First Commercial UltraCamX Purchased in Turkey by Foto Havicilik A.S
Graz, Austria — Vexcel Imaging GmbH, a Microsoft® company, has signed a purchase agreement with Foto Havicilik A.S. located in Istanbul, Turkey, for the purchase of an UltraCamX (UCX) large format digital aerial camera system. It is the first UltraCamX purchased by a commercial company in Turkey.
“With the purchase of our first digital aerial camera, our company is well positioned to handle larger projects anywhere in the world,” said Altan Cetinkaya, General Manager of Foto Havicilik A.S. “We chose the UltraCamX because it fully satisfies our requirements with its superior technology and reliable performance.”
Foto Havicilik A.S. provides aerial photogrammetry and GIS services and produces orthophotos and maps in their offices in Istanbul and Ankara. The company has completed large-scale photogrammetric map and orthophoto projects covering significant land areas in Istanbul and Izmir, Turkey, and Azerbaijan. In an upcoming project, they will use the new UCX to map Istanbul at 1:5000 map scale. By purchasing a high-quality large format digital aerial camera, the company is pursuing its goal of providing excellent service with the best technology available. The UltraCamX will provide the extra resources necessary to complete larger projects and continue to expand their business in new geographic regions.
“Turkey is a growing market, and Vexcel is pleased to be the provider of all of the digital aerial cameras in the country today,” said Alexander Wiechert, Business Director of Microsoft and Managing Director for Vexcel Imaging GmbH. “The large footprint and expanded storage of the UCX is an excellent choice for a company such as Foto Havicilik A.S. as they take on bigger international projects.”
About the UltraCamX
The UltraCamX collects 216 megapixels per trigger to produce 14,430 across track and 9,420 along track pixels, with a sustained collection rate of three gigabits per second. The camera maintains forward overlap of 70% at 3 cm pixels and 80% overlap at 5 cm pixels feasible at normal flying speeds. Meanwhile, the UltraCamX system features a low-cost data flow that allows unlimited image collection in the air. Low-cost, exchangeable data storage devices store up to 4,700 images and can be swapped mid-flight for reduced ground turnover time.
About Vexcel Imaging, GmbH
Acquired by Microsoft Corporation in May 2006, Vexcel Imaging GmbH brings 20 years of photogrammetry expertise to Microsoft’s Bing Maps business unit and is at the heart of the burgeoning Microsoft Photogrammetry business. The company’s offerings include its series of UltraCam digital aerial mapping cameras and related software tools, such as the UltraMap workflow software and Office Processing Center software (OPC).
About Foto Havicilik A.S.
Foto Havicilik A.S is based in Istanbul, Turkey, and also maintains a branch office in Ankara. The company is a leading provider of photogrammetric services in Turkey, and they are expanding their resources and improving their technology to compete on an international level as well. The company’s experienced and highly qualified staff follows a customer-based approach to solve photogrammetry and GIS issues. For more information, call +90 212 222 5664 (Istanbul) or +90 312 472 3939 (Ankara).