1969
Licinio Ferretti founds the Compagnia Generale Ripreseaeree, combining topographical experience and a passion for flight.
1973–1976
Introduction of color in main flights. Completed coverage of Sardinia and Emilia-Romagna Region.
Early 80’s
Production of analog photoplans and orthophotos. The work on Venice and the islands of the lagoon is exhibited at the EXPO in Tsukuba (Japan).
1982–1983
Projects for integrated controls in agriculture and olive oil register. B/W flight on a scale of 1:8,000 and production of orthophotos for cadastral overlay.
Since 1987
Checks for the vineyard register at a scale of 1:20,000, with black and white shots.
1988–1989
Flight ITALIA 88/89: b/w footage at 1:70,000 scale with Learjet 25C. 5,600 frames in 18 months. First introduction of the License of Use in Italy for aerial photogrammetric products.
1991–1995
Agricultural checks on a scale of 1:40,000, with production of photographic enlargements for field verification.
1992
1:20,000 scale viticultural control shots with black and white emulsion.
1993
Installation of the MIVIS multispectral sensor (102 channels) on the Casa 212 aircraft, in collaboration with the CNR (LARA Project).
1995
1:40,000 scale black and white footage for the Republic of Ireland, completed in 13 days.
1995–1997
Production of black and white digital orthophotos for agricultural inspections.
1998–2000
TerraItaly Project: national color coverage, orthophotos at 1:10,000 scale, with license for use. Fundamental for environmental studies and comparison with the 1988 flight (Kyoto Protocol).
2001
First use of INS-GPS systems integrated with cameras. Color flight over Calabria.
2003
LiDAR system testing in collaboration with the University of Pavia.
2004
LiDAR survey for the entire Province of Bolzano and the Aosta Valley Region.
Introduction of the Leica ADS40 pushbroom scanning digital camera: transition from analog to continuous digital images.
Dual (then Penta) project for the production of oblique images of Italian capitals.
2005
Film is eliminated permanently. Exclusive adoption of Leica and Vexcel digital sensors. CGR joins Blom ASA group.
2006–2014
Realization of multi-scale DBT according to the specifications of the State-Regions Agreement.
2008
PST Project of the Ministry of the Environment: LiDAR surveys for the entire Italian coast and the main river channels.
2K Project (Sardinia Region): color orthophotos, DTM, DSM, vegetation map and building models for 380,000 hectares.
2013–2014
DBT prototype for the Friuli Venezia Giulia Region. The Ferretti family reacquires CGR, which becomes an independent Italian company again.
2017–2018
Application of Deep Learning to cartographic data extraction. Regional projects: Emilia-Romagna (2020), Valle d’Aosta (2021), Friuli V.G. (2023).
2018
V-NIR hyperspectral coverage for the Friuli Venezia Giulia project.
2020
Terrain Mapper project for LiDAR coverage of river channels.
2021
Digital Twin projects for the cities of Milan, Padua, Bologna and Bergamo.
2021–2023
3D modeling for the design of new 5G cellular networks.
2024–2025
ISPRA bathymetric LiDAR survey project.