Yotta launches panoramic imaging vehicle

20 August 2008, 10:32am

Yotta, the 3D mapping division of OMG plc (Oxford Metrics Group, LSE: OMG), has introduced an innovative vehicle-based imaging service that will provide unique high-resolution panoramic street-level views of property and highway features. The high-tech vehicle is equipped with a 60 megapixel panoramic camera developed by Yotta and uses Applanix satellite positioning technology to log the exact location of each image. The vehicle will be used to enhance street-level mapping with accurate 3D images of buildings and other highway features, such as signs, trees, barriers and fences.

Called Y360, the vehicle's high-resolution digital camera captures images every 2 metres, with the precise position (to less than 1 metre) of each image calculated by combining GPS, Inertial and Optical tracking systems with advanced algorithms. These images are processed by Yotta's proprietary software that analyses them pixel-by-pixel to give the precise position and detailed information for each feature captured by the camera during the journey.

Y360 represents the next generation in surveying and mapping and is a huge step forward with technology developed in the UK. The accuracy and detail of the street-level images together with the location information collected can be matched with aerial photographs and maps. Combining all of this data can be used to provide an accurate view of a building, its boundaries, its precise location and verified address.

The vehicle will be used for a wide range of applications including highway asset collection for Local Authorities, Highways Agencies and their contractors, property surveys for Council Tax valuations, and 3D mapping in general for such organisations as utility companies and mobile phone network providers.

"Y360 is a leap forward in surveying technology and illustrates the evolution in the services Yotta offers to our customers. This new addition to our specialist survey vehicle fleet provides a major advancement in street-level mapping. This will allow our Local Authority clients and Highways Agencies to gain full benefit of higher levels of accurate asset information based on 3D images. This new technology also opens up a whole new area of applications and opportunities with a broader range of customers for Yotta," says David Lowe, Yotta CEO.

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