Leica ADS40 Supports Relief Efforts after Earthquake China

On May 16^th, after processing a flight undertaken earlier that day, Leica Geosystems' support staff sent the corrected image data to the China Central Government Earthquake Salvation Centre for inspection. Whilst analysing the image strip, the leadership's attention was drawn to a sign stating "SOS700" on a rooftop in the village of Cao Ping near Yingxiu town. Although nobody in the Salvation Centre immediately understood the message, a rescue team was quickly dispatched to the village. Upon arrival in Cao Ping, the rescuers encountered seven hundred villagers without food and water, many of them wounded.

The discovery of the villagers' call for help was made possible by the performance features of the Leica ADS40. The sensor technology of Leica ADS40 permits fast large area data collection at equal resolution across all bands without the loss of image quality and information in the multispectral bands. In combination with a fast and simple workflow, the Leica ADS40 delivers real production efficiency when time is of the essence.

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