PCI Geomatics Releases Latest Version of Geomatica 9  

Richmond Hill, Ontario – June 24, 2005: PCI Geomatics® is pleased to announce the newest release of Geomatica® 9, Version 9.1.7. Geomatica is PCI Geomatics’ flagship image-centric geospatial software solution capable of handling both large- and small-scale geomatics projects.

This update offers significant enhancements to Geomatica’s renowned orthorectification and mosaicking capabilities. New features include:

• Improved accuracy of PCI Geomatics’ Rational Functions (RPC) modeling for multiple-image blocks. Features added to support improved accuracy are user-specified polynomial adjustment orders for ground control and support for three dimensional tie points in RPC modeling projects. These changes were made in cooperation with DigitalGlobe, for improved support of QuickBird products containing RPCs.

• Enhanced automatic mosaicking capabilities. Improvements include the ability to ignore significant water and cloud features in color balancing, and the enabling of user-specified match files and histogram trimming.

• Toutin’s Rigorous Model support for the IRS-P6 (RESOURCESAT-1), the latest of the Indian Remote Sensing series of satellites.

For more information on PCI Geomatics visit www.pcigeomatics.com.

For more information on the latest Geomatica software, Quickbird RPCs and the National Map Accuracy Standards (NMAS) please visit http://www.pcigeomatics.com/company/papers/P5052%20van%20Prod
_GI_04_2005.pdf.

For more information on processing IRS-P6 data in Geomatica please visit http://www.pcigeomatics.com/
support_center/quickguides/Ortho_IRS6.pdf.

About PCI Geomatics

PCI Geomatics is a world leading developer of image-centric geomatics software solutions. PCI Geomatics’ flagship software, Geomatica, meets the growing demands of the remote sensing, GIS, cartography, and photogrammetry worlds. PCI Geomatics is celebrating the beginning of its third decade as an industry-leading geomatics solution provider, and has long been recognized for offering high-value geomatics software solutions, advanced algorithms, excellent customer assistance, and product support for the widest range of spatial data formats in the industry.

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