Leica ADS80 NIR imagery draped over surface model generated from the same line sensor imagery with Leica XPro 5.0

(Leica Geosystems: Norcross, GA) -- Leica Geosystems, a manufacturer of airborne sensors, will release this month a digital surface models (DSM) extraction module for its Leica XPro line sensor. The module provides advanced ground processing, from data download to image generation. Users of Leica XPro V5.0 will be able to generate stereo-viewable frame images from line sensor data acquired with the Leica Airborne Digital Sensor (ADS). This allows users to take advantage of the high geometric and radiometric accuracy associated with the Leica ADS, while maintaining familiar workflow and data archiving standards.

Leica XPro DSM is tailored for high-performance and high-resolution DSM computation. This new module integrates within the Leica XPro workflow and offers an option to obviate LiDAR missions for orthophoto production and DSM generation, thus saving additional flight cost.

In addition, capturing the imagery and surface models during the same flight means that image features and geometry perfectly match with the DSM.

Leica XPro DSM has already been successfully used in production by North West Geomatics and will be released as a new module of XPro 5.0 this fall.

The Leica XPro V5.0 has more to offer. Leica XPro Slicer is an effective tool for slicing L1 flight lines into easy-to-store and -deliver, stereo-viewable image tiles. XPro Slicer products form an excellent basis for those who prefer traditional frame-based 3-D mapping and feature extraction, both in the office and in the field. In addition, stereo-viewable frames can now easily be stored alongside other frame imagery.

The Leica XPro 5.0 will be released at the end of October.

Visit www.leica-geosystems.us for more information.