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July 2020
PHOTOGRAMMETRIC ENGINEERING & REMOTE SENSING
INDUSTRY
NEWS
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
California geomatics engineering firm,
Towill, Inc.
(Towill),
announces the acquisition of Cunha Engineering, Inc. (Cunha)
of Pinole, California. The acquisition will augment and diver-
sify Towill’s land surveying services in the SF Bay Area and
throughout the state of California.
“While the closing of this transition comes during unusual
times, it’s been a long-term goal of both firms and a well-planned
acquisition,” says Towill President Ken Meme, CP, RPP. “We see
this investment as an excellent way to increase our presence in
critical market sectors while strengthening our team. There is a
great synergistic and cultural fit between the two firms that will
help us better serve clients, integrate and maximize the potential
of our personnel, and bring the combined firm cross-selling
opportunities. Both businesses have enjoyed robust performance
in spite of the global pandemic and we look forward to even better
results when the crisis abates.”
Operating from seven offices strategically located throughout
California and one office in Colorado Springs, Towill is well-po-
sitioned to serve the Western United States. This acquisition
combines the expertise and wide range of services of the two
firms and will expand Towill’s depth of resources to better serve
clients in multiple markets.
For more information, contact Dawn Antonucci, dawn.
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URISA
is pleased to present the following list of candidates for
URISA President-Elect and for Directors on the Board.
For President-Elect: Brent Jones, PE, PLS, Global Manager,
Land Records/Cadastre, Esri, Vienna, Virginia
For Board of Directors (to fill 3 positions):
y
Kathryn Brewer, GISP, Partner, Spatial Relationships
LLC, Boston Massachusetts
y
Xan Fredericks
, GISP, Lidar Coordinator/Associate Na-
tional Map Liaison, US Geological Survey, Saint Peters-
burg, Florida
y
Tari Martin, GISP, Director, National & Federal, Nation-
al Alliance for Public Safety GIS (NAPSG) Foundation,
Washington, DC
y
Pravin Mathur, GISP, Clark Nexsen, Virginia Beach, Vir-
ginia
y
Joseph Sloop, GISP, Geographic Information Officer, For-
syth County, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
y
Steven J. Steinberg, PhD, GISP, Geographic Information
Officer, Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, California
The official ballots will be distributed to the entire URISA
membership by the end of June. The deadline for URISA
members to cast their votes is July 30. To help members decide
for whom to vote, each candidate will provide a profile of their
professional experience and a statement about their ideas
for URISA’s future.
Those elected will begin their three-year Board terms follow-
ing
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EQUIPMENT/TECHNOLOGY
Spectral Evolution now offers a portable, compact four inch
reflectance/transmittance (R/T) integrating sphere for mea-
suring the reflectance and transmittance of a wide variety of
material types.
The 4 inch R/T sphere is lightweight and portable so you can
take it into the field for in situ measurements, delivered with a
stand as well as a ¼-20 mount for use with tripods. When used
with a Spectral Evolution spectrometer or spectroradiometer
such as the PSR+, RS-3500, RS-5400, SR-6500 or RS-8800, it
delivers detailed information for measurements transmittance
and reflectance modes at two varying light intensity levels.
The RT sphere, similar to other field accessories, is connected to
Spectral Evolution spectrometers and spectroradiometers via an
industry standard SMA-905 connector. Like many other Spectral
Evolution accessories, the RT sphere can be operated via a one
click triggering mechanism, allowing for rapid data acquisition.
It is powered by the universal accessory power supply cable for
seamless integration into existing Spectral Evolution equipment.
For more information on the RT sphere, visit: https://
spectralevolution.com/products/hardware/.
Teledyne Lumenera, a Teledyne Technologies [NYSE:TDY]
company, and manufacturer and developer of digital cameras
for industrial and scientific imaging applications, is pleased to
announce the release of its new Lt Series USB3 cameras. With
robust compact enclosures and fully-locking USB3 connectors,
these new cameras are built for rugged 24/7 use. Equipped with
the latest rolling shutter Starvis™ CMOS sensors and global
shutter Pregius™ CMOS sensors from Sony®, and ranging in
resolution from 2-20 megapixels, these new cameras perform in
a wide variety of imaging applications such as aerial imaging,
Intelligent Traffic Systems (ITS), robotic inspection solutions,
and life sciences. Teledyne Lumenera’s Lt Series Cameras of-
fer a smaller, lighter, and lower cost imaging solution and are
designed specifically to meet the challenges of today’s modern
imaging systems that strive to provide advanced vision perfor-
mance while using less power, less space, and fitting increasing-
ly tight industry budgets.
“Even with a more compact form factor, the new Lt Series cam-
eras offer the full set of features that themodern imaging industry
demands,” said Ghislain Beaupré, General Manager at Teledyne
Lumenera. “These new cameras open up new opportunities for
imaging system designers to incorporate full-function cameras
without unnecessary performance compromises due to size.”
The Teledyne Lumenera Lt Series Cameras offer proven
32 and 64-bit operating system compatibility for, Windows,
Linux, Linux for embedded system platforms, and single board
computers (SBCs). They are designed to deliver high dynamic
range, high speed, with low read noise for both industrial and
scientific imaging applications.
For more information about Teledyne Lumenera’s Lt Series
USB3 cameras visit
/
lt-series-usb3-cameras.html.
