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Applied Imagery LLC and Quick Terrain Modeler ™ A Technology Transfer Success Story Kristin M. Gray APL Technology Transfer Director (443) 778-7927 kristin.gray@jhuapl.edu www.jhuapl.edu/ott. About Quick Terrain Modeler TM. 3-D data visualization software tool
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Applied Imagery LLC andQuick Terrain Modeler™A Technology Transfer Success StoryKristin M. GrayAPL Technology Transfer Director(443) 778-7927kristin.gray@jhuapl.eduwww.jhuapl.edu/ott
About Quick Terrain ModelerTM • 3-D data visualization software tool • Created and optimized specifically for 3-D LiDAR and other 3-D terrain data • Used by DoD, researchers, GIS professionals, engineers, hydrologists, etc. • Builds large models in minutes (up to 200 million vertices), loads existing models in seconds, and navigates through models in real time • Interoperable with GIS and CAD software • Fuses multiple data types (both 3-D and 2-D) into a single view or model • Short learning curve, easy-to-use
DEMO – Andrew Scheck, APL Applied Information Sciences Department
Development History • Kevin Murphy and Mike Roth – APL PIs • Original funding: • IRAD (late ’90s) • Army Rapid Terrain Visualization Office (early ’00s) • QTViewerTM (2002)
APL Technology Transfer • Demand steadily increased • Word-of-mouth marketing • Order fulfillment • In search of a permanent home…
APL Start-up License • Applied Imagery LLC formed in 2004 to license the QTViewerTM technology • Upfront license fees, royalties, equity • APL delivered all software and development tools to Applied Imagery • APL PI support of “tech transition”
About Applied Imagery LLC • Located in Montgomery County, MD incubator (Silver Spring Innovation Center) • 3 employees • 100% annual revenue increase each year since 2004. • Over 200 customers in 28 countries
Applied Imagery Sample Customers:Diverse Feedback Builds a Better Product U.S. Department of Defense US Army, USAF, USMC US Army Corps of Engineers NGA U.S. Civilian Government NASA NOAA USGS Systems Integrators Lockheed Martin Northrop Grumman SAIC LiDAR Specialists Optech (Strategic Partner) Watershed Sciences AAM Hatch U.S. Academia MIT U.California Berkeley Ohio State University State Government Washington DC Gov’t Ohio Dept of Transportation North Carolina (NCEM) International Governments British Geological Survey Swedish Forestry Service Norway Geological Survey
For more information: Chris Parker, CEO Applied Imagery 8070 Georgia Avenue Silver Spring, MD 20910 301-589-4004 cparker@appliedimagery.com www.appliedimagery.com OR Susan Furney, Technology & Marketing Associate Office of Technology Transfer The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory Laurel, MD 20723 443-778-8122 Susan.Furney@jhuapl.edu www.jhuapl.edu/ott