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Greetings!
Winter and the hectic holiday season are upon us, so we invite you to take some time out for yourself, and catch up on all the exciting happenings at PCI Geomatics as 2006 draws to close.
It has been a busy two months on the tradeshow and conference circuit and you may have seen us globetrotting at the MAPPS/ASPRS show in San Antonio, down under in Canberra at ARSPC, in Cairo at the AARSE show, followed by GeoInt in Orlando. We always look forward to seeing our international resellers, partners, and customers at these events, and we predict an equally exciting 2007 tradeshow season.
We are pleased to announce that PCI’s software and solutions were selected by the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) Satellite Application Centre in Africa to process up to 100 satellite images a day. To read more about this interesting project, click here.
PCI Geomatics will also be supporting the upcoming German radar satellite TerraSAR-X, for image processing, correction and analysis. The satellite is to be launched in February 2007. For further information, click here.
Remember to check out our informative and free webinar sessions – new topics and instructors are coming for 2007!
Read the article in GeoInformatics magazine by Dr. Philip Cheng, Senior Scientist at PCI Geomatics, entitled, “Vexcel UltraCam Image Correction Using Commercial Software”.
 PCI Geomatics recently conducted a customer survey;congratulations to Marcelo Botti of Total Austral (Argentina), winner of a digital camera. Customer feedback is very important to us … thank you to all who participated.
 As we approach 2007, PCI is celebrating 25 years of serving the geomatics community. Thank you to the partners, strategic alliances and customers we have had the good fortune of working with over the years. And a special thank you to David Stanley, CTO of PCI Geomatics, who is also celebrating 25 years of service – congratulations!
On behalf of everyone at PCI Geomatics we wish you a safe and happy holiday season.
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Announcing - Geomatica LidarEngine |
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 PCI officially announced and launched Geomatica LidarEngine at the GeoInt show in Orlando, Florida in November.
Powered by Ambercore Software, Geomatica LidarEngine is a robust, high performance data management, analysis, and visualization tool for processing and analyzing LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) data. LidarEngine allows for rapid, accurate, Lidar data point handling and surface generation, providing DEM information for ortho generation and other analytical processes. LidarEngine offers a complete set of analysis tools that are leveraged by a next generation GIS with exceptional power, speed, and ease-of-use.
To read the full press release, click here.
Available now! Contact your PCI Geomatics sales representative for further details.
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PCI Geomatics now supports ALOS (Advanced Land Observing Satellite) data |
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With Geomatica OrthoEngine, you can now correct and extract information from the imagery derived from any of the three supported sensors offered by the new Japanese ALOS satellite. Our ALOS support includes reading directly from the distribution CD and performing orthorectification for the following sensor data types:
- PRISM - The Panchromatic Remote-sensing Instrument for Stereo Mapping (PRISM) panchromatic 2.5m spatial resolution and stereoscopic imagery.
- AVNIR-2 - The Advanced Visible and Near Infrared Radiometer type 2 (AVNIR-2) sensor 10 meter spatial resolution in the multi-spectral and near infrared bands.
- PALSAR - The Phased Array type L-band Synthetic Aperture Radar (PALSAR) 10 meter spatial resolution in “fine beam” mode and 100 meter resolution in SCANSAR mode.
We now have ALOS. Contact your local sales representative to find out more.
For more information, please click here.
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PCI Geomatics becomes NITF Certified |
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PCI Geomatics is pleased to announce that it has become certified in compliance testing with the National Imagery Transmission Format Standard (NITFS) for Geomatica Focus and Generic Database (GDB).
NITF is the standard for formatting digital imagery and imagery-related products among members, agencies and departments of the United States Government.
Software applications must pass rigorous testing and review processes, and PCI is delighted that Geomatica version 10.0.3 is certified with OrthoEngine also being able to read NITF files (with a separate non-certified implementation).
To read the full press release, click here.
Contact your PCI Geomatics Sales representative for further details.
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Tips & Tricks |
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 You can easily resample an image to a different pixel size using the new V10.0.3 RESAMP program in the Focus Algorithm Librarian, Modeler and EASI environments. This program allows you to efficiently resample a raster image to a larger or smaller pixel size using re- sampling methods, such as "average", which is useful for radar imagery. The input and output files can be in any raster format supported in the Generic Database Library.
Improvements to OrthoEngine V10.0.3 automatic mosaicing include a new "Adaptive Filter" normalization option. The adaptive filter is recommended for images with large, irregular bright and dark areas that cannot be modeled to a Gaussian surface. Patterns that model to a Gaussian surface are better handled by the Hot Spot option. The adaptive filter adjusts the brightness and contrast over local areas, thereby improving image detail while reducing the bright and dark areas over the entire image. It applies an adaptive enhancement using a moving window to calculate the adjustment for each pixel value.
The size of the window will affect the results of the filter. Using a window that is too large will not correct the pattern and using a window size that it too small will exaggerate the contrast causing a rippled effect. The Adaptive filter is particularly useful for auto-dodging and vignetting correction in airphoto applications.
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Come Visit Us |
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 Look for the PCI booth and our friendly and knowledgeable staff at a show near you in 2007:
For a complete list of all of our upcoming events click here.
If you have any further questions, comments, or would like to schedule a focused webinar, please contact: info@pcigeomatics.com.
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