Infoterra Ltd. to take delivery of Lynx Mobile Mapper
Written by Optech
Tuesday, 25 September 2007
Toronto, Canada – Optech Incorporated, a manufacturer of advanced lidar survey
instruments, announced today that Infoterra Ltd., a leader in the provision of geospatial
products and services based in the United Kingdom, has purchased Optech’s newly released
LYNX Mobile Mapper™.
Infoterra Ltd., a long-time strategic partner of Optech Incorporated, has purchased the LYNX
Mobile Mapper to further grow its service business, and complement its suite of airborne lidar
and photogrammetric sensors, which include Optech’s ALTM Gemini airborne mapper.
The LYNX Mobile Mapper, a vehicular-mounted lidar system incorporating Optech’s iFLEX™
technology, represents the next generation in advanced lidar data capturing solutions.
“Given Infoterra’s spatial data acquisition pedigree and its proven ability to maximize the
results achieved with new technology, we are excited to have them as an early adopter client
for the LYNX Mobile Mapper,” said Don Carswell, President of Optech Incorporated.
Infoterra Ltd., an EADS Astrium company, has a long history of staying on the cutting edge of
technology to provide its clients with the most accurate and robust geospatial data available.
The purchase of the LYNX Mobile Mapper will continue this trend.
“Optech’s mobile lidar will provide us with a unique data collection system, allowing urban
environments and road corridors to be rapidly mapped in high detail,” Infoterra’s Technical
Director, Anthony Denniss commented. “High accuracy mobile lidar will provide Infoterra with
the basis for a series of ‘next generation’ data products and services.”
www.optech.ca
About Infoterra Ltd.
Infoterra Ltd. is a leading provider of geographic information products and services. Its portfolio of geographic
information solutions includes airborne and satellite data acquisition, geo-information creation, database management
and outsourced hosting. Infoterra provides geospatial knowledge to companies worldwide to help them make informed
decisions. The company has major customers in communications, utilities, engineering, agriculture, defence and oil,
gas & mineral exploration.
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