Markham, Ontario, Canada – July 18, 2017: PCI Geomatics, a world-leading developer of remote sensing and photogrammetric software and systems, announced today the release of GXL 2017, the latest version of its high-performance, scalable processing system for large-scale geo-image production.
GXL 2017 features more precise elevation modelling for satellite and aerial projects, and highly accurate extraction of tri-stereo digital elevation models (DEM) from airborne digital sensors (ADS).
"By using a new Semi-Global Matching method, known as SGM, to determine elevation, you can create even more precise models for high-resolution satellite, aerial, and, specifically, ADS projects," says David Piekny, product marketing manager at PCI Geomatics. "SGM improves not only the fully automated, national-level mosaics produced with GXL, it reduces the cost of quality control and editing, thereby increasing efficiency."
GXL 2017 also features significantly enhanced tie-point collection that produces more and better distribution of multi-ray points, which provides more accurate and tightly connected bundle calculations.
Additional sensor support includes Deimos-1 and Deimos-2, WorldView-4, Sentinel-2, and Jilin-1.
Quality assurance (QA) of ortho-mosaics now features image thumbnails and reference backdrops to make it easier to visualize and organize projects and imagery.
Arnold Hougham, vice-president of sales and marketing, believes the benefits of GXL 2017 bring hands-off mosaic production to applications like large-scale mapping, flight simulation, and agricultural monitoring.
"More and more, customers are looking for systems that can handle country-wide or continent-wide mapping, on demand, and with efficient delivery. Scalability, speed, accuracy, and sensor support are at the heart of GXL, and make it perfectly suited to standalone, cloud, and ground-station systems," says Hougham.
GXL 2017 continues to add to existing operational management, custom job-chaining, and fully automated production and reporting in secure, open, virtual and direct receiving stations (VRS/DRS), or cloud environments.
More information about GXL 2017, including information about large-scale mapping and flight-simulation mosaics, is available at pcigeomatics.com/GXL.
About PCI Geomatics
PCI Geomatics is a world-leading developer of software and systems for remote sensing, imagery processing, and photogrammetry. With more than 30 years of experience in the geospatial industry, PCI is recognized globally for its excellence in providing software for accurately and rapidly processing satellite and aerial imagery. There are more than 30,000 PCI licenses, in over 150 countries worldwide. Find out more about PCI Geomatics at www.pcigeomatics.com.