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Proceedings of the Symposium on Progress in Data Processing and Analysis

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PHOTOGRAMMETRIC PRODUCTS
The photogrammetric products are most informatively covered
according to location of manufacture. As has been explained
above, products from Leica Aarau fall within the Surveying and
Photogrammetry Systems division, whereas those from Heerbrugg fall
within Industry and Special Products.
3.1 Leica Aarau AG
The main product ranges from Aarau are well known. Note that
existing products will retain "Kern" and "Wild" in their product
names. The Wild BC3 analytical stereoplotter is attracting high
levels of sales. It is a versatile and productive instrument with
modern, friendly mapping software running under the Unix operating
system on Compaq or Data General computers. Users report high
productivity in both mapping and close range applications.
Upgrade kits are available to bring ACls, BCls and BC2s up to BC3
level. The recent launch of RISIS, Raster Image Superimposition
System, in both mono and stereo versions, enables users of BC3s
and upgraded BCls and BC2s to check for completeness and accuracy
of new mapping, map revision, digital terrain models, industrial
measurement, etc.
The Kern DSR14 and DSR15 lines are also well known and successful.
The DSR14 is the "workhorse" for mapping applications, appealing
to users of the MS-DOS operating system on personal computers. A
strong interface, PC-PRO 600, to Intergraph's powerful
MicroStation CAD software provides customers with a superb
environment for data collection, editing and presentation. The
Polytel touch sensitive keyport simplifies the user interface. A
new release of the DSR14 software at the end of 1990 will
strengthen the appeal of this instrument. The DSR15 is the top of
the line, offering a wide variety of options, such as CCD cameras
or KRISS (Kern Raster Image Superimposition System). The DSR15
runs under VMS on Digital MicroVAX and VAXstation computers.
Customers can upgrade their DSR1, DSR11 and DSR12 instruments to
DSR14 or DSR15 as required. The DSR15-18 is also available, with
double size stage plates for accommodating either LFC imagery or
two simultaneous pairs of 23 x 23 cm photographs for comparative
measurements in fields like glaciology.
A new development offered to DSR15 customers is MAPIT. This is a
streamlined version of Kern INFOCAM, the established land
information system from Leica Aarau. MAPIT is designed for
photogrammetric data collection, editing and presentation and
incorporates sufficient modules of INFOCAM to provide these
functions in a friendly but powerful way (Fig. 3) . MAPIT operates
in conjunction with KRISS, on which the menus appear, so that the
photogrammetric operator can make selections without looking away
from his oculars. MAPIT incorporates a topology builder with an
inconsistency check. Thus the operator not only collects complete
and accurate data, verifiable by KRISS, but he forwards clean,
consistent data to the next stage of the process. The IMPRESS
module, which is part of MAPIT and is an option available to
INFOCAM customers, is new and includes powerful interactive
facilities for designing plots, which can be directed to Kern GP1,