Eric D. Colburn, PLS

Professional Land Surveyor News

March 9, 2010

Applanix Introduces Shoreline Mapping Solution

LONDON, – OCEANOLOGY INTERNATIONAL 2010 – Applanix introduced today the latest LANDMark™ Marine mobile mapping solution. LANDMark Marine enables the creation of seamless models of near shore environments by providing a highly accurate georeferenced point cloud which integrates with equivalent multibeam sonar data.

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Use of Synthetic Aperture Sonar Results in Significant Project Cost Reduction

SUNNYVALE, California, July 10, 2009 – Applied Signal Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: APSG) (AST), a market leader in advanced underwater imaging systems as well as other intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance systems, today announced that it had recently assisted C & C Technologies, Inc., using its PROSAS™ Surveyor synthetic aperture sonar (SAS) system to survey the integrity of seven pipeline structures in the Gulf of Mexico for a major oil company. Specifically, AST was tasked to evaluate the critical positioning of mattresses that are used to protect exposed pipelines from marine traffic, tidal scour, and storm impact and to determine whether structural repairs were required. C & C Technologies, Inc.  is a privately-owned international surveying and mapping company specializing in deepwater services.

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