September 22, 2004
Applanix Releases its New POS MV V4 for Marine Vessels

RICHMOND HILL, CANADA - Applanix announced today the release of its new POS MV V4 (Position and Orientation System for Marine Vessels). Based on the company's proven integrated inertial technology, V4 is designed to increase operational capability and system performance, when undertaking multibeam sonar survey operations.

Engineered to operate under the most challenging marine conditions, a number of key components have been incorporated into V4 to enhance the existing capabilities of the POS MV, and provide robust solutions for the marine survey industry. This includes Trimble's latest Maxwell Custom L1/L2 GPS technology and the Zephyr geodetic antenna, which allows for super-accurate horizontal and vertical measurement, together with a marked improvement in low elevation tracking performance.

In re-affirming the company's position as the leader in integrated inertial technology solutions, Peter Canter, Director of Marine Products at Applanix commented, "The new POS MV combines a number of improvements primarily in the areas of real-time performance, faster response times and totally reliable raw data logging with microsecond-accurate time stamping. Based on the integration of GPS and inertial technology, the tightly-coupled configuration allows the GPS receiver to serve as a source of observables and provide additional aiding to the inertial navigation system. Raw GPS data from as few as one satellite can be processed directly within the POS MV reducing position drift and RTK re-acquisition time. Hydrographic surveying can now be undertaken much more effectively, particularly in areas where GPS reception is compromised by multipath effect and signal loss, such as close to offshore structures, or in ports and harbors."

Additional POS MV V4 attributes include low noise L1 and optional L2 carrier phase measurements, latency of less than 20 milliseconds (at 20 times per second), and increased component reliability. Current users of existing POS MV systems can take full advantage of the Applanix upgrade program by contacting Applanix Marine staff for detailed information.


ABOUT POS MV
POS MV is a tightly-coupled, integrated inertial positioning and orientation system, specifically designed for precision marine motion sensing and hydrographic surveying. The compact, rugged and light-weight system provides a user-friendly, turnkey solution for extremely accurate attitude, heading, heave, position and velocity. The system's proprietary approach to aided inertial navigation allows vessel dynamics to improve data accuracy, and thereby increase the operational window available.

About Applanix Corporation
Applanix, a Trimble Company (NASDAQ: TRMB), develops, manufactures, sells and supports products and solutions for Mobile Mapping and Positioning. Applanix’ Position and Orientation Systems ( POS) are used in a variety of applications, including road profiling, GIS data acquisition, aerial surveying and mapping, railroad track maintenance and seafloor mapping. Established in 1991, Applanix strives to support customers around the world with exceptional service.

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