Digital Aerial Photography

We provide economical color or black and white aerial photography utilizing our all digital workflow to maximize image quality. Without the added expense of purchasing, developing, and scanning conventional aerial film, and the labor and time saved, your costs are significantly reduced and better quality is obtained. Direct capture of digital imagery avoids noise and graininess introduced in the film scanning process, as well as improving image quality with better shadow detail. Delivery turnaround is also very rapid, with initial imagery available on disk minutes after a flight, and final delivery in a matter of days or weeks.

Benefits of digital aerial imagery include:

• Low noise and graininess compared to scanned film
• Enhanced radiometric resolution, 12 bit vs 8 bit, for great detail in shadows.
• Improved tolerance for cloudy or less than ideal weather conditions.
• No geometric degradation effects related to film warping or distortion.
• Eliminates cost of film, film development, and digital scanning.
• Rapid turnaround and delivery, imagery available minutes after landing.
  

Oblique imagery as well as vertical imagery is available, and we have access to a helicopter for specialty photography or ultra-high resolution imagery.

Our camera system collects 12 bit radiometric resolution per color channel, as compared to at most 8 bit for scanned film. We can deliver digital imagery to you in most formats, including tiff, jpg, jpeg2000, ecw, pix, and others, in both 8 bit and 16 bit formats. Hardcopy prints or enlargements can also be provided.