Dr Michael Gruber, CTO of Vexcel Imaging GmbH, with the first Ultracam Eagle Prime.
South Australian company AEROmetrex Pty Ltd is the first company in the world to take delivery of the Ultracam Eagle Prime aerial camera, produced by Vexcel Imaging GmbH of Graz, Austria. AEROmetrex will use the camera in their innovative aerial survey and remote sensing practices. Their expertise became internally recognised in 2015 with their 3D modelling project in Onkaparinga in South Australia, as well as their photo-realistic modelling of the the city of Philadelphia.
AEROmetrex signed the purchase contract in September 2015 and the camera is to be delivered on 19th March 2016. The 340 megapixel camera has a format of 23,010 x 14,790 pixels in its panchromatic resolution. It has 4 separate band (R,G,B and nIR) lens assemblies in addition to the 4 panchromatic lens assemblies. Each composite frame produces 1.35GB of image data.
The camera has an interchangeable lens system, with 100mm and 210mm lens configurations available. It has a fully integrated design, carrying 8TB of disk storage, an advanced GNSS navigation system as well as an Inertial Measurement Unit.
The camera is very versatile in its range of applications, offering imagery suitable for urban or regional orthophotography, remote sensing for agriculture and forestry, engineering surveys for construction and infrastructure projects, digital terrain models and digital surface models for environmental, disaster management, insurance and line-of-sight applications for radio and wireless links.
AEROmetrex Managing Director Mark Deuter says that AEROmetrex have been been a long-running Ultracam customer since 2005:
“We were the first Australian company to introduce large-format digital aerial cameras to Australia,” he said. “We have built a strong reputation on the performance of Ultracam cameras and the quality of Ultracam imagery, and we are delighted to be able to offer our clients in the Australian market the latest 3rd generation sensor from Ultracam.
“There has never been a more exciting time to be involved in this technology. The rate of change in performance and the new applications being developed is truly unprecedented.”
AEROmetrex is a privately-held Australian company which has been based in Adelaide for the last 15 years. The company is well known in the spatial and mapping industry, having produced an outstanding series of aerial photography products for all Government agencies, public companies and for global Internet media companies throughout Australia, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea.
AEROmetrex recently acquired the business of Atlass, a Queensland-based aerial LiDAR surveyor. The company has offices in SA, WA, Qld and Victoria.
AEROmetrex’s David Byrne will presenting the latest developments at Locate16, 12-14 March 2016 in Melbourne.
For more information, visit http://aerometrex.com.au/.
