Phase One 100MP 4-Band System Integration by GGS: One Solution; Multiple Applications

Smooth Integration

Phase One’s iXU-RS1900 camera offers exceptional aerial image coverage, high accuracy, and quality, presenting an excellent alternative to traditional large format cameras in diverse aerial survey applications such as mapping, 3D City modeling, remote sensing, precision agriculture, disaster management and monitoring. Aerial missions with the dual head configuration become highly productive when compared with a single camera setups.

Phase One’s 100MP 4-band system is a well-integrated and flexible solution for different tasks in aerial surveying projects. The iXU-RS1900 is combined with an additional achromatic iXU-RS1000 camera with 50mm lens, to simultaneously capture RGB and NIR images thus providing 4-Band (R,G,B,NIR) or CIR imagery. iX Capture software supports a perfect workflow to create the requested images for various projects.

The 4-band system mounted on GGS’s AeroStab-M fully compensated gyro-stabilizer is a very flexible and powerful combination that effectively covers vast areas. The AeroStab-M can host 3 to 4 Phase One cameras, with a hole diameter of just 240mm. In combination with AeroTopoL (flight management system) FMS several evaluation missions were performed with a Cessna 206 over the city of Speyer, Germany.

Image: 3D Model of Speyer, Germany – GGS 2018 ©

Industrial Site Survey

Peter Schmitt (Dipl.-Ing.), publicly appointed surveyor, was assigned to update the facilities of Pfalz Flugzeug Werke in Speyer.

“In the past, the infrastructure of industrial areas was updated with classical surveys, GPS and Total Stations. High-resolution aerial images from Phase One are now used to generate true orthophotos and close the gaps where surveys of complex infrastructure cannot be applied using classical methods alone. Results are amazing with a resolution of 3.5cm ground sample distance (GSD), which provides clients with a good planning dataset, perfectly fulfilling their requirements.”

Image: True Orthophoto of Industrial Facilities- GGS GmbH 2018 ©

Flood control and Eco-balance

Data has been provided to both planning teams for Struktur- und Genehmigungsdirektion Süd (Structural and Approval Directorate South) and to Neubaugruppe Hochwasserschutz Oberrhein” (New Construction Group Flood Protection Upper Rhine) for planning and environmental issues.

Heinz-Peter Wierig, Ecological Protection, Struktur- und Genehmigungsdirektion Süd:

“We would be delighted to use this quality of data for our entire project area. The data we received for the Rhine valley, south east of Speyer is a fantastic resource for our flood prevention planning which also includes the environmental issues of the Natura 2000 reservation. The extremely high resolution of 2cm GSD in RGB and NIR shows fine details we haven’t been able to see until now. We can now zoom further into details which help us to protect sensitive ecological areas much better than we used to.”

Image:The Rhine with dikes and ecological areas – GGS GmbH 2018 ©