The AIC is an easy to use, stand-alone photogrammetry product designed to rectify, georeference, and mosaic aerial photographs, satellite images, or raster maps to a geographic coordinate system. An unlimited number of images can be simultaneously rectified and joined to form a single image mosaic, all in the same process. The AIC can generate and efficiently handle output images of unlimited size due to the use of a special SQL database tiled image hierarchy storage system. Output images can be georeferenced to any coordinate system defined by any combination of the 25 supported projections and 225 supported datums.
The AIC provides for two methods of applying ground control point coordinates used in the image transformation process. The coordinates can be i) entered via the keyboard from geographic survey data, GPS readings, or topographical maps or ii) lifted directly from a reference file opened in the AIC reference file window by pointing and clicking with the mouse. The AIC accepts all types of reference files, including older orthophoto aerial images, scanned and georeferenced topographical maps, or CAD/GIS vector map files.
The AIC may be used to generate SQL-based PixelStore format images for use with the TatukGIS Developer Kernel toolkit (and custom applications created from it), GIS Internet Server, GIS Editor, and free GIS Viewer products. (Click here to review an interesting AIC generated PixelStore mosaic being published over the web with the TatukGIS Internet Server.) Georeferenced output images and the associated image registration information can be exported to industry standard file types compatible with other GIS and CAD software products.
The integrated product documentation and help file system are easy to follow. The product tutorials include abundant illustrations. Despite the powerful features, the AIC product is designed for use even by novices.
A vector map file in the right windows is used to apply control points to the image in the left window.