

Launched last year, HxIP provides a web-based content delivery service of premium airborne imagery captured with Leica Geosystems industry-leading airborne sensors. Watching and understanding this trend from a purchased-and-owned service to a more cost efficient pay-per-use service, the Hexagon Imagery Program, or HxIP, is taking the geospatial industry to the online cloud.

Moving to a shared geospatial business model

In today’s sharing and crowdsourcing society, everything we need and want is available remotely through a simple online search. Owning books, movies, music, even cars, is quickly becoming an idea of the past. On-demand access to vast amounts of services and content has become a way of life. Did you watch your favorite TV show last night on an on-demand service, such as Netflix?ĭid you listen to your favorite song on Apple iTunes?ĭid you read the latest bestseller on Kindle?
