Applanix

Infobox_Company
company_name = Applanix
company_
company_type = Wholly owned subsidiary of Trimble Inc
foundation = Markham, Canada (1991)
location = Richmond Hill, Canada
homepage = [http://www.applanix.com/ www.applanix.com]

Applanix based in Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada develops and manufactures a line of Intertial 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. [ [http://www.applanix.com/ Applanix: A Trimble Company] ]

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 defence markets. Since 1993, and through an extensive technology conversion effort, Applanix has increasingly specialised in providion off-the-shelf Position and Orientation Systems (POS) using integrated inertial/GPS technology. [cite journal | journal = ISPRS Highlights | volume = 4 | issue = 2 | date= June 1999 | year = 1999 | url = http://www.isprs.org/publications/highlights/highlights0402/profile_of_new_sustaining_members.html | title = Profile of New Sustaining Members | publisher = International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing]

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) expecting the acquisition to extend its technology portfolio and enable increased robustness and capabilities in its future positioning products. [cite press release | url = http://www.applanix.com/news_events/article.php?id=18&tableName=Press | title = Trimble to expand positioning technology portfolio with acquisition of Applanix | publisher = Applanix | date= 2003-06-20]

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