Technology Alliance Program
Phase One cameras are integrated with complementing components in diverse aerial imaging systems. This page shares the experience gained by Phase One and other building block providers in generating an airborne photography system.
Technologies
Flight Management Systems
www.geocloud.work is a cloud-based platform providing remote access to a variety of professional desktop software on a pay-per-use or period subscription basis.
GGS AeroTopoL is a mission planning and Flight Management Software for corridor and topographic mapping including multi-sensor setups and DTM adjustment. Especially for powerlline monitoring with helicopters and UAVs. It’s the wavy line option is a very unique feature.
IGI Systems – IGI’s GPS based flight guidance system or Computer Controlled Navigation System (CCNS), a world-first for survey flights, coupled with IGI’s mission planning software offers a complete and comprehensive solution for mission planning, aircraft guidance, and sensor management.
Softnav Systems – Filanda Inc. specializes in software and hardware solutions for navigation, data recording, and other aeronautical applications. In addition to existing products, the company offers custom development for specific needs and projects.
TopoFlight – 3D flight planning and navigation
GNSS
Applanix – POS AV Engineered for aerial cameras, scanning lasers, imaging sensors, synthetic aperture radar, and LIDAR technology.
NovAtel – SPAN® technology tightly couples our OEM precision GNSS receivers with robust Inertial Measurement Units (IMUs) to provide reliable, continuously available, position, velocity and altitude data – even through short periods of time when satellite signals are blocked or unavailable.
IGI Systems – AEROcontrol / TERRAcontrol is a GNSS/IMU navigation system for the precise determination of position and attitude of an airborne or mobile mapping solution. The AEC/TEC Compact systems are available with MEMS or FOG IMU’s to optimally support different flight levels or GNSS denied areas.
LiDAR
IGI Systems – Integrated Phase One Industrial cameras in combination with Riegl or Optech LiDAR sensors for a combined solution. IGI designs systems for a variety of aircraft, from large airplanes and helicopters to ultralight airplanes and gyroplanes or even remote piloted aircraft systems (RPAS, UAV). For a complete sensor suite hyperspectral or thermal sensors can be added as well.
Riegl – State-of-the-art hardware for terrestrial, industrial, mobile, airborne, bathymetric and UAV-based laser scanning with appropriate, equally innovative RIEGL software packages for data acquisition and processing.
Teledyneoptech – Advanced lidar and camera survey instruments for airborne, mobile and terrestrial mapping.
Processing Software
PCI Geomatics is the developer of Geomatica® – a complete and integrated desktop software that features tools for remote sensing, digital photogrammetry, geospatial analysis, map production, mosaicking and more. Geomatica® software enables users to apply imagery in support of a wide range of applications such as the environment, agriculture, security and intelligence, defense, as well as in the oil and gas industries.
Pix4D – Pix4Dmapper Pro is a software for professional drone-based mapping, purely from images.
SimActive‘s Correlator3D™ software is a patented end-to-end photogrammetry solution for the generation of high-quality geospatial data from satellite and aerial imagery, including UAVs.
Skyline is a leading provider of 3D earth visualization software and services that enables the creation and dissemination of interactive, photo-realistic 3D environments.
Trendspek – Know the exact condition of every millimetre of your physical assets through detailed 3D models with true-to-life resolution, all at your fingertips.
Trendspek takes all the image data on your assets and turns them into visual models along with the tools you need for inspections, workflow, planning and collaboration so you can make quick yet fully-informed decisions based on water-tight data.
Stabilizers
GSS designs the most advanced and stable integrated gimbal camera solutions, utilizing latest INS and AR technology, to deliver exceptional systems for the production, broadcast, utility and surveillance markets. If you can dream it, you can do it with a GSS gimbal.
IGI Systems – 3 axis gyrostabilized mounts including GNSS-INS and Camera interface.
Somag – Compact Design Mechanical Gimbal System Independent Operation Leveling Option Digital Control System with integrated Electronics.
UAV Payloads / Drones
Acecore – Founded in 2013, Acecore Technologies is a leading developer and manufacturer of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles for cinema and creative, industrial, and security markets. Based in The Netherlands, Acecore uses only locally sourced materials and OEM components. The Neo, Zoe and Noa are proudly designed as functional, safe, and beautiful European-built UAVs.
Aerialtronics, a Dronevolt Group Company, is an end-to-end solution developer that utilizes AO drones, artificial intelligence and IoT data to provide customers with augmented and actionable insights that create a perfect synergy between aerial applications and everyday operations.
ATI to provides UAS operators with a one stop shop and resource for their UAS needs.
Carbonix designs, manufactures and develops long-endurance fixed-wing UAVs with VTOL (Vertical Take-Off and Landing). The airframes are made from prepreg carbon fibre derived from America’s Cup racing. They are fitted with custom avionics and controlled via bespoke software.
Censys Technologies is a US Manufacturer of medium to long endurance Vertical Take-off and Landing Fixed-wing sUAS, focused on making Beyond Visual Line of Sight drone flight common in the United States and around the world. With a focus on capability per dollar, Censys offers hot-swappable payloads on the same airframe ranging from thermal, multispectral, and 100MP sensors, to gimballed EO/IR payloads.
CopterSystems GmbH is manufacturing unmanned aerial vehicles for different applications.
Germandrones develops and produces unmanned aerial systems (UAS) for professional purposes. Our UAS Songbird combines the efficiency, speed and long range of traditional aircraft with the vertical take-off and landing ability (VTOL) of modern multirotor drones.
GGS has two UAV systems, AeroSpector and AeroSpector-S for professional operations. Long duration and big payload enable combined missions with Lidar and aerial imaging for more than 40 minutes. GGS has its own smart Gimbal solutions.
The mdMapper3000DµoG VHR combines the lifting power, resilience, and efficiency of the Microdrones md4-3000 aircraft platform, a perfectly integrated Phase One camera, and the power of direct georeferencing. This results in an unparalleled one pixel mapping accuracy from a drone flight height of 1000 ft.