Products & Services


Digital Imagery
Scanning
Kodak Earth Imaging Authorized Reseller
Space Imaging Authorized Reseller
LizardTech's MrSID Technology


Digital Imagery
Digital data is provided either as 1) graphic images suitable for printing, 2) geocoded images suitable for combining with existing vector maps, and 3) orthorectified images that take advantage of accurate digital elevation models and specialized software processing. Geocoded and orthorectified images are suitable for mosaicing into seamless databases comprised of anywhere from 2 to 100 images or more. A digital, county-wide mosaic will typically require 100 images--color-balanced, mosaiced and compressed--to fit onto a single CD-ROM.



Scanning
Aerial Access scans nearly all of it’s imagery in-house utilizing modern state-of -the-art equipment and techniques. Negatives/diapositives and color transparencies are scanned on the Scitex EverSmart Jazz Scanner with true optical resolution to 12.7 microns.

All common data formats are supported. Once scanned, images are processed to a customer’s quality specification by skilled and experienced technicians. Aerial Access takes pride in providing quality digital products, and aerial images undergo rigorous quality checks to ensure delivery of color-balanced, defect free images. Images can then be spatially referenced as another part successful solutions for clients. Accuracy, adherence to schedules, and quality are priorities. Turnaround times are generally 48 – 72 hours. It should be noted that the scanning process can result in some very large raster image files, and this problem can be compounded by the software used to integrate and study the raster layers which may require further increases in hardware requirements and print times.

We can write data to the medium of your choice--CD, Zip or Jaz Disk.




Kodak Earth Imaging Authorized Reseller
Aerial Access is an Authorized Reseller for Kodak's Earth Imaging line of orthoproducts. As a representative for Kodak, we are able to procure digital imagery for a wide variety of areas not commonly covered in our stock airphoto coverage.

Through Kodak, we offer:
  • High-quality, up to date precision data sets
  • Aerial imagery of more than 7000 cities, towns and suburbs world wide
  • New imagery added weekly
  • Image resolution down to 6 inches (USGS 1:1200 precision)


Kodak Earth Imaging sample
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Space Imaging Authorized Reseller
Aerial Access is an Authorized Reseller for Space Imaging, the world’s only commercial satellite company that is fully operational at this time. Space Imaging's visual information products serve a wide variety of markets throughout commercial, government and consumer sectors, including agricultural monitoring, disaster assessments, national security, environmental planning, natural resources/forestry management, oil and gas exploration, civil and local government planning, insurance and risk management, mapping, telecommunications and utilities planning, real estate planning and development, and entertainment and media.

Since its founding in late 1994, Denver, Colorado-based Space Imaging has quickly become a world leader in digital Earth information to better map, measure, monitor, and manage the world we live in - from our national assets to global crop production. Space Imaging's already diverse collection of resources grew with the launch of IKONOS, the world's first one-meter resolution, commercial imaging satellite, on September 24, 1999. The addition of the IKONOS satellite to Space Imaging's portfolio enables the company to produce more economical information products with delivery timelines that far exceed the standards in the marketplace. Call 858-457-4450 to see if a satellite image will work for your project.



Mall, Washington, D.C.
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San Francisco, CA
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Sydney, Australia
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Hoover Dam
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London
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Pyramids of Giza
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LizardTech’s MrSID is the leading image format and technology that has direct support from every major GIS software vendor. MrSID, the image format standard for geospatial professionals, is a wavelet-based imaging technology that reduces high-resolution images to less than five percent of their original file size while maintaining original image quality, thus enabling real-time viewing, panning and printing of massive-sized imagery inside or outside of popular GIS software packages. In addition, MrSID can be coupled with the latest Internet mapping products, allows users to quickly gain fast access to high-resolution images via the Internet.
MrSID reduces any image of any size with little or NO DEGRADATION IN IMAGE QUALITY, even at very high reduction ratios. The actual reduction ratio achieved varies depending on image content and color depth, but in general it is around 20:1 for grayscale and 50:1 for full-color.

Pricing: 10 cents/Megabyte
$25.00 set-up cost
$100.00 minimum
24 hour turnaround.