Tag: Laser

Teledyne Optech introduces low-cost, automated airborne surveying at GEOINT 2016

Teledyne Optech is pleased to announce that it will showcase its latest airborne systems including the autonomous Optech Eclipse at the United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation’s GEOINT symposium in Orlando, FL on May 15-18.

As the world’s first autonomous airborne collection system for active and passive data, the Eclipse is a great step forward for low-cost and flexible surveying. The system’s highly simplified operation workflow and innovative sensor motion detection system let pilots manage surveys on their own, eliminating the need for an in-aircraft operator and drastically reducing survey costs. To minimize maintenance costs and down time, the Eclipse lidar system uses a rugged polygon scanner, and an integrated camera with a fully electronic shutter. Combined with a relatively low purchase price, these features make the Eclipse an affordable way for many groups to start collecting high-accuracy spatial data and camera imagery remotely for small-area and corridor surveys.

Visitors can also discover the advanced capabilities of the full lineup of Teledyne Optech airborne lidar systems. For wide-area lidar surveys, the Optech Galaxy uses SwathTRAK technology to maintain efficiency and avoid data gaps caused by rugged terrain, and is completely configurable with Teledyne Optech’s array of thermal, multispectral and RGB cameras. The Optech CZMIL Nova meanwhile provides unparalleled performance in bathymetric applications, surveying even in highly turbid waters to map navigation channels and assess the marine environment, and is available for rental through the CZMIL Project Program. Finally, the multispectral Optech Titan uses three lidar channels (one green, two infrared) to bridge the gap between topographic and bathymetric surveying and improve automated target classification efforts.

All these solutions will be displayed at Booth 1036, where Teledyne Optech’s sister companies Teledyne DALSA, Teledyne Brown Engineering, and Teledyne Imaging Sensors will display their own complementary imaging technologies.

Find out more at www.teledyneoptech.com.

About Teledyne Optech

Teledyne Optech is the world leader in high-accuracy lidar 3D survey systems, integrated cameras, and productivity-enhancing workflows. With operations and staff worldwide, Teledyne Optech offers both standalone and fully integrated lidar and camera solutions for airborne mapping, airborne lidar bathymetry, mobile mapping, terrestrial laser scanning, mine cavity monitoring, and industrial process control, as well as space-proven sensors. Teledyne Optech supports its clients with an around-the-clock team, on-site service, and regular efficiency enhancements to the workflow of its integrated systems. Accuracy and productivity matter!

For further information, please contact your Regional Sales Manager or:

Barry A. Cross

US Sales Manager – Defense & Security

Teledyne Optech, Inc.

150 Lucius Gordon Drive

West Henrietta, NY 14586

Phone: (585) 427-8310 x4204

Mobile: (585) 259-5277

[email protected]

www.teledyneoptech.com

11 May 2016

New Autonomous Airborne Mapping Solution Redefines Industry Expectations

Teledyne Optech is pleased to announce the latest addition to its innovative line of airborne laser terrain mappers, the Optech Eclipse.

The Eclipse is the first airborne collection system that tightly integrates both passive and active imaging sensors with fully autonomous data collection on low-cost platforms. Designed specifically for efficiency in smaller project areas and corridor applications, the Eclipse combines an innovative sensor motion detection system with an eye-safe, high-performance 1.5-micron laser and a high-resolution imaging system for the automatic collection of high-fidelity lidar data and camera imagery, completely eliminating the need for a system operator and operator interface.

Capable of collecting 4-25 pts/m² from a rapidly-moving aircraft, the Eclipse incorporates a rotating polygon scanner and a fully electronic camera and shutter system for high productivity with maximum reliability. Lidar and image data are simultaneously written to a single removable SSD data cartridge and processed in Teledyne Optech’s popular Lidar Mapping Suite (LMS), a full-featured lidar and image processing workflow that includes rigorous least-squares lidar calibration methods, photogrammetric bundle block adjustment, inertial boresight capability and intensive accuracy quantification. Boasting Teledyne Optech’s industry-leading measurement precision for exceptional data quality, the Eclipse enables high-precision surveying with an integrated Applanix OEM POS AV system.

“Reducing costs is the mantra of today’s service providers,” said Michael Sitar, Teledyne Optech’s Airborne Business Manager. “By eliminating the operator from the equation, we are able to reduce operating costs significantly. Coupled with high-performance and high-accuracy capability, and a relatively low price, the Eclipse is the new standard for low-cost, on-demand remote sensing applications.”

First shipments of the Eclipse are planned in Q3, 2016.

Find out more at www.teledyneoptech.com.

About Teledyne Optech

Teledyne Optech is the world leader in high-accuracy lidar 3D survey systems, integrated cameras, and productivity-enhancing workflows. With operations and staff worldwide, Teledyne Optech offers both standalone and fully integrated lidar and camera solutions for airborne mapping, airborne lidar bathymetry, mobile mapping, terrestrial laser scanning, mine cavity monitoring, and industrial process control, as well as space-proven sensors. Teledyne Optech supports its clients with an around-the-clock team, on-site service, and regular efficiency enhancements to the workflow of its integrated systems. Accuracy and productivity matter!

For further information, please contact your Regional Sales Manager or:

Wayne Szameitat

International Sales Manager

Teledyne Optech

300 Interchange Way

Vaughan, Ontario, Canada L4K 5Z8+1 905 660 0808[email protected]www.teledyneoptech.com

12 April 2016
Innovative solutions for bathymetry at Oceanology International 2016

March 7, 2016 — Teledyne Optech is pleased to announce that it is taking its most powerful and flexible surveying tools to London, England for Oceanology International 2016 on March 15-17. Members of Teledyne Optech’s science and engineering team will be at stand F100 to explain the full capabilities of these tools and show how they can help governments, businesses and researchers to monitor the coastal environment quickly and accurately.
The world’s most advanced airborne lidar bathymeter, the Optech CZMIL Nova, is now available for rental, putting it within the reach of many medium-sized organizations and government groups. Teledyne Optech staff will explain how the CZMIL Nova collects lidar, hyperspectral and photogrammetric data simultaneously, and how its advanced Optech HydroFusion workflow automatically generates a wide range of deliverables including bathymetric, water/seafloor reflectance, and benthic classification maps. Interested parties can also learn about renting the system with the support of Teledyne Optech’s highly trained operators through the CZMIL Project Program, or hear about CZMIL Nova’s recent successful projects, including Gatun Lake for the Panama Canal Authority, portions of the Korean coast for the Korean Hydrographic and Oceanographic Administration (KHOA), and a demonstration in the turbid waters of Tampa Bay, Florida.
For efficient topo/bathy surveying and advanced target classification, Teledyne Optech will also present the capabilities of the Optech Titan, the world’s first commercial multispectral airborne lidar. Equipped with a water-penetrating green channel and two infrared channels, the Titan maps both land and shallow coastal waters efficiently in the same flight. In addition, the Titan’s three separate wavelengths enable automated target classification, helping surveyors differentiate trees, soil, grass and more.
Harbor managers and port authorities looking for a low-cost survey solution will be interested in the integrated lidar/sonar solution developed with our sister company Teledyne RESON. By combining a long-range Optech ILRIS terrestrial lidar scanner with a RESON SeaBat multibeam echosounder on a light watercraft, this solution lets surveyors map above and below the waterline simultaneously and view the data immediately in Teledyne PDS software.
Find out more at www.teledyneoptech.com or at stand F100.

About Teledyne Optech

Teledyne Optech is the world leader in high-accuracy lidar 3D survey systems, integrated cameras, and productivity-enhancing workflows. With operations and staff worldwide, Teledyne Optech offers both standalone and fully integrated lidar and camera solutions for airborne mapping, airborne lidar bathymetry, mobile mapping, terrestrial laser scanning, mine cavity monitoring, and industrial process control, as well as space-proven sensors. Teledyne Optech supports its clients with an around-the-clock team, on-site service, and regular efficiency enhancements to the workflow of its integrated systems. Accuracy and productivity matter!
For further information, please contact your Regional Sales Manager or:
Wayne Szameitat
International Sales Manager
Teledyne Optech
300 Interchange Way
Vaughan, Ontario, Canada L4K 5Z8
+1 905 660 0808
[email protected]
www.teledyneoptech.com
Seamless topo/bathy data from Optech CZMIL Nova’s recent survey of Korea’s coast (image courtesy KHOA

8 March 2016
Teledyne Optech upgrades Lynx SG with 600 lines per second and real-time LAS file output

February 23, 2016 — Teledyne Optech is pleased to announce two critical performance upgrades designed to once again give a leading edge to users of its Optech Lynx SG and Lynx SG-S mobile survey systems. The programmable scan speed of the Lynx SG and SG-S has been increased by 20% — pushing the already industry-leading Lynx SG platform to 600 lines per second. In addition, all models in the Lynx mobile product line now output a real-time LAS file designed for in-field coverage checks and rapid access to the survey data.

“The maximum scanner speed remains the absolute bottleneck for high-resolution surveys, particularly at highway speeds,” said Albert Iavarone, Business Unit Manager at Teledyne Optech. “This 20% boost in scan performance translates directly into higher resolution data at the target, or the ability to collect data 20% faster. The Lynx SG was already the fastest survey-grade mobile system in the world at 500 lines per second. We focused on increasing it even further to 600 lines per second because that is where it matters most for the industry. Higher laser measurement rates are of modest value if the sensor cannot distribute those points in a uniform fashion and add point density along the track, where it is currently lacking. Increasing the laser rate and adding measurements across the track without simultaneously increasing the scan rate just results in large datasets that add no real value to the end user, while increasing processing time and costs for the service provider. By contrast, boosting the scan performance adds point density and true value to Lynx survey projects.” With support for up to 10 cameras, survey-grade lidar precision, continued industry-leading scanner performance, and a productivity-focused Optech LMS processing solution that provides for real-time calibration, boresight, trajectory optimization and control validation, the Lynx mobile survey system is the pre-eminent solution for transportation and civil engineering applications where accuracy matters.

Find out more at www.teledyneoptech.com.

About Teledyne Optech

Teledyne Optech is the world leader in high-accuracy lidar 3D survey systems, integrated cameras, and productivity-enhancing workflows. With operations and staff worldwide, Teledyne Optech offers both standalone and fully integrated lidar and camera solutions for airborne mapping, airborne lidar bathymetry, mobile mapping, terrestrial laser scanning, mine cavity monitoring, and industrial process control, as well as space-proven sensors. Teledyne Optech supports its clients with an around-the-clock team, on-site service, and regular efficiency enhancements to the workflow of its integrated systems. Lynx: at the intersection of accuracy and productivity. For further information, please contact your Regional Sales Manager or: Wayne Szameitat International Sales Manager Teledyne Optech 300 Interchange Way Vaughan, Ontario, Canada L4K 5Z8 +1 905 660 0808 [email protected] www.teledyneoptech.com

2 March 2016
Optech Titan wins Grand Award and Award for Technology Innovation at MAPPS 2016

Key Teledyne Optech personnel accept the two awards from MAPPS Executive Director John Palatiello, left. (Image courtesy of MAPPS)

February 9, 2016 — Teledyne Optech is pleased to announce that its Optech Titan multispectral airborne lidar has won both the Grand Award and the Award for Technology Innovation at the 9th Annual MAPPS Geospatial Products and Services Excellence Awards. The judges presented the awards to Teledyne Optech in a ceremony at the MAPPS 2016 Winter Conference in Henderson, NV on February 3rd.
As the world’s first commercial multispectral lidar, the Titan impressed judges by using three channels at different wavelengths to open up brand-new applications for lidar surveying, including automated target classification. By merging the point clouds from all three lidar channels (532, 1064, and 1550 nm), surveyors can now determine the relative reflectance of targets along each wavelength. Teledyne Optech’s partners have already developed algorithms for differentiating soil, asphalt, grass, trees, and buildings using Titan’s multispectral data, and have even identified trees by their genus.
The judges also noted that the Titan gives surveyors the flexibility to handle topographic and bathymetric surveying with the same sensor, unlike single-channel lidar systems, which force operators to choose either land or water surveying. In a single flight, operators can efficiently survey topography from high altitude using the Titan’s infrared (1064 and 1550 nm) channels, then use its green (532 nm) channel to survey shallow coastal and inland waters at depths down to 22 meters.
Finally, the judges were impressed by the Titan sensor head’s compact design, which contains an embedded medium-format digital camera for collecting co-aligned imagery, and fits in a standard 16” gyro-stabilized mount to improve efficiency and data quality.
“Teledyne Optech’s ALTM Titan is a marvel in lidar engineering,” said Robert “Bob” Burtch, PS, CP, Professor Emeritus at Ferris State University in Big Rapids, Michigan, and chairman of the panel of judges. “This development allows the collection of bathymetric lidar, topographic lidar and multispectral lidar in one single sensor.”
“We are very proud to have the Titan acknowledged for its innovative design and revolutionary new applications,” said Michel Stanier, Chief Operating Officer at Teledyne Optech. “We have led the lidar industry for over 40 years, and these awards confirm our place on the cutting edge of lidar development.”
Find out more at www.teledyneoptech.com.
About Teledyne Optech
Teledyne Optech is the world leader in high-accuracy lidar 3D survey systems, integrated cameras, and productivity-enhancing workflows. With operations and staff worldwide, Teledyne Optech offers both standalone and fully integrated lidar and camera solutions for airborne mapping, airborne lidar bathymetry, mobile mapping, terrestrial laser scanning, mine cavity monitoring, and industrial process control, as well as space-proven sensors. Teledyne Optech supports its clients with an around-the-clock team, on-site service, and regular efficiency enhancements to the workflow of its integrated systems. Accuracy and productivity matter!

For further information, please contact your Regional Sales Manager or:
Wayne Szameitat
International Sales Manager
Teledyne Optech
300 Interchange Way
Vaughan, Ontario, Canada L4K 5Z8
+1 905 660 0808
[email protected]
www.teledyneoptech.com

10 February 2016
Latest model of Optech Lynx and results from Highways England at TRB 95th Annual Meeting

Teledyne Optech is pleased to announce that it will introduce the latest model of its Lynx mobile lidar system, the survey-grade Optech Lynx SG-S at the 95th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board (TRB) on January 10-14 in Washington, D.C. In addition, Highways England will also be in attendance and available to discuss its use of the Optech Lynx SG to support its business needs for asset management.

The Optech Lynx SG-S mobile survey system hits the right balance between price and performance for most transportation applications. The Lynx SG-S pairs Teledyne Optech’s powerful lidar technology with a best-in-class position and orientation system to produce 3D data with survey-grade precision from a vehicle moving at highway speeds. With the lidar sensor, 360° Ladybug camera and GNSS antenna all placed on a single, compact platform, field operators can remove and reinstall the system quickly without affecting boresight parameters. The Lynx SG-S joins the rest of the Lynx family of mobile lidar systems, which includes the dual-sensor Lynx SG for high-density surveys and the mapping-grade Lynx MG for asset management and utilities.

Teledyne Optech staff will be happy to discuss how our other products can work for the transportation industry, including the Optech Orion C for corridors that require an airborne perspective or the long-range Optech ILRIS terrestrial laser scanner for use on land or integrated with sonar on watercraft. To hear about all of these solutions and put your name in for the free television giveaway, head to booth 1216.

Find out more at www.teledyneoptech.com.

About Teledyne Optech

Teledyne Optech is the world leader in high-accuracy lidar 3D survey systems, integrated cameras, and productivity-enhancing workflows. With operations and staff worldwide, Teledyne Optech offers both standalone and fully integrated lidar and camera solutions for airborne mapping, airborne lidar bathymetry, mobile mapping, terrestrial laser scanning, mine cavity monitoring, and industrial process control, as well as space-proven sensors. Teledyne Optech supports its clients with an around-the-clock team, on-site service, and regular efficiency enhancements to the workflow of its integrated systems. Accuracy and productivity matter!

For further information, please contact your Regional Sales Manager or:

Wayne Szameitat
International Sales Manager
Teledyne Optech
300 Interchange Way
Vaughan, Ontario, Canada L4K 5Z8
+1 905 660 0808
[email protected]
www.teledyneoptech.com

11 January 2016
New results from Optech Titan field tests

New results from Optech Titan field tests at AGU Fall Meeting

December 8, 2015 — Teledyne Optech is pleased to announce our participation at the Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in San Francisco on December 14-18. Feel free to stop by exhibit booth #1206 and check out our display at the Poster Session from 1:40 to 6:00 pm in the Poster Hall. Here you will hear about some of the latest successes of the Optech Titan multispectral lidar for target classification and shallow-water bathymetry.

The poster presentation titled “New, Flexible Applications with the Multispectral Titan Airborne Lidar” (# EP23A-0940) will showcase some exciting new developments for the Titan. This includes a new pixel-based approach to target classification, which uses Titan’s three laser channels to divide targets into four classes (buildings, trees, roads and grass) with 94% accuracy. The Titan’s bathymetry performance has also met and exceeded its predicted depth penetration in clear water, with field tests in Canada showing depth measurements down to 23 m below the water surface. These results break open new applications for multispectral airborne lidars, including coastal/inland water mapping, environmental modeling, and natural resource management.

False-color 3D map created by the Titan on its first project in McMurdo Station, Antarctica

(Image courtesy NCALM)

Please stop by booth #1206 to learn more about the uniquely flexible Titan or any of Teledyne Optech’s airborne or ground-based high-accuracy lidar systems.

Find out more at www.teledyneoptech.com.

About Teledyne Optech

Teledyne Optech is the world leader in high-accuracy lidar 3D survey systems, integrated cameras, and productivity-enhancing workflows. With operations and staff worldwide, Teledyne Optech offers both standalone and fully integrated lidar and camera solutions for airborne mapping, airborne lidar bathymetry, mobile mapping, terrestrial laser scanning, mine cavity monitoring, and industrial process control, as well as space-proven sensors. Teledyne Optech supports its clients with an around-the-clock team, on-site service, and regular efficiency enhancements to the workflow of its integrated systems. Accuracy and productivity matter!

For further information, please contact your Regional Sales Manager or:

Wayne Szameitat

International Sales Manager

Teledyne Optech

300 Interchange Way

Vaughan, Ontario, Canada L4K 5Z8

+1 905 660 0808

[email protected]

www.teledyneoptech.com

9 December 2015
Teledyne Optech a sponsor at 2015 Asian Conference on Remote Sensing

October 14, 2015 — Teledyne Optech is pleased to announce we are a sponsor at the Asian Conference on Remote Sensing (ACRS) taking place on October 19-23 in Quezon City, the Philippines. At the show we will display our most powerful and efficient survey products for the Asian market, and Mr. Judah Westby, Regional Sales Manager, will deliver a presentation on the multispectral Optech Titan.

Mr. Westby’s presentation, titled “New, Flexible Applications with the Multi-Spectral Titan Airborne Lidar”, will explore the wealth of new data that the Titan provides and what can be done with it. First, Mr. Westby will quantify the Titan’s performance in shallow-water surveys, showing how its 532-nm channel penetrates up to 15 meters deep in clear coastal areas. By using all three channels, Titan can also measure up to 900,000 points per second on land, giving it excellent flexibility for both bathymetric and topographic surveys. Furthermore, Mr. Westby will show how the Titan measures 12-bit intensity returns from its 532-, 1064-, and 1550-nm channels separately, enabling the user to identify soil, grass, asphalt, buildings, and even different species of trees. This ability makes the Titan a powerful tool for land classification programs, ecological monitoring, tree farm management, and more.

Teledyne Optech will also display several of our other high-accuracy surveying systems at booth 4C. Here, visitors can learn how the Optech Galaxy’s SwathTRAK™ technology improves efficiency in mountainous terrain, and how even small companies can use the world-leading lidar bathymeter Optech CZMIL Nova by borrowing it through the CZMIL Project Program. Road and rail surveyors can compare all three models of the highly-productive Optech Lynx mobile survey system to see which one offers the right mix of performance and price for them. Finally, the booth will also have details about the new uses for the Optech ILRIS terrestrial laser scanner, including software integration with the new camera-equipped Optech XR6 UAV for lightweight surveying, and with Teledyne RESON’s SeaBat echo-sounder for harbor and coastal management.

Find out more at www.teledyneoptech.com.

About Teledyne Optech

Teledyne Optech is the world leader in high-accuracy lidar 3D survey systems, integrated cameras, and productivity-enhancing workflows. With operations and staff worldwide, Teledyne Optech offers both standalone and fully integrated lidar and camera solutions for airborne mapping, airborne lidar bathymetry, mobile mapping, terrestrial laser scanning, mine cavity monitoring, and industrial process control, as well as space-proven sensors. Teledyne Optech regularly releases efficiency enhancements to the workflow of its integrated systems. Accuracy and productivity matter!

For further information, please contact your Regional Sales Manager or:

Wayne Szameitat
International Sales Manager
Teledyne Optech
300 Interchange Way
Vaughan, Ontario, Canada L4K 5Z8
+1 905 660 0808
[email protected]
www.teledyneoptech.com

15 October 2015