Planning . Collection . Production . Integration
SIME’s Aerial team ensures that all aerial-based products are developed to the highest quality standards and are delivered on time.
With over eight years of extensive experience, Space Imaging Middle East’s specialized aerial division provides the regional market with a complete suite of aerial imagery products and services. The division is fully equipped with a Cessna aircraft and aerial photography equipment that are stationed in the Middle East, manned by an experienced crew and fully trained technical staff. The division has also leased a new aircraft, AeroCommander, to ensure smooth operations for parallel projects.
The Team . Mobilization . Flexibility . Integration
Our Strengths
SIME prides itself with a team of professional and experienced pilots and ground station crew. Our pilots have successfully completed countrywide aerial missions across the region. With our crew and aircraft stationed in Abu Dhabi, UAE, our strategic location puts us in a position to quickly mobilize our resources for any aerial mission within the region. Whether it’s a small city or a large country, a one-time fly-over mission or a long-term mission requirement, our flight crew and support staff will accommodate all your aerial imagery needs. SIME has an in-house team of experts to configure and integrate its imagery products with your existing GIS application or environment.
Our Offerings
We offer a wide range of services on top of aerial imagery
Aerial Survey . Ground Control Point Collection . Aerial Triangulation . Feature Extraction Orthophoto Mosaic . Oblique Imagery . Thermal Mapping . LIDAR Survey
Flight Planning
With customized aircraft, professional aircrew and state-of-the-art equipment, SIME’s Aerial Division caters to all your aerial imagery needs; from flight planning and dedicated aerial image collection projects to conducting tailor-made aerial surveys. The division also ensures a quick turn-around time as it has complete in-house facilities for image processing and features extraction.
DEMs & DTMs
SIME creates fully detailed Digital Terrain Models (DTMs) for contour generation, orthophoto production and floodplain mapping. The division also produces Digital Elevation Models (DEMs) for specialized applications such as 3D modelling, volumetric calculations & surveys.
Orthorectification
Whether you require a first generation base map or the next generation 3D fly-throughs, SIME applies the most appropriate technology to produce comprehensive and rich digital orthophotos. SIME also uses special techniques to process and create digital true ortho products.
Topographic Mapping
SIME’s production department produces accurate, precise and extremely detailed planimetric and topographic maps for a variety of GIS applications.
GIS Integration
SIME’s GIS Department combines the visual information of aerial photography with the positional and scale accuracy of topographic maps and applies the resulting information in multiple software environments to interpret and display data for general viewing and analysis.
3D City Modelling
SIME has proudly created 3D city models for two of the most complex cities in the UAE; Abu Dhabi & Dubai. From flight planning to image capturing, image processing to 3D model generation, all processes were completed in-house. SIME also collected digital imagery of buildings for realistic 3D façade.
Our Fleet
Customized Cessna Airplane
SIME’s Aerial team is constantly supported by its Production department to help ensure that all aerial-based products are developed to the highest quality standards and are delivered on time. With over eight years of extensive experience, Space Imaging Middle East’s specialized aerial division provides the regional market with a complete suite of aerial imagery products and services. The division is fully equipped with a Cessna aircraft and aerial photography equipment that are stationed in the Middle East, manned by an experienced crew and fully trained technical staff. The division has also leased a new aircraft, AeroCommander, to ensure smooth operations for parallel projects.
The Vexcel UltraCam-X
A 216MB pixel digital aerial camera
Vexcel’s UltraCamX provides the same obvious advantages over film cameras as the UltraCamD, but has superior specifications and extended capabilities.
The data flow is simpler, the technology is more robust, and image formatting is the world’s most precise. Taking advantage of improved CCD technology, UltraCamX employs 7.2 micrometer pixels and thus achieves an even larger image format at 14,430 x 9,420 pixels without sacrificing radiometric performance. An all new optical system developed for the UCX by LINOS improves light fall-off over previous solutions, maintaining image sharpness and high radiometric range well into the corners of each image.
