Product overview - Icaros Photogrammetric Suite (IPS)

1. IPS Overview

2. About Us
Established 2004, Metro Washington DC
Developed advanced remote sensing software, solutions, and
services
Dedicated R&D and production facilities
Esri Silver Partner
Global reach through unique collection techniques

3. Why Photogrammetry?
High-quality Output data
Wide range of uses for Output data
Basic aerial mapping
Change/anomaly detection
Multispectral imagery
3D modeling/simulations
Science and art combined
Visually beautiful end product
Geographically/mathematically sound

4. What is an Orthomosaic?
Ortho-rectification + Mosaicing = Orthomosaic
Ortho-rectification corrects imagery for distortions
using elevation data and camera calibration
information
Mosiacing is the process of stitching multiple images
together into one single image
Why is it important?
Gives big-picture, geospatially accurate views of large
areas of interest
How it’s made?
The Photogrammetric Process

5. The Process
What is Photogrammetry?
Determines the geometric
properties of photograph(s)
Should be geographically
accurate
Does not necessarily mean
geographically accurate
Geography matters
Raw Images & GPS
Matching & Correlation
Terrain Extraction
(Elevations)
Stitching
Seamline
Generation
Mosaic

6. Workflow
Raw Images & GPS
Photogrammetric
Software
Mosaic
Geo-referenced
Smooth
Seamlines
Color-balanced
Uniform
Brightness

7. Challenges
Automatic Image Matching
Large Bundle Blocks of Images
Accurate Image Mosaicing
Visible Seam-lines Between Images in a Mosaic
Sensor Calibration
Workflow Automation
Poor Quality Inputs = Poor Quality Outputs

8. Our Solution
Aerial photogrammetric processing software
Based on remote sensing and collection expertise
Compatible with any frame-based sensor (Platform
agnostic)
Creates high-resolution products
Digital Terrain/Digital Surface Maps
Orthophotos
3D models from raw image data
Oblique/Thermal processing
Training, support and installation services

9. IPS Advantages
Accuracy
Quality control tools
Camera calibration
Stitches homogeneous areas
Efficiency
Automated, modular workflow
Scalability
Large number of images
Standards-based

10. IPS Workflow
Flight
Ground Process
Final
Product
Actionable Product
Capture
Raw Image
Captured
Post-Flight
Product
Geo-Referenced Images
Operational
Product
Ortho-Rectified
Mosaic (Pre Q/A)
(Post Q/A)

11. Final Orthomosaic

12. Contact us:
info@icaros.us
+1 301-339-8967