Rapid and accurate imagery output of the Digital Mapping Camera key for mapping of US shoreline and major ports for National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Z/I Imaging Corporation, an Intergraph Company, announced that Aero-Metric, Inc. (Sheboygan, WI) has purchased the Z/I Imaging Digital Mapping Camera (DMC) system, which provides a complete digital workflow for data acquisition that includes mission planning, sensor management, digital imagery processing and photogrammetric software. A leading photogrammetric engineering firm for Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Aero-Metric's range of services include aerial photography, photogrammetry, survey and customized, specialty services for satellite imagery processing and remote sensing. As the recipient of a recent National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) contract to provide shoreline mapping services, Aero-Metric will use the DMC to produce maps for some of the estimated 95,000 miles of U.S. shoreline or any of the nation's 48 major ports. By utilizing the DMC with its innovative framing technology and multi-use sensor, Aero-Metric can capture large-, medium- and small-scale imagery with a reduced number of photoflights while ensuring highly accurate input for the downstream processes. This ensures that the resulting maps are precise.

Aero-Metric, Inc. chose Z/I Imaging's DMC because of its highly innovative modular design based on Charge-Coupled Device (CCD) matrix (frame) sensors. "Because Z/I Imaging and Aero-Metric, Inc. are innovators in the photogrammetric industry we know that we can depend on the leading-edge technology of the DMC to rapidly produce final products that satisfy our most demanding customers," said Bernard Schur, President, Aero-Metric, Inc. "The technical advantage of the DMC's 12-bit imagery will ensure that extremely accurate geometry is delivered for producing the exact results needed in an automated mensuration and triangulation workflow. For our aerial missions, we also need to be able to move large amounts of image data from an aircraft operating in remote areas back to the central processing facility. The DMC not only provides us with the tools to do all this but it makes sure that it rapidly delivers the data, so we can efficiently meet our deadlines."