Graz, Austria — June 22, 2011 — NIPIStroyTEK, a civil engineering firm based in Moscow, has contracted with Microsoft to purchase an UltraCamLp digital aerial photogrammetric camera system. The transaction was handled by Pergam, a diversified trading company with offices in Russia, Switzerland and the United States.
“After a thorough review of our options, NIPIStroyTEK decided that our first digital camera should be the UltraCamLp,” said S. Korsey, General Director, NIPIStroyTEK. “The positive experiences our employees have had working with UltraCam cameras in the past, along with Microsoft’s excellent reputation for customer support, heavily influenced our selection."
NIPIStroyTEK will be using the UltraCamLp system for infrastructure projects in the oil, gas and transport industries.
“Microsoft is pleased to provide our products and services to NIPIStroyTEK,” said Alexander Wiechert, Microsoft Business Director. “The UltraCamLp is an excellent choice of camera for a growing company.”
About the UltraCamLp
The UltraCamLp combines innovative hardware, electronics and software that result in a light and compact camera system. The camera collects five spectral bands per exposure: red, green, blue and near-infrared data, in addition to the higher-resolution panchromatic data. The UltraCamLp features an image footprint collection capacity of 92 megapixels (11,704 x 7,920 pixels pan), made possible through advanced electronics and a CCD array of just 6 ìm. The system is ideal for smaller large-scale and photogrammetric projects, high-resolution (true) orthophoto production, DSM (digital surface model) production, aerotriangulation, corridor mapping, classification, and lidar integration.
About Microsoft’s UltraCam Division
With its operations based in Graz, Austria, and sales and support teams in North America, Microsoft’s UltraCam division brings more than two decades of photogrammetry expertise to Microsoft’s Bing Maps business unit. The division is responsible for the highly successful line of UltraCam digital aerial mapping systems that include the UltraCamLp, UltraCamXp and UltraCamXp Wide Angle and the new UltraCam Eagle digital photogrammetric sensors. Rounding out the UltraCam mapping systems offering is the UltraMap workflow software system that provides an automated project-based color balancing module and additional quality control tools.
About Microsoft
Founded in 1975, Microsoft (Nasdaq “MSFT”) is the worldwide leader in software, services and solutions that help people and businesses realize their full potential.
About NIPIStroyTEK
NIPIStroyTEK is a civil engineering firm founded in 2009 with headquarters in Moscow, Russia. Its team of professionals has extensive experience in the design, construction and operation of gas and oil pipelines and is currently working on more than 30 scientific, technical and engineering projects. For more information, visit http://www.nipistroytek.ru, or contact S. Korsey, General Director, NIPIStroyTEK, by telephone +7-499-995-04-96 or email skorsey@nipistroytek.ru.