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Most civil GPS receivers access the C/A code (coarse/acquisition code) transmitted on the L1 frequency

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A powerful, GNSS/Inertial processing software for Direct Georeferencing of airborne imaging sensors. Featuring the advanced Applanix SmartBase™ software and Applanix IN-Fusion™ technology for increased productivity:

• Reduce flight times or fly more lines per mission by flying sharper turns
• Reduce deployment costs by using existing reference station networks and extending the distance that can be flown
• Reduce production costs through rigorous quality checks on reference stations before processing airborne data
• Reduce re-work costs with more robust and accurate integration algorithms

Features and Benefits

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Applanix POSPac Air 5.0 is the industry-leading software for Direct Georeferencing of airborne mapping sensors using GNSS and inertial technology. Optimized for the airborne environment and compatible with a variety of aerial sensors, this smart software solution achieves both maximum accuracy and maximum efficiency for Direct Georeferencing. It contains all the tools that you need to:

• Import, manage and assess the data from your POS AV system and GNSS reference stations
• Produce highly accurate position and orientation solutions from the GNSS and Inertial data logged by your POS AV system
• Generate direct exterior orientation of each image taken by your UltraCam, DMC®, RMK Top, RC20/30, LMK 2000 and Applanix DSS cameras, and export it ready for third party photogrammetry software
• Perform IMU to camera boresight and datum calibration
• Perform mission specific quality assessment and control of direct exterior orientation, camera calibration and datum transformations
• Document and provide full reports pertaining to the solution performance of a given mission
• Plan and manage complete DSS missions
• Develop DSS imagery
• Generate RapidOrtho™ products directly from DSS imagery

With an all-new user interface, and featuring the new revolutionary Applanix SmartBase™ module and Applanix IN-Fusion™ technology, POSPac Air 5.0 provides an unequalled level of productivity, accuracy and robustness to the airborne mapping professional.

POSPac AIR 5.0 is your key to powerful, consistent, reliable, and accurate data… every flight .

Workflow

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POSPac Air 5.0: A Start to Finish Workflow for Direct Georeferencing of Airborne Sensor Data

1. IMPORT AND ANALYZE YOUR DATA
Importing data from your POS AV into POSPac Air 5.0 has been simplified and is now easier than ever... The software automatically analyzes the files and imports what it needs, then runs an automatic quality check on each and every file. Reference station and precise ephemeris data are imported from the internet in one easy step.

2. PROCESS A GNSS-AIDED INERTIAL SOLUTION
With its full range of processing options ranging from Precise Point Positioning (PPP) to Differential GPS+GLONASS to the new Applanix SmartBase module and IN-Fusion technology, the GNSS-Aided Inertial Processing Tools supplied in POSPac Air 5.0 provide you everything you need… including peace of mind.

Introducing Applanix SmartBase™ and IN-Fusion™ Technology for an Unequalled Level of Accuracy and Productivity

• Increase the efficiency, accuracy and robustness of mapping and surveying using GNSS on airborne platforms
• Obtain reliable (decimeter level or better) accuracy from existing reference station networks
• Applanix SmartBase processes data logged from a network of GNSS reference stations to generate a set of GNSS observables corrected for the atmospheric and other geometric errors at the location of the remote receiver in the aircraft
• Applanix IN-Fusion technology post-processes these and the remote reciever observables along with data from the Inertial Measurement Unit to simultaneously solve for the GNSS ambiguities and position and orientation of the aircraft
• Applanix SmartBase corrections ensure that the error due to atmospheric delays is significantly reduced anywhere within the network of receivers, meaning the correct integer ambiguities can be quickly and reliably computed
• Tight integration with the inertial data allows the software to maintain memory of the ambiguities during cycle slips or even full outages

3. COMPUTE THE EXTERIOR ORIENTATION OF YOUR IMAGES
An accurate GNSS/Inertial position and orientation solution is only just the beginning for Direct Georeferencing of airborne mapping cameras. In order to input the data into photogrammetry software, it must be transformed into Exterior Orientation (EO) with respect to a local mapping frame and projection, and the proper calibration parameters (IMU boresight, datum shift) must be computed. With this in mind, the experts at Applanix have created a set of industry leading Photogrammetry Tools that provide everything you need to ensure the highest level of productivity and accuracy. They include:

• Calibration
  • IMU to Camera boresight
  • Datum shift
• Mission Specific Quality Control
  • Boresight check and repair
  • Datum shift check and repair
  • Camera calibration check and repair
  • GNSS base station coordinates check and repair
  • EO chec
• Generation of Direct Exterior Orientation
  • EO for each image in user specified datum and projection

4. PRODUCE ORTHOPHOTOS AND PLOTTER READY IMAGERY FROM YOUR DSS
The DSS Tools provides everything you need to manage data and produce directly georeferenced orthophotos from your DSS. Simply point to the raw image files, POS AV file, and an existing DEM, and a powerful batch RapidOrtho™ processing module takes over to produce full-resolution or sub-sampled orthophotos automatically corrected for radiometric lens falloff, shutter effects, lens distortion and other effects. Or simply run ImageView to produce individual colour corrected images ready for input into any 3rd party Photogrammetry Software package.

INTEGRATED TOOLS AND NEW TECHNIQUES FROM ONE COMPLETE SOLUTION
POSPac Air 5.0 represents an easy step in airborne data post-processing with an integrated functionality for today’s professionals using Applanix integrated inertial/GNSS technology. Take advantage of the new powerful tools and techniques designed to provide complete processing solutions from mission startup to project completion.

For more information about our POSPac Air 5.0 software solution, send email to: pospac@applanix.com