Company History
INPHO is looking back to 29 years of successful contributions to the geospatial information market. For several photogrammetric technologies INPHO has been the first company worldwide offering a commercial software product.
Already during the analytical photogrammetry times in 1985 INPHO contributed with the first automated digital photogrammetric system for 3D measurement of industrial surfaces (InduSURF / MATCH-I). INPHO also provided the first solution for GPS-supported aerial triangulation (PATB / SKIP) opening the possibility for drastical reduction of ground control, and thus of overall project costs.
In the era of digital photogrammetry INPHO developed the first products for automated DTM generation (MATCH-T) and fully automatic aerial triangulation (MATCH-AT). After becoming a photogrammetric system supplier in 2000, INPHO completed its portfolio by advanced and unique techniques for true orthophoto generation, orthophoto mosaicking and semi-automated building extraction.
In parallel to the photogrammetric developments, INPHO has continuously extended its technology for high-precision terrain modeling.
| The main milestones of INPHO’s history are: |
 | 1980: | | Foundation of INPHO GmbH, Stuttgart, Germany by Prof. Fritz Ackermann | |
| 1980: | | Activities in aerial triangulation (PATM, PATB) and hybrid DTM modeling (SCOP) | |
| 1985: | | First developments on area-based digital image matching for applications in industrial surface measurement (InduSURF, MATCH-I) | |
| 1991: | | First products for GPS-supported aerial triangulation (PATB+SKIP) | |
| 1991: | | Introduction of automatic DTM generation (MATCH-T) based on feature-based image matching | |
| 1996: | | Introduction of automatic digital aerial triangulation (MATCH-AT) | |
| 1999: | | Start of cooperation with Stellacore on orthophoto mosaicking (OrthoVista) | |
| 2000: | | INPHO turns into a full photogrammetric system supplier and completes its portfolio by own developments on ortho-rectification (OrthoMaster) and by products from DAT/EM Systems International (Summit Evolution) and Vexcel Austria (UltraScan 5000). | |
| 2000: | | Inpho Technology Oy (former X-Position), Espoo, Finland becomes a 100% subsidiary of INPHO. | |
| 2002: | | Introduction of true-orthophoto capabilities in OrthoMaster and OrthoVista | |
| 2003: | | Introduction of robust LIDAR filtering (SCOP++) in cooperation with Technical University Vienna | |
| 2004: | | Introduction of new DTM editing station with stereo capabilities (DTMaster) | |
| 2005: | | Foundation of inphoUSA, Inc. in Baton Rouge, LA, USA as a 100% subsidiary of INPHO | |
| 2007: | | INPHO becomes a 100% subsidiary of Trimble and is now part of Trimble's new Geospatial Division. | |
| 2008: | | In addition to the processing of frame images, INPHO is now offering a full production line for pushbroom images. | |
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