Kucera operates a wide range of advanced technology for aerial photography, surveying, mapping, imaging, and GIS/CAD services. This technology includes:


Aircraft, Cameras, Sensors:
Three (3) Piper Navajo Chieftain twin-engine aircraft
Two (2) Cessna TU-206 single engine aircraft
One (1) Leica ADS40 (SH-40) large format digital camera/sensor
One (1) Leica ADS40 (SH-51) large format digital camera/sensor
One (1) Leica ALS50 aerial LiDAR system
Two (2) Zeiss RMK TOP 15 aerial film cameras
Two (2) Zeiss Jena LMK 1000 aerial film cameras
DeLorme XMAP v. 4.5 flight planning software
One (1) Canon GL1 high-resolution digital camcorder (airborne videography)
One (1) Mitsubishi IR-M600 video thermal imager (leased)


Airborne and Ground Surveying:
Four (4) Applanix POS/AV 510 airborne GPS/IMU systems
Four (4) Trimble 5700 series geodetic GPS receivers
Two (2) Genisys Accuphoto mapping-grade airborne GPS systems
Two (2) Trimble ProXL mapping-grade GPS receivers
Two (2) Leica NA2000 automatic levels
Two (2) TOPCON ET2 total stations
Two (2) Novatel OEM2 geodetic GPS receivers


Photo Lab:
Two (2) Kodak Versamat film processors
Four (4) LogE Mark IV/V contact printers
Three (3) Pako/Dupont large-format film processors
Two (2) Zeiss SEGV rectifying enlargers
One (1) ACTI computerized copy camera
One (1) Colex color printer


Scanning and Image Processing:
Two (2) Z/I Imaging PhotoScan 2002 3600 dpi film scanners
One (1) Ideal 8300 800 dpi flatbed scanner
Agfa Apertune automated image dodging software
Six (6) Adobe Photoshop CS2 image processing stations


Aerotriangulation:
Two (2) Inpho MATCH AT softcopy aerotriangulation stations
Two (2) Leica ORIMA softcopy aerotriangulation stations
Two (2) Leica precision pugging instruments - CPMI, PUG IV
Two (2) Zeiss C100/P2 analytical stereoplotters
Inpho PatB-GPS aerotriangulation adjustment software
Two (2) Analytical aerotriangulation stations - Kenefick, PAT B


Digital Orthophotography:
Two (2) Inpho OrthoVista mosaic stations
One (1) Z/I OrthoPro orthophoto stations
Three (1) GPro Processing Stations
Ten (10) GPro Rectify Nodes
Inpho OrthoVista v.4.2 image processing software
Adobe PhotoShop CS2 image processing software
Image Alchemy image processing software
Lizardtech GeoExpress image compression software
ER Mapper ECW image compression software


Stereocompilation:
Two (2) Z/I SSK softcopy stereoplotters
Two (2) Cardinal Systems VR2 softcopy stereoplotters
Two (2) BAE Socet set softcopy stereoplotters
Eight (8) Analytical stereoplotters-Zeiss P3, Leica BC2


Terrain Modeling, Feature Extraction, 3D Visulalization:
ArcView 3D Analyst (DTM/TIN/3D visualization)
Trimble Terramodel (DTM/TIN/contour generation)
Two (2) TerraSolid Terramodeler/TerraScan stations
Two (2) Inpho DTM Master stations
One (1) Microstation InRoads DTM station
Two (2) Z/I MATCH T stations
Multigen Paradigm 3D visualization software
Ecognition and Visual Learning systems feature extraction software


GIS and CAD:
Four (4) ESRI ArcGIS V.9x stations
Four (4) Autodesk AutoCAD 2006/MAP CAD/GIS stations
Four (4) Microstation V.8 CAD stations
Eight (8) Cardinal systems VR1/2 editing stations
One (1) Intergraph GeoMedia CAD/GIS station
Microstation GEOPAK survey suite 2004 software


Digital Plotting:
One (1) HP 5000 1200 dpi inkjet plotter
One (1) HP 1050C 600 dpi inkjet plotter
One (1) HP 755 600 dpi inkjet plotter
One (1) AGFA Grand Sherpa 1200 dpi color plotter
One (1) ProSeal 44" Mounting/Lamination system


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