IPS Overview

About UsEstablished 2004, Metro Washington DC Developed advanced remote sensing software, solutions, and servicesDedicated R&D and production facilitiesEsri Silver PartnerGlobal reach through unique collection techniques

Why Photogrammetry?High-quality Output dataWide range of uses for Output data

Basic aerial mappingChange/anomaly detectionMultispectral imagery3D modeling/simulations

Science and art combinedVisually beautiful end productGeographically/mathematically sound

What is an Orthomosaic?Ortho-rectification + Mosaicing = Orthomosaic

Ortho-rectification corrects imagery for distortions using elevation data and camera calibration informationMosiacing is the process of stitching multiple images together into one single image

Why is it important?Gives big-picture, geospatially accurate views of large areas of interest

How it’s made?The Photogrammetric Process

The Process

What is Photogrammetry?Determines the geometric properties of photograph(s)Should be geographically accurate

Does not necessarily mean geographically accurate

Geography matters

Raw Images & GPS

Matching & Correlation

Terrain Extraction (Elevations)

Stitching

Seamline Generation

Mosaic

Raw Images & GPS

Geo-referenced

Color-balancedSmooth Seamlines

Uniform Brightness

Workflow

Mosaic

Photogrammetric Software

Challenges

Automatic Image MatchingLarge Bundle Blocks of ImagesAccurate Image MosaicingVisible Seam-lines Between Images in a MosaicSensor CalibrationWorkflow AutomationPoor Quality Inputs = Poor Quality Outputs

Our SolutionAerial photogrammetric processing softwareBased on remote sensing and collection expertiseCompatible with any frame-based sensor (Platform agnostic)Creates high-resolution products

Digital Terrain/Digital Surface MapsOrthophotos3D models from raw image dataOblique/Thermal processing

Training, support and installation services

IPS AdvantagesAccuracy

Quality control toolsCamera calibrationStitches homogeneous areas

EfficiencyAutomated, modular workflow

ScalabilityLarge number of imagesStandards-based

IPS Workflow

Raw Image Captured Geo-Referenced Images

Ortho-RectifiedMosaic (Pre Q/A)

Actionable Product (Post Q/A)Capture Post-Flight

Product Operational

Product

Final Product

Flight Ground Process

Final Orthomosaic

Contact us:info@icaros.us

+1 301-339-8967