RICHMOND HILL, Ontario, Canada—March 21, 2013: PCI Geomatics, a world-leading
developer of remote sensing and photogrammetric software and systems, announced
today that it has introduced the Historical Airphoto Processing Workflow, also
known as HAP.
The HAP workflow was designed to work with historical airphotos,
providing a semi-automated means to align, orthorectify, and mosaic from
hundreds to thousands of digitally scanned airphotos. The system can greatly
reduce manual labor, double throughput, and achieve high accuracy.
PCI is introducing the HAP workflow as part of its new Production
Workflows, which provide out-of-the-box automation designed for specific
applications. The HAP workflow takes this one step further by providing
customers with a pre-built semi-automated solution, training, and on-site
customization, as may be required. This way, customers are up and running
quickly with a powerful solution.
“We developed the HAP workflow in response to a need for a
solution to correct large volumes of historical airphotos – some libraries have
holdings in excess of several millions of airphotos,” said David Piekny,
Product Manager at PCI Geomatics. “The HAP workflow provides organizations
throughout the world a new method to preserve, and put into operational use,
their valuable historical airphotos. By correcting the imagery, and making it
available in modern GIS and Image Processing software environments, users can
benefit from multi-year image analysis, tracking changes that have occurred
across the landscape.”
The HAP workflow leverages multi-pass processing and
automated ground control and tie point collection, producing an accurate math
model that can be used to produce individual orthos or seamless ortho-mosaics
from hundreds or thousands of airphotos; even without camera calibration files.
The system is built with PCI’s proven Geomatica technology and can be scaled to
meet all requirements for historical airphoto correction.
For more information on the
Historical Airphoto Processing (HAP) Workflow, visit:
About PCI Geomatics
PCI Geomatics is a world-leading
developer of software and systems for remote sensing, imagery processing, and
photogrammetry. With more than 30 years
of experience in the geospatial industry, PCI is recognized globally for its
excellence in providing software for accurately and rapidly processing both
satellite and aerial imagery. PCI has
installed more than 30 thousand licenses, in over 150 countries worldwide. Find
out more about PCI Geomatics at www.pcigeomatics.com.
Press Contact
Kevin R. Jones
Director, Marketing and Communications
T: 819-770-0022 x 214
E: jones@pcigeomatics.com
Web: www.pcigeomatics.com
Director, Marketing and Communications
T: 819-770-0022 x 214
E: jones@pcigeomatics.com
Web: www.pcigeomatics.com
Twitter: @pcigeomatics
