Hexagon acquires ITRES to expand the scope of airborne mapping

Hexagon has acquired ITRES, the Calgary-based provider of high-performance airborne hyperspectral and thermal imaging systems, strengthening its ability to deliver richer multi-sensor geospatial data for advanced airborne mapping and analysis.

The acquisition unites two complementary portfolios under one provider. Hexagon brings a market-leading suite of airborne sensing and processing products for geodata development – including Lidar point clouds, high-resolution optical imagery, digital twins, integrated workflow software, flight planning tools and data delivery systems. ITRES adds hyperspectral and thermal imaging sensors operating across a wide spectrum of wavelengths, enabling precise material identification and temperature analysis beyond the reach of visible and near-infrared modalities alone.

Together, these capabilities allow customers to collect richer, more analytically powerful datasets from a single airborne survey. Fusing multispectral and thermal data with Lidar and optical imagery opens new possibilities for ground surface assessment, object classification and thermal property detection, while Hexagon’s proven software ecosystem helps teams process and act on that data faster. The result is a more complete multi-sensor mapping platform, and new opportunities for hybrid data fusion workflows that previously required combining solutions from multiple vendors.