Z/I Imaging Advances Photogrammetric Workflows with Support of Latest Generation of Satellite Sensors.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers HUNTSVILLE, Ala.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 24, 2003 ImageStation software applications now process IKONOS, QuickBird, SPOT, IRS An abbreviation for the Internal Revenue Service, a federal agency charged with the responsibility of administering and enforcing internal revenue laws. 1C/1D, and LANDSAT satellite imagery Satellite imagery consists of photographs of Earth or other planets made from artificial satellites. History The first satellite photographs of Earth were made August 14, 1959 by the US satellite Explorer 6. Z/I Imaging Corporation, an Intergraph (Nasdaq:INGR) company, today announced that it has extended its suite of ImageStation(R) software applications to include support for several imaging satellites. Using the ImageStation suite of photogrammetric products, customers can now process satellite imagery from Space Imaging's IKONOS(TM), DigitalGlobe(TM)'s QuickBird(TM), SPOT Image's SPOT, Indian Remote Sensing's IRS 1C/1D, and EOSAT's Landsat(TM) sensors for earth imaging applications. As a complement to existing ImageStation products, these new photogrammetric offerings advance the accuracy of map production and provide customers with a more cost-efficient means to produce maps than with the traditional use of 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. . Resolution accuracy and lower price points are driving the broader use of satellite imagery in new applications and in smaller organizations and governments worldwide. The accuracy of one-meter resolution satellite imagery makes it ideal for applications, such as urban planning urban planning: see city planning. urban planning Programs pursued as a means of improving the urban environment and achieving certain social and economic objectives. , data fusion Data fusion, is generally defined as the use of techniques that combine data from multiple sources and gather that information in order to achieve inferences, which will be more efficient than if they were achieved by means of a single source. with aerial photos, and the integration of cartographic car·tog·ra·phy n. The art or technique of making maps or charts. [French cartographie : carte, map (from Old French, from Latin charta, carta, paper made from papyrus features with GIS data. Additionally, today's satellite imagery provides an effective means for organizations to more frequently revise maps, something they could not previously afford to do. "Satellite imagery covers a much larger area than aerial photography and provides a high automatic mapping potential," said Dr. Mostafa Madani, chief photogrammetrist and product manager, Z/I Imaging. "The expansion of the ImageStation software applications to support the latest generation of satellite imagery complements our existing capabilities and further meets our customers' growing demand for fast and accurate data acquisition for mapping and GIS applications." Commenting on the pairing of the QuickBird sensor model with ImageStation, Matt Wood, QuickBird product manager of DigitalGlobe, said, "We're pleased to partner with the dominant supplier of photogrammetric software solutions to offer customers an accelerated production environment for highly accurate imagery. The unmatched detail and 60 centimeters resolution provided by QuickBird imagery products compliment Z/I Imaging's powerful data acquisition solution set." Z/I Imaging's ImageStation provides a reliable softcopy production environment for the end-to-end photogrammetric workflow from 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. to 3D feature and DTM DTM dermatophyte test medium. collection to orthorectification. Boasting the industry's most integrated workflow, Z/I Imaging's ImageStation application suite includes innovative and flexible functionality for project and data management, scanning, orientation and triangulation, feature collection, digital terrain model generation, and orthophoto creation. Z/I Imaging Background Z/I Imaging Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of Intergraph Corporation, is the world's largest company dedicated to the development and support of Earth Imaging tools. Z/I Imaging provides total end-to-end imaging solutions including aerial cameras, stereo softcopy workstations, photogrammetric scanners and open Microsoft Windows-based image management, processing, and distribution software. Z/I Imaging is a trademark of Z/I Imaging Corporation. ImageStation is a registered trademark of Intergraph Corporation. Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation (company) Microsoft Corporation - The biggest supplier of operating systems and other software for IBM PC compatibles. Software products include MS-DOS, Microsoft Windows, Windows NT, Microsoft Access, LAN Manager, MS Client, SQL Server, Open Data Base Connectivity (ODBC), MS Mail, . Other brands and product names are trademarks of their respective owners. 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