What developments in the near future are expected from Leica in the field of Photogrammetry?
BRAD: To us, photogrammetry is any measurement of information from any source of imagery, be it from film on a camera, a digital camera or the satellite sensors. They all have a sensor model and respective resolutions. Our software products help extract information from these sources for our customers. Nowadays there are very high-resolution satellites, like the GeoEye-1, with high geo positioning accuracy which eliminates (but does not completely replace) some pieces of photogrammetry. We will continue to make our products more efficient in executing these processes. Ultimately, we want to develop a system where these processes are automated, working behind the scenes providing more information products. BOB: Another aspect under continuous development is collapsing the time required for these processes. This is achieved by developing systems that reduce the steps required during the traditional workflow and by adding more computing power. Is the ‘Interoperability issue’ a result of u
