| DATE |
MILESTONE |
| 1964 |
Establishment of the company |
| 1976 |
EUROSENSE starts as the first
company in Europe with the professional development of color and color
infrared film by means of a Kodak Versamat 1411 |
| 1979 |
EUROSENSE starts as the first
company in Europe with the execution of digital multispectral scannings by
means of a Daedalus 1240/1260 (from UV till TIR) |
| 1980 |
EUROSENSE starts as the first
company in Belgium and as one of the first in Europe with the digital
processing of satellite imagery (Landsat); on the occasion of the production
of the first satellite map of Belgium, EUROSENSE was visited by the late King
Baudouin |
| 1981 |
EUROSENSE executes a digital
multispectral scanning (Daedalus) of different sites in Italy for the Italian
Science Policy (Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche) |
| 1981 |
Establishment of additional fully-equipped and 100% owned
EUROSENSE office in The Netherlands (Breda) |
| 1981 |
Establishment of additional
fully-equipped and 100% owned EUROSENSE office in Germany (Cologne) |
| 1982 |
EUROSENSE
executes the first remote sensing flight for the detection of oil pollution
at sea (accident oil tanker Katina) in the Netherlands by making use of
thermal channels (TIR) of its digital airborne scanner (Daedalus) |
| 1982 |
EUROSENSE makes a first
microclimate study on the Ruhr territory by means of digital multispectral
scanning (from UV till TIR). Until
now, only a few dozens microclimate studies were carried out in Germany,
France and Hungary (Budapest) |
| 1983 |
EUROSENSE starts as the first
company in Europe with the execution of airborne SLAR data acquisition (Side
Looking Airborne Radar of Ericsson) for the detection of oil pollution at sea |
| 1983 |
EUROSENSE performs a remote
sensing campaign in Norway for the "Norvegian State Pollution Control
Authority" using different sensors: SLAR, digital multispectral scanning
(from U.V. till TIR), 2 metric aerial camera's (color and color infrared) |
| 1983-1986 |
EUROSENSE succeeds, for the
first time at world level, in converting a hovercraft driven by air
propellers into a fast and accurate bathymetric measurement device, (Beasac®)
that even allows bathymetric data acquisition on the beginning of the dry
beach (due to the absence of draught) |
| 1983-1985 |
EUROSENSE participates (incl.
preparation of the final report) to the "EEG/Joint Research Center
Ispra/Archimedes I and II projects" by means of an aircraft equipped
with a SLAR, a digital multispectral scanner and a metric aerial camera |
| 1984 |
EUROSENSE performs a remote
sensing campaign on the wreck of the ship "Mont Louis" at
Blankenberge by means of a digital multispectral scanner |
| 1987 |
EUROSENSE carries out the first
(pilot)project "CORINE Landcover Portugal" (CORINE = COoRdination
of INformation on the Environment) for the EC, then followed by "CORINE
Luxemburg" (1990) and CORINE East-Germany (1997) on the base of satellite
imagery (Spot, Landsat, ERS) |
| 1987 |
EUROSENSE performs a remote
sensing campaign on the wreck of the burning tanker "Olympic Dream"
by means of SLAR and digital scanner |
| 1987 |
EUROSENSE performs a remote
sensing campaign on the wreck of the ship "Herald of Free
Enterprise" by means of SLAR and digital scanner |
| 1988 |
EUROSENSE succeeds, for the
first time at world level, in creating a production system for the
manufacture of digital (color)orthophoto's (Eudicort®) |
| 1988 |
First Color Orthophoto for United States Geological Survey (USGS)
produced by EUROSENSE |
| 1993 |
Establishment of additional fully-equipped and 100% owned
EUROSENSE SA in France (Lille) |
| 1993 |
Establishment of additional fully-equipped and 100% owned
EUROSENSE Kft in Hungary (Budapest) |
| 1993 |
Probably 1st Color InfraRed Orthophoto made in China produced by
EUROSENSE (Cheng De) |
| 1994 |
Establishment of additional fully-equipped and 100% owned
EUROSENSE s.r.o. in Slovakia (Bratislava) |
| 1994 |
EUROSENSE carries out the first
EC/FEOGA-Belgium project by means of satellite imagery (Landsat en Spot) and
color orthophotos (produced with the Eudicort® system of EUROSENSE) (FEOGA :
Fonds Européen d'Orientation et de Garantie pour l'Agriculture); |
| 1995,
1997, 1998, 1999 and 2000 |
EUROSENSE carries out
continuously the EC/FEOGA-France project each time nearly half of France by
means of satellite imagery (Landsat, Spot, Ers) and aerial imagery (color
infrared orthophotos produced with the Eudicort® system of EUROSENSE) |
| 1995 |
Establishment of additional
fully-equipped and 100% owned EUROSENSE Sp.z.o.o. in Poland (Nadarzyn, near
Warsaw) |
| 1995 |
EUROSENSE starts as the first
company in Belgium with aerolaserhypsometry (Lidar). Hereby an elevation model of large areas in
Germany, France, Belgium and The Netherlands (until present 11.000 km² in The Netherlands i.e.
1/3 of the Netherlands) is realised by means of a digital laserscanner in an
aircraft with high accuracy (10 cm) and high point density (1 point/4 m2) |
| 1995-1997 |
EUROSENSE executed a complete
aerial imagery coverage of Poland in color (320.000 km2: 10 x Belgium) at a scale of 1/26.000 and of the Polish cities
at a scale of 1/5.000 |
| 1996 |
ISO Certification from Lloyd's Register of Shipping |
| 1996 |
EUROSENSE executed a complete
aerial imagery coverage of The Netherlands in color at a scale of 1/25.000
(Digital color aerial photography of The Netherlands: DKLN) |
| 1997 |
Establishment of additional fully-equipped and 100% owned
EUROSENSE s.r.o. in the Czech Republic (Prague) |
| 1998 |
Establishment of ESRI BeLux (together with WALPHOT and ESRI
Inc.) in order to extend the GIS related activities |
| 1998-2000 |
EUROSENSE executed an aerial
imagery coverage in color of nearly half the territory of Slovakia at a scale
of 1/27.000-1/7.000 (50.000 km2: 1,5 x Belgium) |
| 2000 |
EUROSENSE executed a second
complete aerial imagery coverage of The Netherlands in color at a scale of
1/25.000 (Digital color aerial photography of The Netherlands: DKLN) |
| 2000 |
EUROSENSE executes a complete aerial imagery coverage in color of Hungary (90.000km²: 3 times Belgium) on a scale 1/25.000 |
| 2001 |
Establishment of EUROSENSE Planning & Engineering (spatial
planning and development) |
| 2003 |
Establishment of additional fully-equipped EUROSENSE office in
Bulgaria |
| 2003 |
EUROSENSE executed a third
complete aerial imagery coverage of The Netherlands in color at a scale of
1/25.000 (Digital color aerial photography of The Netherlands: DKLN) |
| 2004 |
Establishment of additional fully-equipped EUROSENSE office in
Romania |
| 2006 |
EUROSENSE executed a fourth
complete aerial imagery coverage of The Netherlands in color with a digital
camera at a resolution of 40cm |
| 2008 |
Establisment of a new office in Antwerp, Belgium (mainly for
support of hydrographic department) |
| 2008 |
EUROSENSE executed a fifth
complete aerial imagery coverage of The Netherlands in color with a digital
camera at a resolution of 25cm |