Harris Corporation 3D Urban Models Featured on Web-based Live Search Maps
November 07 2006 - 8:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
Harris Expands Defense and Intelligence Technology to Commercial
Markets MELBOURNE, Fla., Nov. 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Harris
Corporation (NYSE:HRS), a leading provider of geospatial solutions
for the visualization, mapping and geographic information system
(GIS) markets, today announced that its RealSite(TM) 3D urban city
models are now featured by Microsoft in the new release of Live
Search Maps at http://maps.live.com/. Live Search Maps is a free,
online local search and mapping service that combines worldwide
road and aerial maps with unique, bird's-eye-view imagery for
select metropolitan areas. "The visually stunning Harris(R)
RealSite Pictometry urban models are perfect for our visualization
applications for Microsoft Virtual Earth," said Steven Lawler,
general manager of the Microsoft Virtual Earth project, a mapping
and location platform. "We are excited about the positive response
that we already have received from our users." Harris has conducted
an extensive development effort with Pictometry using proprietary
processing technologies to create realistic, accurate and
affordable 3D urban models in support of the Microsoft project. The
imagery used by Harris to create these very realistic urban
environments is supplied by Pictometry International Corporation
and is being used by Microsoft to depict large urban areas in the
United States and international locations. Harris, Pictometry and
Microsoft have established a cooperative marketing alliance to
serve their core markets and customers with products that blend the
advanced Pictometry system with the unique geospatial expertise of
Harris. "The Harris 3D urban models represent the highest quality
and accuracy possible with commercial aerial imagery," said Jeremy
Wensinger, group president of Integrated Systems and Services,
Harris Government Communications Systems Division. "We are very
excited to be able to provide Microsoft and its customers with
these photo-realistic urban environments, which allow the user to
view places and locations at a level of detail never before
possible. This is yet another example of how Harris is successfully
addressing commercial markets using technology that has been proven
through military, intelligence and other government applications."
RealSite models are created using proprietary technology that
utilizes data from a variety of high-resolution imagery sources as
well as Laser Imaging Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) and other
high-accuracy sensors. These photo-realistic, geo-specific 3D
models can be created for virtually any location on the earth to
support a broad range of commercial or government applications, and
can include a variety of imagery mosaic and elevation data options.
Three-dimensional models are available initially for 15 U.S.
cities: San Francisco, San Jose, Seattle, Boston, Philadelphia, Los
Angeles, Las Vegas, Detroit, Phoenix, Houston, Baltimore, Atlanta,
Denver, Dallas and Fort Worth. Harris Government Communications
Systems Division conducts advanced research studies, develops
prototypes, and produces and supports state-of-the- art, assured
communications(TM) solutions and information systems that solve the
mission-critical challenges of its military and government
customers, while serving as the technology base for the company's
diverse commercial businesses. Harris Corporation is an
international communications and information technology company
serving government and commercial markets in more than 150
countries. With headquarters in Melbourne, Florida, the company has
annual sales of $3.5 billion and nearly 14,000 employees, including
more than 6,000 engineers and scientists. The company's four
operating divisions serve markets for government communications, RF
communications, broadcast communications, and microwave
communications. For more information, visit http://www.harris.com/.
Sound interesting? Find great jobs at Harris:
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products mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective
owners. DATASOURCE: Harris Corporation CONTACT: Sleighton Meyer,
Government Communications Systems Division, +1-321-727-6514, or ,
or Brent Dietz, Corporate Headquarters, +1-321-724-3554, or , both
of Harris Corporation Web site: http://maps.live.com/
http://www.harris.com/
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