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2. “The Lidar Company” 60,000sqft. Facility 200+ employees
Toronto, CANADA
60,000sqft. Facility
200+ employees
Educated staff = 70% + with degrees
15 PhD, 17 BSc, 13 MSc, 10 P. Eng., 8 MBA, and many more designations
Mississippi, USA
SHOALS R&D
Enable access to DoD markets
Enhance satisfaction / support to existing U.S. clients
Build military equivalents of commercial technology

3. Mobile Mapping Solutions
Optech Business Units
Marine (Bathymetry)
MOBILE MAPPER
Terrestrial (ALTM)
Space
Industrial Products
Mobile Mapping Solutions
Laser Imaging

4. Structure of Airborne LIDAR
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Structure of Airborne LIDAR
Initial Laser
Pulse
Surface Return
Bottom Return
Optech LIDAR systems employ enabling technologies that include:
GPS Constellation fully deployed
IMU Inertial Measurement Unit
Laser Diode-pumped solid state
TIM Time Interval Meter- single- shot timing electronics

5. ALTM Product Evolution
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ALTM Product Evolution
10 + Years of Evolution
Gemini
Flown up to 3.5km
Multiple Pulse
33kHz to 167kHz
ALTM 30/70
Flown up to 3 km
70 kHz to 1.5km
50 kHz to 2.5km
33 kHz to 3.5km
ALTM 1210
2 km
10 kHz
ALTM 3033
3 km
33 kHz
ALTM prototype
1 km
2 kHz
1993
1998
2001
2003
2006
Continuous Product Innovation
1995
1999
2002
2004
Next
ALTM 3100
Flown up to 3.5 km
100 kHz to 1.1km
70 kHz to 1.5km
50 kHz to 2.5km
33 kHz to 3.5km
ALTM 1020
1.2 km
5 kHz
ALTM 1225
2 km
25 kHz
ALTM 2050
2 km
50 kHz

6. Operator & Flight Navigation
ALTM – Gemini
Technology Breakthrough - “Multi-Pulse”
Reduced Survey Cost
Efficient Data Acquisition
Computer Rack
Laser Rate
Max Altitude
33 kHz
4,400m
50 kHz
3,300 m
70 kHz
2,750 m
100 kHz
2,200 m
125 kHz
1,700 m
143 kHz
1,500 m
167 kHz
1,200 m
Operator & Flight Navigation
Interface Laptop
Pilot Display

7. Multiple Returns First Returns Second Returns Third Returns
Last Returns
All Returns

8. Multi-Sensor Fusion
SHOALS rb532
Casi Lsenl
Fusion rbl

9. Laser Imaging Division
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Laser Imaging Division
Offers all of the functionality of the ILRIS-3D while extending the field of view from 40°x 40° to 360°x 360°
Removable rotating base offers flexible power, weight and size considerations
2500 Laser Points per Second
Measurement Ranges > 1,000m
Embedded Digital Camera
Completely Eye safe
ILRIS-36D

10. The Lynx Mobile Mapper is
What is Lynx?
The Lynx Mobile Mapper is
1. A mobile mapping solution that incorporates Lidar, cameras and position/navigation
Range:
20% reflectivity
Repetition Rate:
100kHz
Laser Class:
IEC Class 1
Field of View:
1-4, angularly offset 360º scanners
Signal Return Capture:
Simultaneous multiple return
Data Storage:
Removable media
System Control:
Integrated PC with control interface
Positioning System:
POS/LV V420 or equivalent

11. Flight Hardware: Meteorological Station Lidar Sensor
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Space Division: Mission: NASA Phoenix Mars Lander SLTM - Spaceborne Lidar Terrain Mapper
Flight Hardware: Meteorological Station Lidar Sensor
Launch in August 2007.
Land on Mars in May 2008.
Building on our ALTM heritage, Optech has developed a scanning lidar designed to map the Lunar surface.

12. What’s New! New Lynx Mobile System
Combination of Mobile and Airborne processing under one software DASHMap
New Airborne Navigation that includes DEM planning and flight

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