Overview

The new Microsoft UltraCamXp Wide Angle large format digital aerial camera takes advantage of the same superior camera concept and image quality as the UltraCamXp but features a new proprietary, digital, high-performance, high-resolution lens system with a shorter focal length. This allows the latest UltraCam sensor to deliver the same ground sample distance (GSD) as the UltraCamXp, but at lower flight altitudes. An alternative to the UltraCamXp and at the same price, the UltraCam Wide Angle provides small-scale mapping capabilities to customers with lower-flying airplanes.

Of course this new sensor is fully compatible with the existing DXp and CXp systems, permitting customers who already own the UltraCamXp and the UltraCamX to purchase the sensor separately and add small-scale mapping capabilities to their businesses. The UltraCamXp Wide Angle provides the same large image format as the UltraCamXp at 196 megapixels (17,310 across track x 11,310 along track), and a pixel size at 6 μm. It integrates fully with existing UltraCamXp and UltraCamX storage and computing systems and is fully supported by Vexcel Imaging’s UltraMap workflow software system.