Ocean Cleanup Sensor Installation
Last year Ocean Cleanup produced a ship-based high resolution map from a survey that showed the surprising spatial extent of this huge mass of water-suspended plastics.
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Calgary, August 24, 2016 – ITRES’ partner in China, TIANGIS, exhibited our hyperspectral and broadband imaging technologies at 20CSRS in Shenzhen. TIANGIS introduced our new suite of micro imagers, including the microCASI-1920. They also presented information on the SAVI-1000. This is our our newest hyperspectral imager development providing continuous VIS-SWIR spectral coverage using a single detector and optical system.
For information on ITRES technologies in China:
Contact: Ms. Anya Chen
Mobile 186 1115-8141
Calgary, February 16, 2016 – As part of a Space Technologies Development Program (STDP) initiated by the Canadian Space Agency, ITRES was awarded a contract to develop an airborne prototype light-weight, high performance water color imaging spectrometer. Microsatellite-based, the hyperspectral WaterSat will be used to meet Canadian user needs for coastal and inland environmental and water resource management monitoring. Development work on this airborne prototype is now underway.
Calgary, February 2, 2016 – ITRES is pleased to announce the sale of the first micro-CASI-1920 VNIR imager to the National Research Council of Canada (NRC). NRC’s flight research laboratory in Ottawa will use this new hyperspectral micro imager in support of their on-going multi-disciplinary development of UAV-based applied science applications.
Calgary, January 8, 2016 – Happy New Year everyone! On December 1, ITRES moved into its new upgraded and more modern facilities. The relocation went very smoothly with minimal disruption to our new imaging sensor builds and on-going design and survey contract work. Multiple sensor deliveries to clients around the world were made in the month leading up to the move, so needless to say, we were kept on our toes!
ITRES’ new facilities
In addition to offering more space, our new headquarters has an optimized floor plan for our core activities: optical, mechanical, and electronic design and manufacturing and our hyperspectral and thermal surveys (Operations) group.
Calgary, December 14, 2015
ITRES is pleased to present the very first raw imagery acquired by our new microCASI. This wide-swath, 288-band (programmable) hyperspectral VNIR micro system is under 2.5kg in weight and has been designed for use in both unmanned airborne vehicles (UAVs) as well as desktop and industrial imaging use.
Larger samples of the images seen below are found on the microCASI First Light Image page or by clicking on the image below.
Calgary, October 6, 2015 – Since developing its new line of hyperspectral and broadband micro-imagers earlier this year, ITRES has rebranded them to more clearly associate their spectral coverage with their long-established, high-performance counterparts, the CASI, SASI, and TABI. The names of these new micro-imagers are:
- microCASI-1920 (hyperspectral pushbroom VNIR)
- microSASI-384 (hyperspectral pushbroom SWIR)
- microTABI-640 (broadband pushframe thermal MWIR)
ITRES has used its 36-year experience in developing its full suite of high-performance airborne imagers into bringing these three new UAV- and industrial-imaging sensors to market.
Each micro imager is under 2kg in weight. Like their full sized siblings, each accepts inputs attitude and position input (in this case from a MEMS inertial system) and the resulting georeferenced data are compatible with Lidar datasets. Ground-based applications for these imagers may use motorized scanning tripod platforms in addition to incorporating them in machine-vision applications.
Calgary, October 1, 2015 – ITRES is excited to announce the coming move of our corporate headquarters to a new and larger space in Calgary! Our existing location has served us well, but our continued growth has made things a little cramped for our hyperspectral imager design, manufacturing, and global air survey activities.
Only our physical address is changing. We’re keeping our existing telephone number (+1-403-250-9944). Read More
Calgary, July 8, 2015 – ITRES and Geodesy crews have been deployed to Northern Alberta to provide rapid response high altitude thermal infrared wildfire mapping services.
Within 24 hours of receiving the order to deploy from Calgary, the TABI-1800 was in the northern half of the province and imaging active fires starting at dusk. Georeferenced and analyzed regional map products are being delivered by 6am following the night time data collection to assist ground teams in understanding the changing characteristics of the fire towards their assignment of air and ground fire suppression crews. Read More
Calgary, August 28, 2013 – What is likely the world’s first wide-swath airborne ultraviolet mapping system, the UVC-1800, was recently delivered to the Institute for Environmental Solutions, of Riga, Latvia. IES will be adding this broadband camera’s UV coverage to their existing multiple-spectrum airborne laboratory. In addition to Lidar, using their ITRES imaging sensor suite IES can provide multiple-spectrum mapping imagery covering the ultraviolet, visible-near infrared, and shortwave, midwave and longwave infrared regions.
