Membership
Executive
Chairman: David Hodgson, DMC International Imaging
Vice-Chairman: Chetan Pradhan, Logica
Treasurer: David Morten, Fugro NPA Group
Executive Secretary: Gareth Davies, Vega
Corporate Members
AKW Technologies (Andrew Wilson)
ARGANS Ltd (Samantha Lavender)
Astrium Satellites Ltd (David Matthews)
Atkins Global (Anne Kemp)
BAE Systems (Patricia Wright)
bluesky International Ltd (James Eddy)
ComSine Ltd (Richard Proud)
DMC International Imaging Ltd (David Hodgson)
EnviroScience (Richard Stow)
eOsphere Ltd (Nicholas Walker)
Fugro NPA Group Ltd (David Morten)
GeoSeren Ltd (Wyn Cudlip)
Infoterra (Nick Veck)
Intergraph UK Ltd (Richard Goodman)
ITT Visual Information Systems Ltd (Gareth Crisford)
Logica (Chetan Pradhan)
PCI Geomatics Ltd (Iain MacInnes)
Phoenix Systems (Andy Smith)
Polar Imaging Ltd (Kim Partington)
QinetiQ (Peter Truss)
Quarry One Eleven Ltd (Alistair MacLenan)
Remote Sensing Applications Consultants Ltd (Peter Fletcher)
Satellite Oceanographic Consultants Ltd (David Cotton)
SciSys Ltd (Ian Downey)
Specto Natura (Geoff Smith)
Systems Engineering & Assessment Ltd (Chris Chaloner)
Vega (Gareth Davies)
Member company profiles
bluesky International Ltd
Bluesky is a UK-based specialist in aerial imaging and remote sensing data collection and processing. With projects extending around the globe, Bluesky is proud to work with prestigious organisations such as Google, the BBC and government agencies. Bluesky has expertise in the creation of seamless, digital aerial photography, 3D landscape/cityscape visualisations and prints and also runs a national mapping centre, providing digital mapping, satellite imagery and aerial photography including ultra-high resolution imagery of cities and towns.
DMC International Imaging Ltd (DMCii)
DMCii delivers world-wide rapid response imaging for commercial applications and disaster response.
The DMC satellites, owned and operated by different nations in the DMC Consortium, are coordinated in a phased sun-synchronous orbit to achieve daily revisit capability. DMCii also operates its own UK-DMC satellites (1 & 2) in the constellation.
The DMC Consortium, established in 2003, has regular additions of new member satellites providing data continuity as well as increased capacity, enhanced resolution and improved spectral capabilities. DMCii carries out regular constellation cross calibration campaigns to ensure radiometric stability and compatibility of data.
Services provided include Imagery, including Direct-to-Groundstation delivery; Earth Observation Services; Applications Development; Ground Segment infrastructure; and Training and Consultancy.
Intergraph UK Ltd
Intergraph Security, Government & Infrastructure (SG&I) is a global provider of geospatially powered solutions to the communications, defence and intelligence, government, photogrammetry, public safety, transportation and utility industries.
Intergraph’s photogrammetric solutions support an organisation’s complete earth imaging needs, from data acquisition to exploitation and data distribution. They provide the tools to produce maps, digital terrain models, orthophotos and other geographic data that government, military and commercial organisations require. Their end-to-end earth imaging solutions include digital aerial cameras, photogrammetric workstations, flight management and post-processing systems as well as a full photogrammetric data exploitation software suite.
Logica
Logica is an IT and business services company, employing 39,000 people across 36 countries. It provides business consulting, systems integration, and IT and business process outsourcing services. In Earth Observation, Logica’s focus is on implementing highly reliable and fully operational EO data processing systems, minimising through-life costs by rigorous application of good system design principles such as openness, use of standards and modularity.
Facilities developed for EUMETSAT and for the Japanese MTSAT weather satellites ensure that meteorologists receive advanced satellite products 24 hours per day, 365 days per year. For ESA, they have developed part of the ground segment for ESA's GOCE gravity field explorer mission and are currently implementing a data processing system for the European node of the Japanese ALOS satellite to process PALSAR data.
In EO applications and services, they have previously led the Coastchart project to exploit satellite imagery for mapping of coastlines in difficult-to-access parts of the world, and they are currently leading the GlobWave project which will produce satellite wave data products drawing upon various European and American satellites and make them freely available, in near real time, in a common format.
PCI Geomatics Ltd
PCI Geomatics is a developer of hardware/software systems for geo-imaging solutions. Since 1982, they have specialized in remote sensing, digital photogrammetry, spatial analysis, cartographic production, automated production systems, image management and on demand mapping solutions. PCI Geomatics’ advanced hardware/software systems address a wide variety of industry applications including the environment, agriculture, security and intelligence, aerospace & defense, and satellite receiving stations.
PCI Geomatics is a privately held Canadian Corporation headquartered in Toronto with additional facilities in the National Capital Region (Gatineau, QC), the US National Capital Region (Arlington, VA), Redlands, CA, Edinburgh, Scotland, India and China. PCI Geomatics software products and solutions are distributed through a direct sales force, international resellers, and third party partners.
Remote Sensing Applications Consultants Ltd (RSAC)
RSAC has been developing applications for Earth Observation since its formation in 1986. The company has particular expertise in applications relating to land use, the natural environment and agriculture. Since 1996, a major focus has been the remote sensing control of EU Common Agriculture Policy subsidy schemes. This work has been delivered for the UK Government in England (the Rural Payments Agency) and Wales (the Welsh Assembly Government) with technical guidance from the European Commission. RSAC has developed its own customised system to support the remote sensing control work which has evolved to take account of advances in very high resolution satellite imagery, digital mapping, digital aerial photography and computer technology and software (particularly Geographic Information Systems – GIS).
RSAC has a substantial track record of providing scientific and technical support to the European Space Agency (ESA). This has included involvement in experimental campaigns in advance of the launch of new satellite systems and the provision of daily mission planning for the CHRIS instrument onboard the ESA PROBA satellite.
Satellite Oceanographic Consultants Ltd (SatOC)
SatOC’s mission is to develop and promote practical applications of satellite oceanography by working with industry, the research community and commercial and institutional end users. The company was founded in 2008 by Dr David Cotton and Dr Ellis Ash, both with over 12 years experience of consultancy and applied research in satellite oceanography.
Their principal expertise is in the data and information available from satellite microwave sensors that give measurements of ocean winds, waves and currents. They also have close association with specialists on satellite optical, infrared and synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imagery from which information on sea surface temperature, water quality parameters and other oceanographic features can be obtained. This gives them a full understanding of all techniques and applications of satellite oceanography, or marine earth observation (EO) as it is also known.
They recognise that pure satellite-based solutions rarely provide the complete answer to user problems and requirements, and therefore promote an integrated approach. This is often a combination of satellite data, local measurements and numerical models.
