INFOCAM
MAPIT
Fig. 3 MAPIT as a subset of Kern INFOCAM
Wild TA2/TA10 or numerous drum plotters. Naturally, the MAPIT
customer has the option of upgrading to a full INFOCAM package,
including the ORACLE relational database management system.
The Wild S9-AP is the photogrammetric workstation of the System 9
geographical information system. Thus it is no longer sold as a
Leica product but is manufactured in Aarau to meet orders from
Prime Computer Inc.
The Kern DSP1 digital stereoplotter has been widely reported
elsewhere. Various minor improvements have been made, the most
visible being new furniture to match DSR14/15 and the option of
handwheels (Fig. 4) , to suit operators for whom data acquisition
by track ball is not the natural choice.
In addition to its own software and a range of familiar packages
for block adjustment - BINGO, BLUH, PAT-B, PAT-M, in various
versions for various computers - Leica Aarau offers certain third
party software products to enhance photogrammetrists' work.
Intergraph MicroStation has been mentioned above. A second
example is SCOP, the package for digital terrain modelling from
the Technical University of Vienna. Also well known and
successful is LITES2 from Laser-Scan Ltd of England. Leica have
sold several Laser-Scan systems for editing and digital mapping,
but it is worth mentioning the online interface between the DSR15
with KRISS and LITES2. Again this displays menus to the operator
through the oculars, so maximising productivity, with menu
selection accomplished by using the DSR hand controller like a
mouse. The LITES2 environment can be extensively customised to
