Visual Intelligence, Cardinal Systems Agree to Combine Image Collection, Data Processing

Visual Intelligence and Cardinal Systems have entered a strategic agreement that the companies say will combine high-quality and affordable aerial image collection with the processing and delivery of intelligent data for large-scale and UAV imaging applications. The combination will enable unprecedented positional accuracy for oblique and 3D products, the companies said.

The Visual Intelligence iOne Sensor System is reconfigurable, and supports various image types including nadir and oblique. The Cardinal Systems triangulation solution efficiently handles the aero-triangulation of oblique and nadir images together, correlating the orientation points in both sets of imagery simultaneously, achieving better than 2 pixel absolute accuracy.

The two companies plan to release a large-scale production solution in early 2015.

“Visual Intelligence is pleased to team with Cardinal Systems to integrate the Vr Mapping software suite with our iOne Sensor System solutions. Using Cardinal Systems’ powerful mapping tools with an iOne Sensor System will give image providers a highly-effective end-to-end workflow that will significantly enhance the collection, production, and use of oblique aerial images to generate 3D models in industries such as insurance, real estate, construction, urban planning, utilities, and public safety,” said Visual Intelligence President and CEO Armando Guevara.

A provider of high-quality multipurpose digital sensor systems for airborne geo-imaging applications, Visual Intelligence’s technology innovations include sensor systems that are field-configurable to support a variety of applications, including large-area collection to oblique for 3D applications.

“We are impressed with the quality imagery that is produced using the iOne Sensor System. Aerial image providers can benefit from the system’s versatility and performance and, together with Cardinal Systems’ Vr Mapping software, we provide an ideal turnkey solution for stereo and oblique airborne acquisition customers,” said Mike Kitaif, manager of Software Development for Cardinal Systems.

The vertical and oblique imagery collected with the iOne Sensor System is extremely precise, which contributes to the high-quality image data produced by the Vr Mapping software suite, the companies said. In addition, integrating the software and hardware solutions bring new and efficient aerial imaging technologies that use the same base architecture and software processing suite.

“Aerial image providers will now have a coordinated hardware and software bundle that will give them a cost-effective and modernized workflow that will produce highly-accurate images that are rich in data,” said Jane Smith, managing member of Cardinal Systems.

Visual Intelligence and Cardinal Systems will be available to discuss benefits of their combined products at the MAPPS Winter Conference January 25-29, 2015 and the International LiDAR Mapping Forum February 23-25, 2015.