data quality, customer service complete in-house services. Point marking is completed with and delivery times unparalleled in a Zeiss PM-1, and measurements are completed with analyti- the satellite imagery industry. A pio- cal stereoplotters. With BINGO/GEONAP software, we are neer in the commercial remote-sending industry since 1982, able to process very large aerotriangulation blocks, specializ- the Reston, Va.-based SPOT Image Corp. has led the industry ing in Airborne GPS solutions. Each project is documented in market and product development. Whether our clients are with a full report. seeking unprocessed raw imagery, or highly processed image- Digital Photogrammetry—SBG has four analytical based products, SPOT can serve all needs, from the image stereoplotters: Leica BC-1, Leica BC-2, Zeiss P1, and Lecia SD- analyst to the GIS user. SPOT 4, launched in March 1998, now 2000, and an Intergraph ImageStation Z Softcopy Workstation. orbits with SPOT’s two other operational spacecraft, provid- All types of planimetric and topographic mapping is com- ing the 10-meter panchromatic data the world has come to piled and stored on an efficient LAN for editing. rely on, as well as the new four-band, 20-meter multispectral SBG maintains leadership in forestry mapping, helicopter- data, enhanced by the powerful Mid-Infrared band. SPOT’s based macro-scale mapping, auto-correlation of DTM, and ex- satellite and data processing infrastructure allow us to meet tensive CAD applications. all of our customer’s needs, whether it calls for unprocessed Digital Orthophotography—With four Intergraph data, SPOTViews, LandClass, or Digital Elevation Models. ImageStation Systems, SBG has the largest capacity for preci- SPOT’s commitment to customer satisfaction is evident sion, digital orthophotography in the Western U.S. We spe- through our global archive of more than 6 million images and cialize in accurate orthophotography in color and color infra- our highly successful client satellite programming service. red. SBG image products are tone matched, custom SPOT’s pledge to data continuity, technical advancement, processed, and mosaiced using OrthoVista Software. and the highest quality standards is exemplified by our ISO Aerial Film Scanning—SBG produces precision scanning 9001 qualification. SPOT: Working Harder to Make Imagery up to 7.5 microns (3386 dpi) with a Zeiss/Intergraph Easier. PhotoScan-1 for softcopy photogrammetric applications and digital orthophotography. Stellacore Corporation We deliver image data in all common formats and media. 6232 North Lewis Court Digital Photo Lab—We provide grayscale and color repro- Parker, CO 80134 duction services of the highest quality in our digital photo 303-841-3248; 303-805-0741 (fax) lab with a Cymbolic Sciences LightJet 5000RS. This new la- [email protected] ser-driven image production system produces high resolu- Stellacore devel- tion, photo quality output at a 48" width. ops sophisticated SBG GeoData—Since 1994, we have acquired new aerial image information photography with ABGPS control, and mapped over products for the 20,000,000 acres of GIS-ready mapping and digital ortho-pho- commercial GIS, photogrammetric mapping and remote sens- tos of the Northwest. This data has been field-verified, and is ing markets. The combination of quality software and expert immediately available. engineering has defined Stellacore as a technology innovator Aerial Film Library—SBG has the largest, current aerial in the rapidly evolving spatial imaging industry.

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The company focuses on three strategic business areas: grammetrists to your project team. software products, enabling technology and cooperative de- Headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri, velopment services. Stellacore operates in vertical and hori- Surdex’s service-oriented professionals zontal markets, supplying customers with the technol-ogies specialize in helping clients deter- and services that enable them to derive maximum benefit mine and meet their long-term map- from their production environment. ping needs. Today, the complexity of Stellacore is dedicated to providing innovative products photogrammetry requires a coordina- and expert technical services that empower individuals and tion of personnel coupled with the latest technology; Surdex organizations to achieve new levels of productivity and effi- responds to these demands by providing: ciency. An energetic and dynamic corporate attitude focuses Professional Staff — seven civil / photogrammetric engi- on the delivery of exciting new technology in easy-to-use, ap- neers, ten ASPRS Certified Photogrammetrists, five Profes- plication-oriented packaging. sional Land Surveyors, GIS specialists, mapping scientists, Stellacore delivers products to customers worldwide by database designers, systems analysts, digital imaging special- teaming with distributors and resellers to achieve global ists, reprographic, photogrammetric and cartographic techni- product distribution and ensure customer access to a respon- cians, aerial photography crews, and ground control and air- sive support network. Geographic distribution is 60 percent borne data collection crews using the latest GPS and data US and 40 percent international. Stellacore’s products appeal processing techniques for establishing geodetic control. to customers in diverse industries, including federal, state Equipment — a state-of-the-art production facility with and local governments, agriculture, engineering, telecommu- thirteen first order analytical stereo plotters, including seven nications, and many others. softcopy workstations, Arc/Info workstations, graphic workstations, digital imaging scanners, and a photo-quality laser StorageTek filmwriter. We also have two high-altitude aircraft equipped 2270 South 88th Street for airborne GPS and gyro-stabilized mounts, plus two preci- Louisville, CO 80028-4393 sion aerial cameras with Forward Image Motion Compensa- 303-661-2833 or 1-800-STORTEK tion (FMIC) and the highest resolution lenses available. Experience — Surdex has over four decades of mapping ex- For more than three decades, StorageTek has been the glo- perience with municipal, state and federal governments, utili- bal leader in information storage and management solutions. ties, and industrial and A&E firms. We produce over $7 million We integrate and provide best-of-class hardware, software annually with individual projects exceeding $1 million. and consulting service solutions that in total, Collect, Move, Quality Assurance / Quality Control — our QA/QC mea- Store, Share and Protect business information. Across an of- sures are modeled after ISO 9000 Quality Standards, which fice or across the entire global community. Increasing the continuously refine our production processes and assure the value of information to help customers gain a new level of highest degree of accuracy possible. business power for a competitive advantage. Services — our services include aerial photography and At StorageTek, we know information storage—Our 30 year complete in-house photolab services, conventional and Air- track record of innovation and leadership has allowed us to borne GPS surveying, aerial triangulation, digital master the full breadth and depth of storage technologies— orthophotography, softcopy, digital topographic and plani- tape, disk, open systems and mainframe computing—for a metric mapping, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), data wide variety of operating system environments and across in- translation, consulting, and application development. dustries. StorageTek also has a solid heritage in networking. We provide all the building blocks for Storage Area Network Survcon Inc. or SAN including an advanced and proven line of Fibre 190 Lime Quarry Road Channel intelligent hubs, switches and bridges. Suite 106 Madison, Alabama 35758 Surdex Corporation 877-461-2071 or 256-461-1900; 256-772-9965 (fax) Headquarters/Production Facility [email protected]; www.survcon.com 520 Spirit of St. Louis Boulevard Chesterfield, MO 63005 Mission 314-532-3427; 314-537-9638 (fax) SURVCON INC. is a multi-service Corpo- [email protected] ; www.surdex.com ration established and dedicated to serving customers whose intent is to bring and de- Surdex Corporation, a leader in design mapping, GIS/LIS, liver honest, quality work to the government, AM/FM, digital imaging services and emerging photogram- private, and public sectors. SURVCON INC. metric technologies, offers our customers a complete in- will provide innovative, practical and top-quality data, and house solution. Surdex brings over four decades of experience end-user products that will assist in saving time and improve together with the latest technology and highly skilled photo-

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the way people do information query and acquisition. We be- nical expert services for the implementation of the Swedish lieve our first responsibility is to the end user of our products, Space and Remote Sensing pro-grammes. SSC employs some either as an over the counter purchase, daily interaction with 350 people with a yearly turnover of about 50 MUSD. the data (GIS), or through web map activity. Some 150 people work with various aspects of Earth Ob- Company Profile servation (EO). This includes all stages from the control of Since its founding in 1974, SURVCON can best be de- the satellites to reception, archiving, processing and distribu- scribed as a business engaged in surveying, traditional and tion of data and products. Some 40 people within the Remote photogrammetric mapping services throughout the world. Sensing Technology Division specialize in methodology de- Key strengths are accredited to management skills and pro- velopment for analysis and use of EO data as well as develop- fessional staff, state of the art technology, commitment to ment of remote sensing systems. A special group works with quality, ability to devise efficient production techniques, and development, consultancy and sales of the airborne Maritime knowing the importance of meeting customer expectations Surveillance System for monitoring of coastal waters, fisher- with regard to service, quality and pricing. SURVCON INC. ies and detection of oil-spills at sea. The Remote Sensing has achieved its status as a national and international recog- Technology Division has an international orientation. In the nition. This commitment comes with one principle, attaining SPOT program it works with the French space agency CNES excellence in every aspect of our operations. as a partner, and is also active in projects within the 4th Framework Programme of the EU. Products and Services Sweden is a part-owner of the SPOT satellite for which SURVCON is a full service production organization offer- SSC’s Esrange facility is one of the two main ground stations. ing Surveying, Aerotriangulation, Aerial Mapping, DTM col- Situated within the Arctic Circle, the Esrange ground station lection, Orthophoto generation, and Consulting Services in: has an ideal location. Polar orbiting earth observation satel- Surveying l lites pass over it 11 out of 14 orbits a day. Data acquisition be- Computer Supported Mapping l gan in 1978 and today data is acquired from Landsat TM, Planning of Mapping Projects l SPOT, JERS and RESURS-O1. Digital Photogrammetric Mapping l SSC has recently set up a new ground station close to the Aerotriangulation l Malmo/Sturup Airport in southernmost Sweden. It gives full Photogrammetry l European coverage for direct data reception from Earth Obser- Consulting, Photogrammetry l vation satellites. Consulting, Surveying l SSC is part-owner of Tromsø Satellite Station in Norway Digital Orthophotography l which receives the ERS, JERS, RADARSAT and NOAA satel- GPS Surveys l lites. SSC also runs the European Space Agency’s satellite l Topographic Mapping station at Salmijärvi close to Esrange for reception of ERS. l Volumetric Surveys Besides the projects mentioned above, there is a multitude l 2D and 3D Vector Collection of other related national and international projects con- l Digital Terrain Model Generation and Collection ducted by SSC Satellit-bild, SSC’s subsidiary for processing l Geographic Information Systems support and distribution of satellite data map products. This includes SURVCON INC. currently has three regional supporting provision of: aerial mapping and photogrammetry branch offices in Hous- l Precision-corrected Satellite image maps, ton and Austin Texas. l Sensor composite image maps, Vision l Vegetation and Land Cover or Land Use maps, By the year 2001, SURVCON INC. will strive to be a highly l Digital Terrain Models, visible company known for their customer support, dedica- l Mapping Projects. tion, and service. Quality map production and other spatial map products will be performed for engineering, government, Swissphoto Group AG and utility industries. We develop and market these products Dorfstrasse 53 / Postfach for the public, commercial, and government sectors by con- 8113 Regensdorf-Watt ducting business in a honest and competitive way. Switzerland +41 (0)1 871 22 22; +41 (0)1 871 22 00 (fax) Swedish Space Corporation [email protected]; www.swissphoto.ch PO Box 4207 S-171 04 Solna, Sweden +46-8-627-62-00; +46-8-98-70-69 (fax) At the threshold of the new millennium Swissphoto AG [email protected] ; www.ssc.se and Grünenfelder und Partner AG come together as the Since it was established by the government in 1972, the Swissphoto Group. Swissphoto AG came into existence in Swedish Space Corporation (SSC) has provided the main tech- 1997 after a management buyout of Swissair Photo +

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Vermessungen AG who had been a subsidiary of Swissair for They include: 66 years. At the same time the existing close cooperation Workstation IDIMS (Interactive Digital Image Manipula- with Grünenfelder und Partner AG was also legally formal- tion System)—a complete, UNIX-based processing package ized. By operating jointly under one roof the two ISO 9001 which supports: Automated mapping, All data types, Ad- certified enterprises can more effectively meet the needs of vanced filtering functions, Industry standard graphic inter- their clients. face, Large image file capacity, Varied classification tasks. Swissphoto Group AG is one of Switzerland’s leading ser- Global Data Catalog (GDC)—a powerful spatial database vice providers in the fields of photogrammetry, surveying and management system providing an unusually fast and effi- geomatics. With partners in Switzerland and abroad, cient storage/retrieval environment for all georeferenced vec- Swissphoto Group AG is active on the national and interna- tor data. tional marketplace. The company has been completing inter- Data Acquisition and Control System (DACS) —combines national contracts on five continents for more than sixty years. an easy to use point and click interface for managing and log- With a staff of approx. 120 engineers and technicians, the ging data from airborne sensors with automated cataloging, group provides the following services: georeferencing, image processing and information extraction. l international consulting, training and technical assistance System sensor capabilities include video, scanners, digital l aerial photography camera, FLIR’s and radar. Terra-Mar offers customer support l digital and analytical photogrammetry, scanning, and consulting services for system design and integration. orthophotomapping, DTM, image processing Products may be developed for GIS and non-GIS equipped fa- l cartography and mapping cilities. Site-specific and periodic or repeat airborne monitor- l GIS and geoinformatics ing provides time-critical response to emergency and strate- l cadastral surveys and engineering surveys gic management support situations. l geodata and geoproducts (3D-visualizations, multimedia-products, orthophotomaps) Terra Point. LLC 4800 Research Forest Drive Terra-Mar Resource The Woodlands, TX 77381 Information Services, Inc. 281-364-4081; 281-363-7931 (fax) Post Office Box 369 [email protected]; www.terrapoint.com Mountain Ranch, CA 95246 The Advantage 209-754-3536; 209-754-3537 (fax); [email protected] TerraPoint,LLC, based in The Woodlands, Texas, is a dynamic company that brings together the commercial business Terra-Mar is a leader in orthographic imagery and state-of- strength of TREIC Enterprises, Inc., a subsidiary of the-art spatial data acquisition and management software. Transamerica Corporation, the patented optical technologies Founded in 1976, Terra-Mar specializes in orthophoto map of the NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center and the research production and airborne, real-time photo and mapping sys- expertise of the Houston Advanced Research Center (HARC). tems. Terra-Mar supports an international market, supplying It was created to uniquely provide the highest resolution ter- customized software, ortho production systems, digitized GIS rain data at significantly reduced costs. Additionally, along files, real-time airborne photo mapping and GPS referenced with other Transamerica Real Estate Information Companies remote sensor data acquisition and manipulation. Services business units, TerraPoint can help to provide national tax, and products support various applications including: parcel and flood hazard information while delivering client l Orthorectified aerial photography and map products, solutions. l Navigation technology orthoimagery, TerraPoint is committed to creating the highest resolution l Land cover mapping, Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) l Forest management, Data sets for most major U.S. metropolitan areas. We will l Real-time wildfire mapping, offer off-the-shelf digital terrain data at prices meeting the l Marine oil spill monitoring, budgetary needs of industry and government agencies. This l Reconnaissance data acquisition, commitment, based on investment in technical solutions of- l Environmental monitoring, and fering the highest standards of accuracy and automation, will l Resource assessment. place critical data within the reach of those who need it, Terra-Mar’s mission is to be the dominant supplier of when they need it and at prices they can afford. geospatial imagery, services, software and systems to govern- TerraPoint has completed one of the nation’s largest single ment and industry by making digital images as easy to store, LIDAR projects to date. The Harris County project, which en- retrieve, process and present as text is today. Terra-Mar prod- compasses the country’s third most populous county and ucts are supported by sophisticated software technology fourth largest city – Houston, Texas – covered over 1,700 which can be tailored as stand-alone specialty pro-ducts. square miles. The project required over 350 flight lines and

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crossed 42 USGS topographic quadrangle maps with an aver- products and services. Our corporate headquarters are located age of 275,000 points per square mile. in Burnaby, BC, with regional offices in Canada and the US. Triathlon is a full service geomatics firm that specializes Tomtecs AG Corporation in providing quality orthophoto images, photogrammetric and 46 Ujiniban Uji-city Kyoto 611-0021 Japan cartographic products. Quality is our trademark. This has +81-774-21-6816; +81-774-21-6814 (fax) been achieved through the efforts of a large number of highly [email protected] qualified and experienced professional staff. They are as- http://web.kyoto-inet.or.jp/people/tomtecs/ sisted through regular acquisitions of the best production-oriented scanning, photogrammetric and digital mapping/imag- Tomtecs A. G. is a leading manu- ing equipment available. facturer of photogrammetric system in Triathlon provides a wide variety of image data, mapping Japan, for distribution world wide. and information services: The latest model of the HIEI SE aerial l project management services and ground photogrammetric systems, l management of imaging missions, including ground con- manufactured by Tomtecs A.G. in col- trol configuration laboration with Osaka Optical Ltd., is HIEI SE-II ALPHA. l aero-triangulation of airborne and satellite sensor imagery The system has been developed as the response to the l high resolution digital film scanning growing needs for a mobile, practical, and cost-efficient cam- l quality assurance services era which at the same time meets the photogrammetric stan- l digital photogrammetric mapping dard. The hand-held compactness of the camera body (using l digital forestry related mapping and inventory manage- 5" format) can be best applied for projects such as: ment products Small/Middle Range Area Mapping l l mapping from satellite imagery, including radar City Planning l l digital elevation modeling Mining l l digital orthorectification, precision mosaicking and ra- l Report of traffic accidents, natural disasters, sea disas- diometric balancing ters, etc. l data translation Archaeological Survey l l digital cadastre and many more. l digital map editing and publishing For various applications, the system has optional accesso- l GIS data structuring ries such as: l map conversion services l Giro-Equipped Camera Mount for Vertical Aerial Photog- l digital mapping and imaging training raphy Triathlon is uniquely positioned in a family of high-tech- l Compact Programmable Navigation System nology companies involved in the spatial information indus- l GPS Receiver try. These companies include our principal, MacDonald, l CCD Monitor-Controller Dettwiler & Associates (MDA) in Canada, and their principal, l Remote Controller Orbital Sciences Corporation (OSC) in the US. MDA is the Tomtecs A.G. will keep developing and improving their world’s largest producer of technology for data acquisition, quality products according to their ideal that is to raise processing, infrastructure, archiving and distribution of Earth “Tomorrow’s Technology in Accordance with Growth”. Observation Satellite (EOS) platforms. Orbital is a world For further information, please contact Ken Komazaki of leader in turnkey satellite construction, launch and opera- the International Division at the above address/number. tions services.

TRIATHLON Vexcel Imaging Corporation 2174 Willingdon Avenue 3131 Indian Road Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada V5C 5Z9 Boulder, CO 80301 604-294-8861; 604-294-0663 (fax) 303-440-9790; 303-440-9947 (fax) [email protected] ; www.tmc.bc.ca [email protected] ; www.veximg.com Triathlon is one of the world’s larg- At the 1997 ACMS/ASPRS est photogrammetric, mapping and conference in Seattle, digital imaging companies. Since our Vexcel Imaging Corporation inception in 1984, we have grown to (VIC) introduced the VX4000 over 175 full time employees and family of scanners. This family of products, built on a common earned a worldwide reputation for platform, offers a range of flexibility in terms of price and per- the quality and innovation of our formance not found in any competitive product line.

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In 1998 at the ASPRS conference in Tampa, Vexcel Imag- trists. Aero-Metric is headquartered in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, ing Corporation presented the newest member of its product and, in addition to the Walker office in Seattle, maintains af- family. VIC also showed its widely accepted scanning tech- filiate offices in Anchorage, Alaska; Sterling, Virginia; Fort nology with the VirtuoZo System suite of softcopy photogram- Collins, Colorado; and Minneapolis, Minnesota. metric software. Walker provides services to clients worldwide. The photogrammetric user may select from a range of hardware and software that addresses the needs of those organiza- Wehrli & Associates, Inc. tions whose usage requirements would be classified from ca- 7 Upland Drive sual to moderate to intensive. For the first time it is possible Valhalla, NY 10595 to select from hardware and software suites to match the cur- 914-948-7941; 914-948-7941 (fax); [email protected] rent needs of any given organization. Both the hardware and software offerings allow for modular growth in terms of per- Our goal is to develop and manu- formance with no need to forsake the earlier investment facture leading edge photogrammetric whether it be for the scanner, the workstation, or the software. instrument systems of highest quality at the lowest cost to the user; thereby offering our customers the ability to Walker and Associates earn a fair and quick return on their 12652 Interurban Avenue S. investment. Seattle, WA 98168 For the past four (4) years we have been focused on the 206-244-2300; 206-244-2333 (fax); manufacture of our precision photoscanner RM-1 RASTER-MAS- [email protected] TER. In keeping with our company goal, the RM-1 is distin- Since our founding in 1953, Walker guished by its superior accuracy, image quality and low cost. and Associates has grown to be one of The RM-1 photoscanner operates under Windows/NT or the largest photogrammetric firm in MS-DOS. It has an optical resolution of 10 or 12 microns and the Pacific Northwest. Our local staff an 8-bit or 12-bit sensor. The geometric accuracy is 4 microns of 37 has an average of 15 years of ser- or better RMS in X and Y without image manipulation or vice and includes five ASPRS Certified resampling. Radiometric accuracy is maintained by an opti- Photogrammetrists. Our 10,000 square cally stabilized, rheostat controllable illumination system. A foot Seattle production center is com- temperature stabilizing module is optionally available for the prised of a fully equipped photo lab, stereo compilation, map sensor. editing, and GIS departments. Our photo services department The following principles guided the design of the RM-1 maintains and extensive aerial photo library with coverage RASTERMASTER: Rapid, geometrically and radiometrically dating back to 1936. accurate, high resolution scanning of aerial photographs; No Walkers’ clients from the engineering, industrial, munici- on-line processing of the scanned image for cosmetic pur- pal, state and federal government, civil and military disci- poses; Highly modular design to keep pace with technologi- plines have trusted Walker and Associates to serve their map- cal improvements - easy replacement of modules; User ping needs for 46 years. More than 90% of Walkers’ business choice of Pentium based system controller because of low is from repeat clients. Our in-house services include: cost and approaching obsolescence of “workstation” com- l Aerial photography puter systems. l Airborne GPS-for navigation and for photogrammetric Computing the return on investment for the RM-1 photo- control scanner over a three year period, with one eight-hour shift, l Airborne LIDAR data collection one arrives at a cost of US 8.50 per 12 micron scan of a 9x9” B/ l Digital orthophotography - color and black & white W aerial photograph. This computation is based on amortiz- l Full-service photo lab ing the RM-1 over a three year period and on fully loaded l Soft Copy Photogrammetry overhead costs (USA cost basis). l Analytical aero-triangulation The RM-1, installed world-wide, supplies images to all l Digital Terrain Model collection softcopy, orthophoto and aerotriangulation software systems. l GIS base mapping l Volumetric mapping Western Air Maps Digital image scanning & image processing l 9401 Reed Road l Mr SIDÒImage Compression Overland Park, KS 66207 l Photogrammetric consulting 913-652-9211; 913-652-9933 l Historical photography library [email protected]; www.westernair.com As part of the Aero-Metric group of companies, Walker draws on the strength provided by six offices with more than Western Air Maps, Inc. is a full service photogrammetry 300 employees including 40 ASPRS Certified Photogramme- firm serving professionals for 40 years, making us the oldest

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firm in Kan. Our extensive list of in-house services includes mapping capability. This capability includes four Zeiss ana- aerial photography, digital orthophotography, DTM, DEM, to- lytical stereoplotters, multiple digital orthophoto worksta- pographic mapping, update mapping, airborne GPS, conven- tions including an Autometric IPS Softplotter, and a Leica/ tional surveys, mosaicing and sheet scanning. We are busi- Helava DSW/300 photogrammetric scanner. The company is ness partners with Intergraph, ESRI, LizardTech, Space also equipped with and experienced in operating a variety of Imaging and the USGS allowing us to provide the hardware softwares including MicroStation, AutoCAD, ArcView, ARC/ and software that compliments our digital maps. The partner- INFO, and a MetaMap. ships also allow us to provide a full range of options making WSI has performed work throughout the U.S. as well as in Western Air Maps a true full service in-house provider of pho- several foreign countries. togrammetric and surveying services. For further information on the company’s capabilities or em- To exceed in this highly technical profession, we staff pro- ployment opportunities, please feel welcome to write or call. fessionals with higher education in geography, cartography and civil engineering and we have certified photogramme- Wiser Company, LLC trists and registered land surveyors. These individuals work 1431 Kensington Square Court as a cohesive team providing our clients with outstanding Murfreesboro, TN 37130 quality and service. 615-896-7375; 615-890-7016 (fax) Keeping abreast of the ever-changing photogrammetry en- [email protected] ; www.wiserco.com vironment is another key concept we stay on top of. Western Air Maps continues to ride the wave of technology, providing The professionals at Wiser our staff with the latest equipment and training to get the job Company have over 30 years of ex- done, on time and within budget. For instance, we recently perience providing engineering, added several soft copy workstations and continue to add to mapping, and field services for our computer storage capacity to protect the imagery we work government, industrial, and com- with. Western Air Maps also provides technical presentations mercial clients. The firm provides on computer methods and photogrammetric techniques for a full range of professional ser- student organizations, state surveying societies, government vices related to site development, transportation, and public agencies and other professional groups. works projects. The firm’s field services include photogram- Western Air Maps is a recognized leader in the photogrammetric control, conventional boundary surveys, construction metry profession. The combination of our highly trained staff staking, topographic surveys, GPS, real-time GPS, and Aero with the latest equipment equal quality professional services. GPS. Mapping capabilities include aerial topographic map- The core element of our vision statement is ‘Professionals ping, facilities mapping, Raster Orthophoto production, and Serving Professionals’. We have demonstrated our commit- use of digital photogrammetric production systems. Forty pro- ment to our vision over the past 40 years and continue to fessional and support staff work in the firm’s headquarters in meet and exceed client expectations. Murfreesboro, Tennessee. The firm’s mapping division represents a diverse base of Williams-Stackhouse, Inc. experience and technical skills. The mapping department 2118 Mannix Drive utilizes state-of-the-art equipment, including Intergraph San Antonio, TX 78217 InterMap Digital (IMD) Stereo Instruments, and generates a 210-824-6301; 210-827-8017 (fax); [email protected] wide range of mapping products. Meeting the needs of the client, both technically and timely, our photogrammetrists Williams-Stackhouse, Inc. was founded in 1938 as a sur- and graphics technicians are able to perform a multitude of veying and civil engineering company, and in the fifties ex- tasks, including the following: panded its capability to include aerial mapping. It now spe- l Planimetric mapping (at a 1:40 scale and greater) cializes in photogrammetry and offers services as follows: l Topographic mapping (with 1-foot contours and l Aerial Photography greater) Control Surveys l l Triangulation l Analytical Aerotriangulation l Digital orthophotos l Digital map Compilation l Orthophoto extraction l Digital Map Updating l Photographic warps l DEM/DTM Collection l Orthophoto plotting l Volumetric Calculations l Creation of tax maps l Image Scanning l Creation of utility maps l Digital Orthophotograpy l All forms of GIS mapping l GIS Services l Image interpretation In recent years, the company has made a major commit- l Volume calculations ment to developing and maintaining state-of-the-art digital l Creation of “tif” and “tfw” files

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l File translation for utilization via related programs Z/I Imaging l Products deliverable on CD, 8mm, or zipdisk media 301 Cochran Road, Suite 9 Huntsville, AL 35824 Woolpert LLP 888-538-0713 or 256-730-1590; Europe +49 (7364) 20 80 02 409 East Monument Avenue 205-730-6750 (fax); [email protected] Dayton, OH 45402-1261 www.ziimaging.com 937-461-5660; 937-461-0743 (fax) Z/I Imaging Corporation is a joint [email protected] ; www.woolpert.com venture corporation between A leader in providing engineering, sur- Intergraph and Carl Zeiss that com- veying and related professional services for bines the optics and precision me- nearly a century, Woolpert has earned a repu- chanics expertise of Carl Zeiss with tation as a pacesetter in Photogrammetry, Intergraph’s experience in worksta- Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Sur- tion and software development to create a new generation of veying/Global Positioning Systems (GPS), technology. We offer a comprehensive product line to meet and Information Technology. your end-to-end digital photogrammetry needs. Our solutions Founded in 1911, Woolpert has been providing quality include: mapping services since 1974. An international provider of Aerial Photography – Z/I Imaging introduces the Digital photogrammetric services since 1969—and a USGS service Modular Camera (DMC) – a revolutionary system that will be provider since 1993—Woolpert has the capability to handle used in both mapping and reconnaissance aerial photogra- every step of the photogrammetric process and to link the re- phy. Our RMK TOP aerial survey camera system offers superb sulting mapping and orthophotos to related data. image quality, optimum suitability for GPS-supported photo- Woolpert’s Photogrammetric services include: DOQ and graphic techniques, and easy integration into photo-flight DEM/DTM production, aerial photography/videography; air- management systems. The KS-153 camera family provides borne GPS; GPS/conventional surveying; photogrammetric proven performance. The KRb8/24F drone camera is for low- mapping and remote sensing; orthophoto rectification; DTM to-medium altitude reconnaissance missions. modeling/LIDAR mapping; AM/FM GIS and LIS design and Digital Photogrammetry – Z/I Imaging offers a comprehen- development; and digital orthophotography/data conversion. sive line of digital photogrammetry products, including the ® Woolpert’s GIS services include: Internet/Intranet applica- industry-leading ImageStation™ Z and PhotoScan that are tion development; database design; data conversion/develop- powered by multiple Intel processors running Microsoft Win- ® ment; application development; GIS maintenance and other dows NT operating system. Our ImageStation Stereo value added development and custom applications. Softcopy Kit (SSK) turns a standard PC into a precision digi- Woolpert takes pride in being one of the few firms that tal stereoplotter. ImageStation OrthoPhoto is a stand-alone owns and operates all the equipment needed for GPS survey- image rectification and automatic mosaicking product. ing, aerial photography, analytic triangulation, photogramme- ImageStation ImageServer provides Web-enabled try, digital orthophotography, and other GIS services. We enterprisewide data and project management in mono or ste- maintain and upgrade our state-of-the-art technology to ac- reo. e-geo provides the tools for e-commerce. In addition, we commodate the latest software releases and equipment en- provide solutions for project and data management; orienta- hancements. tions and triangulation; feature collection; and digital terrain Woolpert’s Technology services include: Computer-related model generation. consulting; application development; hardware and software Analytical Plotters – The Planicomp P-Series analytical acquisition, configuration, setup, and training; and network stereoplotter features 2µm accuracy, high operating conve- configuration planning and design. nience, and more. All our innovative technology services have grown from a Remote Sensing – Geographic imaging solutions include background in engineering design, so we know how to make image backdrop display and plotting for GIS and CAD vector our mapping and technology products work in the real worlds data, image processing, and advanced imaging, including of government and industry. Our design specialties include complete remote sensing capabilities with the three-level Im- Site Development, Transportation, Environmental Engineer- age Viewer, I/RAS C™, and Image Analyst products. ing, Facility Planning and Design, and Water Resources. Services – Z/I Imaging is dedicated to providing world- At Woolpert, our focus is on the client, not on us. Our high class consulting, training, and support services. Our mission percentage of repeat business is a testimony to our reputation is to bring our customers best-in-class imaging solutions from for client satisfaction. acquisition to exploitation to digital distribution.

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