MILESTONE
April 1978
Waro Iwane quits Applied Electronics Laboratory, Hokkaido University.
April 1979
Iwane Laboratories, Ltd. established with Capital 5 Million Yen.
November 1980
Capital raised to 20 Millions.
March 1982
Capital raised to 25 Millions.
January 1983
Move to current location, company headquarters.
May 1985
Established Honshu Center in Tokyo (Tsukiji).
March 1988
Developed the Multimedia System with Image in Hokkaido Development Center.
May 1991
Development of Road Video GIS (Ver.1). Completion of Digitalized Road Video GIS.
March 1995
Completion of Digitalized Road Video GIS (ver.2).
April 1996
Capital raised to 30 Millions.
June 1996
Established the laboratory attached to the President’s Office.
July 1999
Completion of Iwane Laboratories Toya Central Research Institute Training Facility.
January 2001
Established Sapporo AI Center.
May 2003
Established Iwane Laboratories, (Thailand) Ltd. as a 100% local subsidiary in Bangkok.
December 2004
Completion of 3D Measurement System of 4Pie Video Map.
April 2005
Introduced 4Pie Video Map to Department of Highways, Ministry of Communication, Thailand.
October 2006
Introduced Active Link Vision to Department of Highways, Ministry of Communication, Thailand.
March 2008
70% of National Highway Management in Japan adopted Road Video GIS.
August 2009
Extend the technical cooperation and grant an non-exclusive license on the patent right and the copyright of CV related technologies to TOPCON CORPORATION.
September 2010
Dissolve the technical cooperation with TOPCON CORPORATION.
December 2011
Release IMS3 : DualCam.
Year 2013
Received award from Japan Geo spatial authority for most advanced MMS software both for desktop ( ALV ) and Web ( Web ALP ) ;
Year 2014
Received contract award for Nationwide mapping project from Highway department, Hong Kong ;
Year 2015
Released new Web Server ( html5 support ) ;
Year 2016
BMA, Thailand selected Iwane MMS to map Thailand ;
Year 2017
DPT, Thailand selected Iwane MMS to map Thailand ;
Year 2018
Mapped 10 cities in KSA Mapped Plus expressway in Malaysia Launched MMS with LB5+ (one cam and dual) ;
Year 2019
Start Mapping for Nexco,Japan (20,000 Km) and TNB, Malaysia selected Iwane Mobile Mapping
Year 2020
Developed & delivered New MMS (dual cam with laser) for Police Department, Japan and AI/ML (GeoAI) applied to Iwane Mobile Mapping Data
