NovAtel has signed a Supply Agreement with CycloMedia Technology BV (CMT) to integrate their two technologies and then deliver a minimum of 25 of its Span (Synchronised Position, Attitude and Navigation) systems plus its Inertial Explorer post processing software over a 12-month period.
NovAtel’s Span system – a tightly integrated GPS receiver and IMU (Inertial Measurement Unit), together with its complementary Inertial Explorer software – will be key technologies onboard the new CMT Digital Cyclorama Recording (DCR7) and Digital Cyclorama Processing (DCP) systems respectively.
DCR7 (patent pending) is CycloMedia’s latest model in a chain of recording systems developed in house and represents a quantum leap in visual quality, metric precision and high speed visual recording. DCR7 allows CycloMedia to optimize its large scale systematic recording of public space, by making 360 degree panoramic digital images (cycloramas).
With DCR7, CycloMedia intends to visualize a large percentage of Europe’s public space. Among the uses for cycloramas are the sale and taxation of real estate, assessment of construction applications, inventory of the environment and valuation of risks for insurance applications.
After conducting a proposal request process and extensive comparison of products available on the market, CycloMedia selected NovAtel as its technology partner and preferred supplier. Paul Bosman, CEO CycloMedia Technology, said, "NovAtel is an excellent choice for CycloMedia, because their state of the art technology combines nicely with our new and innovative digital cyclorama recording system.
By complementing GPS with inertial measurements, NovAtel’s Span technology provides more robust and more accurate positioning in challenging conditions where GPS alone is limited, and offers continuous position and attitude output.
The tight coupling of GPS with inertial technology provides demonstrable benefits of faster satellite reacquisition and faster real time kinematic re-initialization after outages. Also, the capability to post-process GPS and inertial data with Inertial Explorer software provides additional tools for the user to improve upon the accuracy and integrity of the combined solution.
