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October 1, 2008 Applanix Delivers Airborne and Land-Based Mobile Mapping Solutions to Limitless LLC for Arabian Canal Project INTERGEO 2008 – Applanix announced today it has delivered its DSS™ and LANDMark™ Mobile Mapping Solutions to Limitless LLC, Dubai, for earth works monitoring of the Arabian Canal project – a massive project which includes the construction of a 75 kilometer waterway in Dubai along with the development of the surrounding 10,000 hectares of real estate. DSS is a complete ready-to-use medium-format digital aerial imaging solution that includes the fusion of a 39 megapixel aerial camera, a flight management system, a GNSS-Aided INS Direct Georeferencing system and a full suite of processing software. Rugged and lightweight for use even under adverse conditions, DSS is purpose built for the airborne environment. Components have been custom-designed and engineered to tightly integrate all of the enabling technologies that make up the system. Limitless will use the Applanix DSS with a LIDAR option, making it an ideal solution for low-altitude corridor mapping applications. The DSS with LIDAR produces directly georeferenced high-resolution orthomosaic color image maps and high-accuracy 3D terrain measurements in the form of laser point clouds and digital surface models. Similarly, the Applanix LANDMark solution produces georeferenced high-density laser point clouds and oblique video imagery, but it operates on the roof of a moving 4-wheel drive land vehicle. Introduced in January 2008, LANDMark integrates hardware and software in a comprehensive bundle that includes LIDAR technology with an Applanix derived processing workflow, a digital camera or cameras, industrial computers and proprietary real time operating, image processing, feature extraction and post-processing software. LANDMark is easily customized as application needs grow and can easily be moved between vehicles. The land and airborne data sets collected from DSS and LANDMark solutions respectively will be combined to produce high-accuracy, high-density 3D terrain models of the dig with built in redundancy. “Partnering with Limitless and adapting our solutions to their operations highlights the differentiation and flexibility of the Landmark and DSS solutions, which are both unique in the marketplace,” remarked Joe Hutton, Director for Applanix. “We are pleased to have been chosen by Limitless to work with them on such a large and important project. The system was designed based on their actual needs in coordination with Prof. Nedal Al-hanbali, Head of the Geomatics Information System Department. Our services and our products have the capability grow as business needs change and we are confident we can deliver exceptional value to Limitless over all phases of this project.” For more information about Limitless LLC, visit: see www.limitless.ae 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. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT: Applanix Corporation Andrew Stott Marketing & Communications PH: (905) 709-4600 x 275 E-mail: astott@applanix.comThis e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it Web site: www.applanix.com |


