Calgary, June 15, 2011 – In the first test of it’s capabilities for forest wildfire mapping, ITRES’ new Thermal Airborne Broadband Imager (TABI-1800) is being used to assist Alberta Sustainable Resource Development (SRD) with fighting active wildfires in the province’s North. This new imager recently underwent field trials over SRD’s Cache Percotte Grid operational test site to prove its capabilities in detecting fire hotspots and in rapid data turnaround to field-ready fire mapping products. Within a very short two-week window, this field evaluation was completed and the TABI immediately put into active operational service against two of the largest fires burning in the province.

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