- PenBay recently selected Trimble’s Indoor Mobile Mapping Solution – TIMMS.
- The system is capable of supporting real world coordinates on the platform.
- This opens up many “indoor GIS” applications, particularly in public safety.
I recently mentioned the Trimble Indoor Mobile Mapping Solution, or TIMMS. I just spoke to Stu Rich, CTO at PenBay Solutions about their decision to integrate TIMMS with their “indoor GIS services”. They actually collaborated with Trimble to demonstrate the system on an underground application for the City of Philadelphia. As an aside, I know of another innovative application that has been well received in Philly. They are early adopters.
The feature that has caught my attention about TIMMS is it’s ability to work in real world coordinates. Stu explained that you can either initialize the system using GPS, which of course means in most cases that you must have line of sight to the satellites, or you can record indoor target locations that have real world coordinates.
I tried to learn more about the underlying technology, but it does not appear that Trimble is making this public. In any case, I have to agree with Stu that capturing 3D coordinates on the platform opens up a whole new set of opportunities particularly in the public safety arena.
