1. Applied Imagery LLC and Quick Terrain Modeler™ A Technology Transfer Success Story Kristin M. Gray APL Technology Transfer Director (443)

2. 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

3. DEMO – Andrew Scheck, APL Applied Information Sciences Department

4. Development History Kevin Murphy and Mike Roth – APL PIs
Original funding:
IRAD (late ’90s)
Army Rapid Terrain Visualization Office (early ’00s)
QTViewerTM (2002)

5. APL Technology Transfer
Demand steadily increased
Word-of-mouth marketing
Order fulfillment
In search of a permanent home…

6. 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”

7. 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

8. International Governments
Applied Imagery Sample Customers: Diverse Feedback Builds a Better Product
Systems Integrators
Lockheed Martin
Northrop Grumman
SAIC
U.S. Department of Defense
US Army, USAF, USMC
US Army Corps of Engineers
NGA
U.S. Civilian Government
NASA
NOAA
USGS
International Governments
British Geological Survey
Swedish Forestry Service
Norway Geological Survey
U.S. Academia
MIT
U.California Berkeley
Ohio State University
LiDAR Specialists
Optech (Strategic Partner)
Watershed Sciences
AAM Hatch
State Government
Washington DC Gov’t
Ohio Dept of Transportation
North Carolina (NCEM)

9. For more information: Chris Parker, CEO Applied Imagery
8070 Georgia Avenue
Silver Spring, MD 20910 OR
Susan Furney, Technology & Marketing Associate
Office of Technology Transfer
The Johns Hopkins University
Applied Physics Laboratory
Laurel, MD 20723