Aerial photography and fliming

Aerial filming by helicopter

An indispensable service for photographic and film crews.

Acquisition of Digital Images

Using remote sensing technology, Digital Geo-referenced imaging is a particularly useful tool for the classification and monitoring of vegetation and land-use.

The system allows for the acquisition of geo-referenced visible and infrared images, providing a complete video, or single photograms, which can reveal the following data: 'visible' images, infrared images, geographic coordinates and quota of the point filmed, instantaneous orientation, and route followed. The information, all in digital format, can be used for consultation, comparison, enlargement and printing.

Examples of possible applications

• Visualization of areas effected by seismic activity, with the census and cataloging of damages;
• Identification, surveying, and recording of polluting substances in the sea, rivers and marsh areas;
• Surveillance of general documentation (traffic, viability, gas pipelines, oil pipelines, electricity lines, infrastructures etc.);
• Recording of general hydro geological situations;
• Identification, census, and monitoring of waste disposal sites;
• Identification, census, and monitoring of effects of corrosion and erosion;
• Identification, census and monitoring of coastal waste disposal sites;
• Identification, census and monitoring of aerial emissions;
• Censoring of flora and the physical state of vegetation;
• Land and environmental reclamation;
• Maps

High definition surveying by laser imaging

The system consists of the on board installation of a LIDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) sensor which functions at circa 33000 impulses per second. This allows for extremely accurate scanning of the territory, with a precision of between 1 and 20 centimeters.

The scanning produces a tri-dimensional model of the territory, which can be used both as digitalized image and as vector model of the explored areas (file .DXF or .DWG).

Examples of possible applications

• Potential applications of the system: Mapping of areas at risk from flooding by modeling with contour lines;
• Creation of high-resolution digital elevational models, in urban peripheral and rural areas, with consequent reduction of land based manpower;
• Scanning and accurate modeling of surface area, including that otherwise hidden by vegetation;
• Selection and design of power line routes, with accurate forecast of the drop of the curve of the catenaries;
• Detection of faults and measuring of uplift in areas at risk from seismic activity;
• For executive purposes, the evaluation of alternative road and railway line routes, with the precise calculation of the quantity of materials to be excavated, or required as landfill, in order to level terrain.