GNSS/INS systems for aerial mapping
Trimble Applanix POS AV
Trust your position, anywhere in the air
The Applanix POS AV system is designed for direct georeferencing of airborne sensor data, integrating precision GNSS with inertial technology. It enhances the efficiency, effectiveness and economy of geospatial projects. Supported by industry expertise and innovation, the Applanix POS AV is ideal for aerial cameras, scanning lasers, imaging sensors, synthetic aperture radar and LIDAR technology.
Product Summary
Applanix POS AV
Applanix POS AV is a compact, fully integrated turnkey position and orientation system (GNSS + INS) that leverages advanced inertial technology to deliver stable, reliable and repeatable positioning solutions for airborne vehicle applications.
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Specifications
High-performance, survey-grade multi-frequency GNSS receiver with embedded Trimble CenterPoint RTX correction services
Compact, rugged construction with low power consumption, full in-air alignment support and auto-log functions
Applanix POSPac MMS software for comprehensive post-processing, including POSPac post-processed CenterPoint RTX for mapping without base stations and IMU boresight calibration
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| X,Y Position (m) | Z Position (m) | Velocity (m/s) | Roll & Pitch (deg) | True Heading (deg) | |
| POS AV 310POS AV 310 | 0.02 | 0.05 | 0.010 | 0.015 | 0.035 |
| POS AV 510POS AV 510 | 0.02 | 0.05 | 0.005 | 0.005 | 0.010 |
| POS AV 610POS AV 610 | 0.02 | 0.05 | 0.005 | 0.0025 | 0.005 |
| POS AVX 210POS AVX 210 | 0.02 | 0.05 | 0.015 | 0.025 | 0.08 |
Features:
- Seamlessly integrates with Applanix POSPac MMS, the industry-leading software for Direct Georeferencing of mobile mapping sensors using GNSS and inertial technology, offering advanced post-processing capabilities
- Compact, low-power, lightweight, rugged construction
- High-performance, survey-grade multi-frequency GNSS receiver
- Full in-air alignment support
- High-performance, low profile FAA certified GNSS L-Band antenna
- Applanix POSPac MMS post-processing software with POSPac Post-processed Centerpoint RTX for cm level accuracy without base stations, POSPac photogrammetry tools option for or EO generation, IMU boresight calibration and quality control, POSPac LIDAR QC Tools option for IMU boresight calibration and trajectory adjustment
- Commercial grade IMUs for ease of export
- Real-time leveling and yaw drift correction of stabilized mounts
- Internal data logging for redundancy
- Meets airborne environmental operational requirements
- Optional Trimble CenterPoint RTX™ correction service for cm level real-time positioning and georeferencing
- Simple to use and operate with auto-log and auto-start functions
- Removable USB data logging with unique sealed port
- Multiple interfaces for simple integration with imaging sensors
Benefits:
- Provides an accurate real-time and post-mission solution for all motion variables, including sensor-specific exterior orientation (EO) parameters using Direct Georeferencing
- Allows for single-stereo model mapping and single-photo orthorectification using an existing digital elevation model
- Streamlines and automates the data workflow and quality control processes
- Easily integrated with digital cameras, film cameras, LIDAR systems, SAR systems and digital scanners
- Ideally suited to inhospitable environments and rapid response applications where ground control is not available
- Eliminates the requirement for aerotriangulation and a complete ground control survey (often only checkpoints for quality control are needed)
- Improves productivity in traditional aerial mapping applications, which translates into operational time and cost savings, with increased accuracy
Airborne applications
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Trimble Applanix POS AVX 210
The POS AVX 210 is a GNSS-Inertial solution designed to reduce the cost and improve the efficiency of mapping with small and medium format cameras. It consists of a single rugged enclosure containing a precision GNSS receiver and micro-electro-mechanical-system (MEMS) inertial sensors calibrated with the Applanix SmartCal technology, coupled with on-board data logging capability and interfaces for mapping sensors and flight management systems. The POS AVX 210 is fully compatible with, and supported by, the POSPac MMS. It is also features a seamless integration with the NanoTrack FMS from Track’Air and the iXU series of medium format cameras from PhaseOne.
POS AVX 210 with POSPac MMS delivers highly accurate exterior orientation data – reducing the requirement for ground control in assisted aerial triangulation of DSLR or medium-format photogrammetric imagery. For low-altitude lidar applications, POS AVX 210 provides the required precision and accuracy of direct georeferencing to enable users to generate point clouds for further refinement in adjustment software.
With POS AVX 210, Applanix has answered a need in the marketplace for small, compact system that enables efficient data gathering from low-cost yet highly effective sensors. These include DSLR and medium format cameras, low altitude lidar systems and other systems. POS AVX 210 builds on the technological foundation of our established POS AV portfolio for large format sensors, and brings into play the innovations developed for our unmanned solutions. This combination of experience and innovation enables us to deliver a package that strikes the optimal balance between price and performance for this segment.
NanoTrack is a commercial flight management system designed for highly efficient survey flight operations from Track’air. It transforms any modern tablet/laptop computer into a powerful FMS system capable of controlling any sensor. Aircraft equipped with the POS AVX210 and NanoTrack will be able to fly missions with reduce sidelap between flight lines, and a greatly reduced requirement for ground control points; these advantages will reduce costs and improve the efficiency of both data collection and the production of finished data sets for end users.
No. Customers can purchase the NanoTrack directly from Track’air (www.trackair.com) configured to support their desired sensor.
The POS AVX 210 is supplied with an FAA certified aircraft antenna.
The POS AVX 210 and NanoTrack is “plug and play” with the iXU series of cameras from PhaseOne, but can be easily integrated with other sensors. To use the system with an iXU the customer only needs to build their own mounting plate to rigidly hold the POS AVX 210 to the camera.
For customers who don’t wish to do their own integration we recommend contacting Lead’air (a Track’air Company, www.trackair.com ). They can provide a complete turn-key solution using the POS AVX210 and various sensors, as well as options such as stabilized mount.
The POS AVX 210 does not currently support direct Gimbal encoder angle input. This means if used on a stabilized mount the GNSS antenna should be mounted directly over the center of rotation, and Gimbal data should be recorded separately for processing in POSPac.
Yes. The standard POS AV installation and training support is included in the list price.
Data from the POS AVX 210 are post-processed through POSPac MMS to produce a highly accurate Differential GNSS-inertial solution that is then used to compute the Exterior Orientation (X,Y,Z, Omega, Phi, Kappa) of each image exactly at the time of the exposure. This data along with the images and the camera calibration are then processed in the POSPac MMS