PAPA Recommends

PAPA International recommends the following providers of quality products and services for our members. The companies have been selected on the basis of the appropriateness for use in aerial photography, quality, price and service.

PAPA Members are encouraged to let other members know about their experiences with the tools of our trade. Aerial Photography equipment is expensive and buying the wrong product can spoil your bottom line. Before you buy, check out the PAPA equipment reviews and through e-mail links ask our members who use the equipment why they like it. Links directly to the manufacturers also bring you complete information on the products.

Datacolor - click to visit website
Datacolor Spyder3

Display calibration for professional photographers and studios…Ensure your image perfectly matches your vision
Spyder3Studio offers you the right tools for the right job and a new level of accuracy and control for all your color management needs.  It’s the cornerstone of any digital darkroom bringing you easy to use, full-featured, photographer oriented solutions for your digital workflow.  With solutions from RAW Camera calibration to quick and easy custom ICC printer profiles you’ll get real-world colors you can rely on.  From start to finish, spyder3Studio SR brings you results professional studios require and ease of use serious photographer’s demand.

Recommending PAPA member contact: Alan and Stan Macbean, Photographic Solutions stan@utahbyair.com

Visit www.datacolor.com

Topoflight - click to visit website
Topoflight 3D Flight Planning Software

TopoFlight is a  3D flight planning software which uses digital elevation models to calculate the position of every single image center.  TopoFlight allows the fast and interactive design of flight plans.  The inclusion of digital elevation models leads to best rest results and minimizes the amount of images and thereby the costs of any flight mission.  Different export interfaces allow an easy transfer to almost any flight management system.  TopoFlight can be used to plan photogrammetry and LiDAR missions and supports frame, line and LiDAR sensors.  TopoFlight presents the results as maps and tables and can be used for calculating the project costs.
TopoFlight Viewer is an easy to use viewer, documentation and archiving program for your flight missions and is completely integrated in TopoFlight from version 6 on!
TopoFlight Camculator is an efficient tool to compare different cameras regarding their usability for your project using a minimal set of data, e.g. requested ground sampling distance, overlaps and project extent.

Visit www.topoflight.com

M7vi - click to visit website
M7 Iris One

Founded in 1997, M7 visual Intelligence (M7VI) has developed and operated three generations of Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance (ISR) and mapping imaging sensors.  Based on industry experts’ reviews, M7VI believes that with the commercial introduction of Iris One™ , the aerial imaging community will have available the fastest, lightest, most reliable and most economical medium-to-large format digital aerial imaging sensor in the industry.

Visit www.m7vi.com

Insightful Imagery - click to visit website
Insightful Imagery - click to visit website

Don’t go it alone! Boyle Consulting (BOYLE) provides software tools and training to turn your aerial photography into innovative desktop and web-based geographic visualization solutions for your clients. As an authorized Business Partner with ESRI (Redlands, CA), BOYLE is a Value-Added Reseller (VAR) of ArcGIS software that will revolutionize your service offerings.

Contact Chuck today for your free demo DVD (cboyle@boyleconsulting.com).

Visit www.insitefulimagery.com

BRUCE’S CUSTOM COVERS
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Manufacturer of custom made aircraft covers for airplanes, jets and
helicopters.

PAPA Members with their own aircraft should consider canopy covers to help reduce damage to their airplane's upholstery and avionics caused by
excessive heat. These covers can also eliminate problems caused by leaky door and window seals. They keep the windshield and window surfaces clean and help prevent vandalism and theft.
Each canopy cover is custom sewn and trimmed in the colors of the airplane. A duffle bag is also provided. The airplane's registration number can be embroidered onto both sides of the cover.

Also available from Bruce’s Custom Covers:
Engine Inlet Plugs · Engine Covers · Propeller Covers
Wing Covers · Horizontal Stabilizer Covers · Empennage Cover
HeatShield Interior Reflectors
Visit their website for more information: www.aircraftcovers.com

link to Logix website
PAPA recommends Logix, Inc for your digital imaging solutions. Logix is a complete full service digital imaging supplier and consultant. We carry most of the popular manufacturers of professional grade digital photography hardware and software. These include: Epson, Kodak, Fuji, Xerox, Imacon, Seal, HP, LaCie and many more. Additionally, Logix consults on color management and digital workflow for the professional photographer. Our staff comes from a background of professional shooting and lab management. On site training and installation is available throughout the US.
Please contact the following members for information:
Julie Belanger, Executive Director of PAPA
ProAerialVideo.com
ProAerialVideo.com
ProAerialVideo.com is the world's largest resource dedicated exclusively to collecting, cataloguing, displaying and selling stock aerial footage. Created through a collaboration of an international consortium of aerial videographers, this growing library specializes in aerial footage of city skylines, recognizable landmarks and diverse landscapes from around the world.   ProAerialVideo.com also works with our network of aerial videographers to provide the highest quality custom aerial video around the world.
AircraftLogs.com
Aircraftlogs.com

Did you know… Loss of logbooks by fire, theft or simply misplacing them, could result in significant loss to the value of your aircraft that even insurance won’t cover.  AircraftLogs.com is an aircraft management system providing complete recordkeeping services for corporate and private aircraft owners and operators.  

AircraftLogs will provide individual PAPA members with a complete and secure aircraft management program including online logbooks and flight records, expense management, maintenance tracking, reporting tools and more.  For more information visit AircraftLogs.com  and call 888-359-5647.

Recommending PAPA member: Kent Larson Kent@DCAirPhotos.com

Lead'Air
LeadAir System

Lead’Air, Inc. (USA) in collaboration with Track’Air (the Netherlands), maker of the X-Track Flight Management System and Midas Mapping Camera, is introducing NanoTrack, a new Flight Management System specially adapted for small format digital aerial photography. NanoTrack is designed to accurately plan and automatically trigger vertical and oblique photography using commercial small format digital cameras. It will allow the user to plan and precisely fly small blocks of parallel strips of vertical photography using the same tools that so far have only been available to large mapping companies.  The NanoTrack is an affordable system derived from the proven X-Track system used by over one thousand major mapping companies and governmental agencies worldwide. For more information contact Lead’Air at 407-343-7571

Recommended by PAPA member: Chuck Boyle cboyle@boyleconsulting.com