High Performance Digital Aerial Imaging Using DMC® Technology
Because the precision of the aerial imaging process determines the standard of quality for all subsequent image-based map products, MJ Harden utilizes the latest in digital aerial imaging technology, the Digital Mapping Camera (DMC) system from Zeiss/Intergraph. The DMC is a fully-integrated imaging and geospatial data capture system that incorporates:

• Flight Management System
• 8-head Camera with Imaging Control System
• Airborne GPS (ABGPS) Receiver/Data Recorder
• Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU)
• Forward Motion Correction (FMC) System

This advanced, multi-component system provides in-flight image verification that manages and synchronizes the simultaneous data capture processes to produce imagery of the highest quality and accuracy.

MJ Harden captures high-quality, 12-bit imagery with ground resolutions as small as 1½" per image pixel. (In grayscale, this translates to 4,096 shades of gray vs. 256 shades from a film-based camera system.) The radiometric and geometric resolution of our imaging system produces image clarity, detail and accuracy not possible with conventional film-based aerial photography or other digital imaging systems.

In a single pass, the DMC system simultaneously captures multiple bands of imagery:

• Panchromatic (Grayscale)
• Natural Color (RGB)
  
• Color Infrared (CIR)

This one-pass imaging process collects the widest range of spectral data possible on every project, and unused image data can be archived for future processing and analysis.

MJ Harden’s aerial imaging system is the most advanced and versatile configuration commercially available. When you compare on value, other methods and technologies just don’t measure up.