Leica Photogrammetry Suite - History

History

While the initial release of LPS (called "Leica Photogrammetry Suite 8.7") was in late 2003, it was a combination of new technology as well as software previously developed by ERDAS (which was acquired by Leica Geosystems in 2003). The product evolution is as follows:

  • 1991 - "Digital Ortho" in ERDAS 7.5
  • 1993 - OrthoMAX
  • 1994 - Warptool & Mosaictool in IMAGINE 8.2
  • 1999 - OrthoBASE first release in IMAGINE 8.3.1
  • 2000 - Stereo Analyst 1.0 (module for stereo feature extraction)
  • 2001 - OrthoBASE Pro (module for automated terrain extraction)
  • 2003 - Leica Photogrammetry Suite 8.7",
  • 2004 - Leica Photogrammetry Suite 8.7 Service Pack 1 (incorporates add-on modules of ORIMA and PRO600, which were initially developed for use with SOCET SET)
  • 2005 - Leica Photogrammetry Suite 8.7 Service Packs 2 and 3 ( ADS40 sensor support, automated point measurement improvements)
  • 2005 - Leica Photogrammetry Suite 9.0 (new module for image mosaicking, called MosaicPro)
  • 2006 - Leica Photogrammetry Suite 9.1 (new TIN format: LTF, terrain split and merge improvements)
  • 2008 - Leica Photogrammetry Suite 9.2 (ATE improvements, new sensor models, enhanced mosaicking)
  • 2008 - With the re-branding of "Leica Geosystems Geospatial Imaging" to "ERDAS", the "Leica Photogrammetry Suite" name was converted to an acronym, "LPS".
  • 2008 - LPS 9.3 (PRO600 Fundamentals released)
  • 2010 - LPS 2010 released
  • 2010 - LPS 2010 v10.1 released (new algorithm eATE release, as follow up to ATE)
  • 2010 - LPS 2011 released (improvements to MosaicPro, Terrain Prep Tool and more)

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