AirPhotoUSA Signs Deal With Skyline; Company to Supply Aerial Images for 3D Online Applications.Business/Technology Editors WALTHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 22, 2000 AirPhotoUSA, LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control ., a leading provider of aerial aerial: see antenna, in electronics. imagery, and Skyline Software Systems, Inc. a provider of unique interactive 3D fly-through experiences over a "Digital Earth" have agreed to integrate AirPhotoUSA's one-meter color imagery into Skyline's three-dimensional (3D) mapping technology and market the capability to Skyline's business partners. Skyline's 3D imaging capability is being demonstrated to visitors to the RealComm Commercial Real Estate Technology Conference in Dallas this week. The technology can be seen in the "Specialty Exhibits" and in the AirPhotoUSA booth numbers 601/701. Under the terms of the agreement, AirPhotoUSA will make available to Skyline Software Systems its archive of current, seamless, true color (1) Specifically, refers to 16,777,216 colors (24-bit color). See high color. (2) Generically, refers to photo-realistic color (typically requires 24-bit color as a minimum). , 1-meter digital aerial photography This article or section may contain original research or unverified claims. Please help Wikipedia by adding references. See the for details. This article has been tagged since September 2007. . With over 150,000 square miles A square mil is a unit of area, equal to the area of a square with sides of length one mil. A mil is one thousandth of an international inch. This unit of area is usually used in specifying the area of the cross section of a wire or cable. of current coverage, encompassing 32 markets with an additional 36 markets scheduled for collection and processing within the next 12 months Skyline will soon offer interactive 3D fly-through experiences for dozens of cities nationwide. The bulk of the current coverage is comprised mostly of western U.S. metropolitan areas with the majority of the new coverage being comprised of east coast metropolitan areas. AirPhotoUSA, is an industry leader in providing current, true color, 1-meter, seamless digital ortho-rectified aerial photography to real estate professionals, transportation agencies, planning officials, GIS (1) (Geographic Information System) An information system that deals with spatial information. Often called "mapping software," it links attributes and characteristics of an area to its geographic location. professionals, engineering and environmental consultants, state and local municipalities, and virtually anyone who needs high-quality imagery at an affordable cost. "Skyline will serve to enhance AirPhotoUSA's already strong real estate product line," said "JR" Robertson, AirPhotoUSA's Founder and Chief Executive Officer. "The relationship with Skyline will enable AirPhotoUSA to greatly expand its current digital offering by now expanding into the 3D market using Skyline's current technology. The speed with which the 3D data can be accessed over the Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the will be a major breakthrough for the real estate industry. Aerial imagery will be used in ways we could not even comprehend a few years ago which will open new avenues for product development and expanded customer base." Shimon Sharon, President and Chief Executive Officer of Skyline, commented, "We're pleased that our partnership with AirPhotoUSA will allow us to rapidly expand our Digital Earth coverage and bring targeted geographic content to a broad audience on the Internet. Our goal is to provide the best quality coverage possible for the entire Earth and to accomplish that difficult task we are partnering with leading data providers of aerial images An aerial image is a projected image which is "floating in air", and cannot be viewed normally. It can only be seen from one position in space, often focused by another lens. such as AirPhotoUSA. Skyline's technology is well suited to Real Estate applications, including providing aerial views of listings on the World Wide Web." Skyline co-founder and Executive VP for Business Development, Ronnie Yaron added, "Our unique technology allows us to convert actual satellite and air photos into 3D environments that can be explored over the Internet via the free TerraExplorer(R) viewer." Skyline intends to have about 50 metropolitan areas from around the world completed by year-end. About Skyline Software Systems Skyline Software Systems, Inc. (www.SkylineSoft.com) is a privately held, Boston-based Internet company, providing breakthrough technology to create, deliver, and interact with content-rich, 3D geographic environments. Based on its proprietary streaming and viewing software, Skyline is serving the online media community and, in particular, "geo-referenced" E-commerce companies, including travel and tourism, real estate, and sports media Sports Media, Inc. (SMI) is a Sports Media and Marketing company that produces radio and television programming as well as representing professional athletes. 2002 Cowboys Live - Hosted by Dallas Cowboys Joey Galloway . About AirPhotoUSA, LLC. AirPhotoUSA (www.AirPhotoUSA.com), based in Phoenix, Arizona Phoenix /ˈfiːˌnɪks/ (English: Phoenix, Navajo: Hoozdo, lit. "the place is hot", Western Apache: Fiinigis) is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. is an industry leader in providing current, true color, 1-meter, seamless digital ortho-rectified aerial photography. AirPhotoUSA's simple and easy to use interface, PhotoMapper(TM) allows the user to manipulate manipulate To cause a security to sell at an artificial price. Although investment bankers are permitted to manipulate temporarily the stock they underwrite, most other forms of manipulation are illegal. tens of gigabytes of aerial information in real-time on a very low-end computer system. |
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