Company history

Spacemetric was founded in 1999 by two employees of the Swedish Space Corporation (SSC), Lars-Åke Edgardh and Dr Torbjörn Westin, aiming to commercialise the image production technology they had developed within SSC.

Rigorous photogrammetric methods formed the basis of the company's first product, the SIP/Ortho image production workstation. These techniques continue to be a core competence at Spacemetric.

In 2003, Spacemetric enabled satellite browse images in the extensive catalogue held by the European Space Agency to be seen for the first time in their correct geographical context. Innovations in parallel processing marked the start of the new, server-oriented business model for the company.

Late 2005 saw delivery of the first version of the company's flagship, the Keystone Image Management System. This was first image server on the market offering integrated search, viewing and production of large datasets using on-the-fly processing. The initial customer was the SSTL Group whose small EO satellites continue to use Keystone to this day.

In 2006 Spacemetric began supporting airborne data management. Working with the Swedish national mapping agency the applications include production and distribution of digital airborne camera data and management of scanned analogue air photos and historical flight plans.

Military airborne sensors became a new focus when in 2008 Keystone was selected by defence and security company SAAB to manage imagery from the reconnaissance pod on the JAS Gripen aircraft delivered to the Swedish Air Force.

In 2009, Spacemetric licensed elements of the Keystone technology to provide the Orthorectification Module for the popular ENVI image processing suite developed by Exelis Visual Information Solutions.

Entering the new decade, Spacemetric demonstrated video data management capabilities in Keystone that have since been supplied to the Swedish Army. With support for all categories of sensor from any platform Spacemetric is well equipped to help organisations meet their image management challenges today and into the future.