MacDonald Dettwiler Chooses Z/I Imaging as Automatic Triangulation Software Supplier; ImageStation Automatic Triangulation Aerial Triangulation Benchmark.Business Editors & High Tech Writers HUNTSVILLE, Ala.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 22, 2002 Z/I Imaging Corporation announced today that MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (TSE See Tokyo Stock Exchange. TSE 1. See Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE). 2. See Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE). :MDA (1) (Monochrome Display Adapter) The first IBM PC monochrome video display standard for text. Due to its lack of graphics, MDA cards were often replaced with Hercules cards, which provided both text and graphics. See PC display modes and Hercules Graphics. ) has chosen ImageStation Automatic Triangulation triangulation: see geodesy. The use of two known coordinates to determine the location of a third. Used by ship captains for centuries to navigate on the high seas, triangulation is employed in GPS receivers to pinpoint their current location on earth. (ISAT ISAT Illinois Standards Achievement Test ISAT International Subarachnoid Aneurysm Trial ISAT Information Science and Technology ISAT Information and Advisory Service on Appropriate Technology ISAT Illinois State Assessment Test ) as its automatic triangulation (AT) software. MacDonald Dettwiler MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (TSX: MDA) is a Richmond based, Canadian information services and products company, employing over 3000 people throughout Canada, the United States and the United Kingdom, under the MDA brand name. performed an extensive benchmark process analyzing industry automatic triangulation applications. After the technical analysis was complete, the company chose ISAT as its AT solution. "After evaluating the other AT solutions in the marketplace, we chose Z/I Imaging's ISAT to meet our AT workflow and performance demands," said Ron Hunt This article is about the baseball player. For the English soccer player, see Ron Hunt (footballer). Ronald Kenneth Hunt (born February 23, 1941 in St. Louis, Missouri) is a former Major League Baseball player. , chief technical officer of Triathlon Ltd., a MacDonald Dettwiler subsidiary. "Our primary reason for choosing ISAT is its openness and flexibility, which allows us to integrate it efficiently into our production flow." "We are very pleased with the decision made by MDA. Meeting the demanding requirements of a global company like MDA speaks volumes for ISAT's production capabilities. MDA's decision reinforces our expectations of ISAT being the dominant AT solution in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. ." Hank DiPietro, vice president, Americas sales and support, Z/I Imaging. ISAT is an innovative automatic triangulation package that delivers the best-matched multi-ray tie points by using robust built-in bundle adjustment Given a set of images depicting a number of 3D points from different viewpoints, bundle adjustment can be defined as the problem of simultaneously refining the 3D coordinates describing the scene geometry as well as the parameters of the relative motion and the optical during all phases of the image matching operation. The application provides GPS/INS GPS/INS Global Positioning System/Inertial Navigation System data processing, footprint selection that lets users graphically select footprints of photos/models/blocks/strips, unlimited project size using sub-blocks, seamless Applanix POSEO support, camera calibration, automatic parameter selection and analysis for self calibration and more. ISAT offers fully automated aerial triangulation from interior orientation to the determination of tie points to the final block adjustment analysis with delivery of orientation parameters. The software features a built-in, comprehensive block adjustment and full editing tools. The computation time of ISAT is typically 40% faster than other automatic triangulation packages available in the market. MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (MDA) is an information company that provides customers with essential information for decision making in the workplace. The company is a world leader in the development of spatial data infrastructures. Headquartered in British Columbia, Canada, MDA employs 2,000 people in Canada, the United States, and the United Kingdom. Z/I Imaging Background Z/I Imaging Corporation is the world's largest company dedicated to the development and support of Earth Imaging tools. Z/I Imaging provides open Microsoft Windows-based imaging solutions, including aerial cameras, stereo softcopy workstations, analytic stereo plotters, photogrammetric scanners, and image management, processing, and distribution software. Z/I Imaging and ImageStation are trademarks of Z/I Imaging Corporation. Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation. Other brands and product names are trademarks of their respective owners. Copyright 2002 Z/ I Imaging Corporation. All rights reserved. |
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