Applanix

Applanix
Wholly owned subsidiary of Trimble Inc
Founded Markham, Canada (1991)
Headquarters Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada
Website www.applanix.com
Applanix office in Richmond Hill

Applanix, based in Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada, develops and manufactures a line of Inertial Navigation System products. The company's Position and Orientation Systems (POS) are used worldwide for a variety of applications such as, aerial survey and mapping, remote sensing, road profiling, GIS data acquisition, and hydrographic surveying.[1]

History

Applanix, founded in February 1991 as Applied Analytics Corporation, is a spin-off of Honeywell's Advanced Technology Centre. In its first two years of its operation Applied Analytics provided engineering services in integrated inertial systems and real-time image processing for the aerospace and defense markets. Since 1993, and through an extensive technology conversion effort, Applanix has increasingly specialized in providing off-the-shelf Position and Orientation Systems (POS) using integrated inertial/GPS technology.[2]

On June 20, 2003 Trimble Inc announced that it had agreed to purchase Applanix in a stock transaction valued at CAD$25 million (approximately US$18.6 million). Trimble expected the acquisition to extend its technology portfolio and enable increased robustness and capabilities in its future positioning products.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Applanix: A Trimble Company
  2. ↑ "Profile of New Sustaining Members". ISPRS Highlights. International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing. 4 (2). June 1999. Archived from the original on 2007-08-14.
  3. ↑ "Trimble to expand positioning technology portfolio with acquisition of Applanix" (Press release). Applanix. 2003-06-20. Archived from the original on 2007-06-07.
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