Hitachi Software Global Technology Signs Pictometry® as Master North American Distibutor for Hitachi HouseDiff® Services
Combined with Pictometry Change Analysis™, Users Can Simultaneously Compare Existing and New Aerial Imagery for Changes in Building and Land Features
ROCHESTER,
NY and WESTMINSTER, CO – February 1, 2006 – Pictometry International Corp., the worldwide leader in
digital, aerial oblique imagery and measuring software, and Hitachi Software
Global Technology (HSGT), the leader in automatic building change detection
solutions, announced today that Pictometry will become the Master North American
distributor for the Hitachi HouseDiff®
service offering. Under terms of the agreement signed by the two companies,
Pictometry will market and sell the Hitachi HouseDiff product as a complementary
offering to its own Pictometry Professional (EFS) and Pictometry Change Analysis™
software systems.
Hitachi HouseDiff® automatically detects changes in an area that could go undetected, such as additions to existing structures, demolitions, land use changes, new construction, or other real property features. Pictometry Change Analysis allows the direct comparison on a computer monitor of previous aerial imagery with recent imagery of the same area. Combining the Pictometry Change Analysis Viewer with the Hitachi’s HouseDiff® process, users can now view the change candidates side-by-side with new imagery, as well as verify and analyze the changes using the multiple views from Pictometry’s oblique imagery.
Pictometry’s industry leading professional software enables users to easily access up to 12 different oblique (at an angle) views of any property, building, highway, or other feature in an area. The software also enables users to obtain measurements such as distance, height, elevation, and area directly from the oblique imagery as well as insert GIS content and other data.
"Our
marketing and sales agreement with Pictometry gives us an immediate presence
into hundreds of potential opportunities," said Hitachi Software Global
Technology President Fumi Komura.
"Pictometry is clearly recognized as the foremost authority in oblique
imaging technology that complements our HouseDiff product."
"When
we saw HouseDiff®
we
felt it was the perfect partner for Pictometry Change Analysis™. This is truly
one of those cases where the whole is greater than the sum of its parts,"
said Pictometry Chief Technology Officer Stephen Schultz.
"This
is a significant development for our two companies," said Pictometry Chief
Marketing Officer Dante Pennacchia. "The combination of Pictometry Change
Analysis and HouseDiff® from Hitachi is
a powerful solution that has many uses ranging from appraisal and assessment
verification, community planning, engineering, to disaster response and
planning. We are very pleased to continue our growing partnership with
Hitachi."
About
Hitachi Software Global Technology
Hitachi
Software Global Technology (HSGT) is a leading software, data, and solution
provider for organizations
seeking to maximize their potential through spatial information. HSGT solutions
combine Open GIS Consortium standards, imagery and vector data products, and
award-winning automatic vectorization software. Headquartered in Westminster,
Colorado, HSGT continues to pioneer new technologies and services for utilities,
telecommunications companies, and governments.
For more information visit www.hsgt.com.
About
Pictometry
Pictometry International
is a rapidly growing software company that provides visual information systems.
The company’s patented imaging process captures georeferenced, high-resolution
oblique (at an angle, 3D-like view) and orthogonal (straight down) Intelligent
Images®
of counties and states. Combined with the company’s interactive software
solution, users can see everywhere, measure anything, and plan everything. The
company has a growing customer base exceeding 125 counties, the State of
Massachusetts, the State of Rhode Island, federal government organizations, as
well as private business users. Major metropolitan areas using Pictometry
include Atlanta, Baltimore, Boston, Indianapolis, Los Angeles, New York City,
Philadelphia, San Francisco, and Washington, DC. Applications include 9-1-1,
appraisers, assessors, emergency management agencies, engineering, financial
institutions, fire departments, GIS, golf communities, homeland security,
insurance, law enforcement, planning officials, real estate, and transportation.
Pictometry is a second order visualization tool that does not produce
authoritative or definitive information (surveying) from its digital, aerial
images.
The company is hosting
its first annual User Conference, Pictometry
FutureView 2006, from October 29 – November 1, 2006 in Orlando, FL.
For more information on Pictometry, visit www.pictometry.com.
Trademark and Copyright Information
Pictometry, Pictometry Change Analysis, and Intelligent Images are
trademarks or registered trademarks of Pictometry International Corp
HouseDiff® is a registered service
mark of Hitachi Software Engineering Co., Ltd.
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