Trimble Announces New Data Capture and Analyst Software Version for a New 360 Degree Camera

The announcement was made today at the 2009 Trimble Dimensions User Conference.

Significant improvements to the solution include:

•    The addition of the Trimble G360 camera, providing 360° of imagery (six 1600x1200 cameras), that is integrated in Trident-3D data capture software with real time compression;
•    The ability to view, pan, zoom and playback the 360° imagery captured by the Trimble G360 camera in Trident-3D analyst software;
•    The capability to extract data from the images by the Trident-3D analyst software, which uses stereo restitution with a dynamic stereo base.

“Panoramic imagery using the Trimble G360 camera is a major step forward for mobile mapping and videolog systems,” said Daniel Desgagné, Geo-3D Business Area Manager, GeoSpatial Division of Trimble. “The Trimble G360 camera provides users with more than eleven and a half million pixels with every image, a vast improvement to the three million pixels found in many comparable systems. The ability to view, geoposition and measure from imagery in any direction from a vehicle opens up new application possibilities and has a direct impact on traditional project productivity as it can substantially shorten data acquisition timeframes and reduce project costs.”

About Trimble’s GeoSpatial Division

Trimble's GeoSpatial Division comprises the acquisitions of Geo-3D Inc., RolleiMetric, TopoSys GmbH, and Inpho GmbH. The GeoSpatial Division's portfolio of solutions enables mobile mapping companies to capture georeferenced data, extract features and attributes, and analyze conditions and change, thereby generating information to better manage assets and operations. Aerial LIDAR / Imaging Systems and vehicle-based asset inventory systems, combined with powerful photogrammetry software, generate high accuracy as-built drawings for the transportation, utilities, and energy transmission & distribution industries. As part of the Trimble Connected Site solutions, high accuracy as-builts enable advanced process and workflow integration from the design phase through construction to the subsequent maintenance phase—delivering significant improvements in productivity.