APEI first to purchase Leica CityMapper-2

WASHINTON, D.C., USA (20 February 2020) — Hexagon’s Geosystems division announced today Aero Photo Europe Investigation (APEI), an international aerial survey firm with headquarters in Moulins, France, has become the first customer to purchase theLeica CityMapper-2oblique imaging and LiDAR hybrid airborne sensor.

With the CityMapper-2, APEI expands its business to the rapidly growing smart city market, which today requires more detailed and more accurate data on larger areas in fast-changing urban environments.
APEI目前正在操作一个CityMapper，该CityMapper合并了来自Leica TerrainMapper. With the higher performance 2 MHz pulse rate LiDAR scanner, the firm has benefitted from significant operational advantages, such as an increased data collection rate versus flying height. This performance improvement enables flying larger swaths for any given point density and to achieve more efficient flight planning and even point distribution for all flying heights from 300 - 5,500 m AGL with up to 35 pulses in the air and with no range gate limitations.

During the recent winter season, APEI carried out several LiDAR projects. For example, the firm captured Haut-Rhin, France, over an area of 2,350 km² with a ground point density of 10 pts/m². APEI has a long history with the CityMapper as the first to fly the original CityMapper during the product development process.

“我们已经与客户建立了牢固的信任关系，他们知道他们可以依靠我们执行任务。由于这种关系，我们毫不犹豫地在维持我们的技能和满足新市场需求所需的所有材料上进行大量投资，而我们购买CityMapper-2是另一个重要的一步。”Apei首席执行官Bruno Callabat说。“With this investment, we will be able to offer imagery and LiDAR data for 3D urban modeling, a keen interest of our customers. Moreover, we firmly believe that the combination of an ultra-efficient LiDAR with circular pattern with the latest-generation oblique sensor will allow us to offer final products of unrivaled quality. Last but not least, being able to independently use either oblique imagery or LiDAR with the CityMapper-2 will allow us to increase our offerings to our customers”

High-performance urban mapping sensor to create digital twins
CityMapper-2现在提高了创建数字城市和都会区数字双胞胎的生产率和数据质量，现在提供了一个新开发的光学系统，其中包含两个NADIR（RGB和NIR）和四台倾斜的150 MP摄像头，使用CMOS技术和配备配备with Leica Geosystems’ Forward Motion Compensation (FMC) technology, allowing the capture of high-quality imagery even in difficult lighting conditions with no reduction in efficiency. Furthermore, the LiDAR sensor’s pulse repetition frequency has been increased to 2 MHz and features gateless Multiple-Pulses in the Air (MPiA) technology, with similar performance to the TerrainMapper, allowing the collection of point clouds in the most complex reliefs and urban environments.

“As populations grow and move into urban areas, fast-changing urban centres need to be monitored faster and more efficiently. Accurate 3D digital twins of cities build the backbone. We wanted to provide our customers and end-customers fast access to digital twins by producing the most efficient and productive method of collecting and processing data. Together with the HxMap processing workflow, the CityMapper-2 is the enabling technology for fast data updates in urban centres,”Hexagon的GeoSystems部门地理空间内容解决方案总裁John Welter说。bob体育报道“借助我们与APEI的牢固的工作关系，我们很高兴看到公司将为CityMapper-2和收集的数据找到的创新用途。作为一家致力于推进空降收购的公司，我们最新的机载传感器创新没有更好的第一客户。”

As a long-time customer of Leica Geosystems, part of Hexagon's Geosystems division, airborne solutions, APEI has steadily upgraded its fleet with the latest innovations such as theLeica DMC IIIairborne imaging system in 2017 and the Leica ALS70-HP airborne LiDAR in 2015. Furthermore, since 2016, APEI has been one of the first companies in the world operating theLeica RealCityurban mapping solution, combining the CityMapper with thehxmap同时收集斜图像和激光雷达点云的高性能处理工作流程3D城市项目，例如在城市中Bordeauxand Paris in France.