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Intersat Introduces Virtual Reality Flight Simulator
Longmont CO (SPX) Jan 5, 2006 DigitalGlobe has announced that its Brazil-based partner Intersat has introduced a new product, Virtual Reality Simulator. Designed to train airplane pilots, this flight simulator package relies on DigitalGlobe's high-resolution QuickBird satellite images for a three-dimensional visual perspective. Intersat's Virtual Reality Simulator product has been available to commercial and government customers since August 2005. It integrates Leica Geosystems' ERDAS Imagine Virtual GIS with QuickBird satellite imagery to offer pilots the ability to train in a "real-world" scenario without sacrificing expensive equipment or putting pilots in danger. QuickBird imagery, with its 60-centimeter resolution and high accuracy, provides realistic backdrops and close-up views that flight trainees find helpful for navigating flight paths and visualizing topography. Coming to life in 3-D perspective, the images clearly show such features as runways, airport structures, taxiways, roads and waterways. The imagery is overlaid with additional geographic information systems (GIS) data that depict important elements of an airport's infrastructure or a complex flight path. Intersat's Virtual Reality Simulator product has been developed with the integration of approximately 140 square kilometers of QuickBird imagery and a digital terrain model (DTM) from Colombia. "By properly identifying the existence and characteristics of ground features, pilots in training can reduce risk by visualizing them within the safety of a computer setting," said Omar Silva Junior of Intersat. Intersat's partner, STC Sistemas e Tecnologia Ltda is already using the Virtual Reality Simulator for training Brazilian and Colombian Air Force pilots. STC Sistemas e Tecnologia is responsible for producing Brazil's first flight simulator. Founded in 1995, STC is located in Sao Jose dos Campos, SP, the center of Brazilian Aeronautical and Defense Industries. STC was established as a technological cooperation agreement with a simulator manufacturing firm to maintain and install all simulators developed in Brazil. Today the company is dedicated to operating, installing, and applying technical training for the Tucano family of simulators. EMB-312 Tucano is a worldwide recognized light military aircraft manufactured by Embraer. The EMB-312 Tucano is primarily used as an advanced flight trainer, but can also be adapted as a light strike aircraft, due to its excellent maneuverability, payload and range capabilities. "Virtual Reality Simulator reproduces the real and functional panels and console using a 16-bit computer. Simulation covers the aircraft systems, allowing for training in the same operation conditions of the real aircraft," said Luiz Otavio Bernardes of STC. Community Email This Article Comment On This Article Related Links Intersat DigitalGlobe SpaceDaily Search SpaceDaily Subscribe To SpaceDaily Express Earth Observation News - Suppiliers, Technology and Application
New Legislation Initiated To Support Commercial Remote Sensing Industry
New York NY (SPX) Jan 11, 2006The importance of remotely sensed data and technologies to support natural disasters has prompted attention and action in Washington. New initiatives and legislation authorizing appropriations to the remote sensing industry will be discussed at Strategic Research Institute's U.S. Commercial Remote Sensing Industry conference, scheduled for February 9-10, 2006 in Washington D.C. |
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