RICHMOND HILL, Ontario, Canada—June
28, 2012: PCI Geomatics, a world-leading developer of
geoimaging software and systems, announced today that it will be providing
advanced image processing services to Geo-Surveys and Mapping Inc. (GSMI) to
produce a high-quality 0.5 meter
pansharpened, color-balanced mosaic of the Philippines. The final deliverable will be used by the Department of Agriculture in the Philippines.
pansharpened, color-balanced mosaic of the Philippines. The final deliverable will be used by the Department of Agriculture in the Philippines.
GSMI turned to PCI’s Professional Production team
to process over 304,000 square kilometers of GeoEye imagery, recognizing the
high caliber of expertise and advanced production methods available through
PCI’s new service offering. A key deciding factor for GSMI in selecting PCI’s
Professional Production Services was to reduce overall project risk by
leveraging the expertise and know-how developed at PCI for the last 30 years,
ensuring that high-quality final deliverables are produced in a timely manner
for their end customer.
“There are some considerable challenges in
mapping the Philippines, an archipelago comprising more than 7,100 islands,”
said Brad Schmidt, VP of Sales and Marketing at PCI Geomatics. “Persistent
cloud cover, discontinuous land areas, and incomplete coverage are some of the
issues that we must address. The GeoImaging Accelerator (GXL) system used by
the Professional Production team leverages industry leading color balancing
algorithms that were developed in-house; these have been very successful in
dealing with the discontinuous imagery. Using GXL, PCI is working diligently to
meet the geometric and radiometric accuracy requirements in a timely fashion.”
The imagery collected by GeoEye consists of
0.5 m panchromatic and 2.0 m multispectral data, which is processed by PCI
Geomatics in an end-to-end workflow that includes multiple processing steps controlled
through quality assurance methods. The workflow includes orthorectification,
pansharpening, and mosaicking – the resolution of the final product will be 0.5
m, and the target accuracy will be 2.0 m CE90 – providing a base data set that
can be used to produce 1:2,500 scale maps. The project is expected to be
completed over an 18 month period; its duration is mainly driven by the
availability of cloud-free imagery.
PCI Geomatics has recently introduced
Professional Production Services and continues to provide solutions to a number
of clients including Esri Inc., which selected PCI to process 50 million square
kilometers of Ikonos imagery using GXL deployed to the Amazon Cloud.
About PCI Geomatics
PCI
Geomatics is a world-leading developer of software and systems to process
aerial and satellite imagery. The company provides integrated Esri imagery
workflows, standalone image processing capability, and large volume processing
throughput, giving customers the ability to produce high-quality image products
and derived information for any project. Find out more at www.pcigeomatics.com/services
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Kevin R. Jones
Director, Marketing and Product Management
T: 819-770-0022 x 214
E: jones@pcigeomatics.com
Web: www.pcigeomatics.com
Director, Marketing and Product Management
T: 819-770-0022 x 214
E: jones@pcigeomatics.com
Web: www.pcigeomatics.com
Twitter: @pcigeomatics
