Trimble DSS Tactical RapidOrtho

Features

• High resolution images from safe flying heights: 250mm lens option allows centimeter-scale ground sample distances (GSD).
• Field-proven: deployed in Afghanistan and Iraq; in use with NOAA, NRL, FBI, and the Canadian DND.
• Ultra-fast image delivery: on-board processing and our unique direct georeferencing allow for the rapid generation of map-ready ortho products within hours of landing.
• Consistent, reliable, highly accurate mapping-grade results: mapping-grade system, as characterized by NASA Stennis, meets USGS and NASA image geometry and standards for mapping applications.
• Rapid deployment: Trimble DSS equipment is portable, rugged, tested for pressure, temperature and vibration. Trimble DSS can be operated by either 1 person or 2, minimizing the risk of in-field downtime. Installation on single-engine aircraft or light helicopter platforms can be completed within 1 hour.
• Rugged, battle-hardened complete solution:
  • Ruggedized hardware
  • Flight planning software
  • Ortho software, DEM generation, and more—all customizable to your needs
  • Integrated computer-controlled azimuth mount for improved efficiency and automatic DEM extraction
  • Integrated direct georeferencing and sensor calibration
  • Field changeable metric lenses with various focal length options, providing maximum flexibility for all flying scenarios

System Components

• Direct Georeferencing for faster production of quality orthorectified imagery without the time, cost, or potential risk of placing personnel in dangerous environments.
  1. RapidOrtho Output: Achieve situational awareness in minutes instead of hours; using pre-existing DEM data. Individual 39MP orthophotos in under 12 seconds per image.
  2. High-Precision RapidOrtho Output: Perform high accuracy mapping, change detection, and more; using self-extracted DEM; post-processed for extremely high orthophoto accuracy.
• Three Applanix AeroLens™ options: 40mm, 60mm, 250mm. Designed and manufactured specifically for airborne environment by Carl Zeiss.
• 250mm Tactical Lens option allows centimeter-scale images from safe flying heights (over 10,000 feet).
• Focal Plane Shutter with shutter speeds up to 1/4000 sec enabling automatic exposure control over most demanding scenes and minimizing motion smear.
• TrueSpectrum Image Chain Analysis for color and color infra-red (CIR) imagery, producing seamless mosaics.
• Radiometric Calibration for optimum color balancing.
• Applanix POSTrack™ Integrated Flight Management System.
• Applanix POSPac MMS™ software, providing a complete directly georeferenced mapping workflow capability within a single GUI, allowing users to launch commands and adjust parameters within a single software suite.
• Seamless integration with Trimble INPHO software (supplied), giving users high processing speed and automation in orthophoto and mosaic production.

Applications

Tactical Mapping, Awareness and Operations

• Threat assessment and preparedness
• Mission planning and operations preparation
• Damage assessment
• Change detection
• Personnel and equipment movement monitoring

Homeland Security Digital Imaging

• Border monitoring
• Change detection

Emergency Rapid Response and Disaster Management

• Gathering baseline data, identifying potential hazardous sites, monitoring high risk areas, and assessing the availability of facilities and equipment necessary to assist in emergency response activities.
• Immediate post-event applications: image acquisition for damage assessment, search and rescue, reconnaissance, critical infrastructure mapping.
• 1-2 weeks post event: acquire imagery for more fully developed data designed for recovery, infrastructure assessment, rebuild planning, etc.
• Longer term: complete data for insurance references, studies of the event, evaluation of recovery efforts and overall disaster management, catalog and archive for future access.

Literature

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