Trimble Acquires INPHO
Trimble has acquired privately-held INPHO (Germany) in an all-cash transaction. INPHO is a Supplier of photogrammetry and digital surface modeling for aerial surveying, mapping and remote sensing applications. Financial terms were not disclosed.
As an end-to-end photogrammetry solutions supplier, INPHO's product portfolio covers the entire workflow of projects, including aerial triangulation, stereo compilation, terrain modeling, orthophoto production and image capture. In addition, INPHO offers innovative software solutions for processing digital terrain models, including advanced filtering and editing of LIDAR data. With a customer base of more than 1,000 users in over 100 countries, INPHO products are used by service companies offering geospatial data collection by photogrammetry and LIDAR as well as state authorities involved in supplying geospatial information.
Photogrammetry adds a new dimension to Trimble to address the geospatial information industry. Trimble’s business has been primarily focused on ground or terrestrial-based positioning solutions. With recent advances in the geospatial information industry, more opportunities and applications for geospatial data have been identified for industries such as transportation and civil engineering, utilities and communications, natural resources management, government and military. Photogrammetry and aerial imaging provide overhead views of roads, bridges, dams, construction sites, buildings and forests as well as other structures and natural resources on the Earth. The acquisition of INPHO’s photogrammetry and LIDAR software processing technologies augment Trimble's existing ground-based positioning solutions to enable users to capture, extract, and analyze layers of accurate air-to-ground data to increase productivity.
Johannes Saile and the staff of INPHO will join Trimble and operate as a wholly-owned subsidiary.
