- Elevation Data Integrates Seamlessly with Intermap's Orion
Platform™ -
DENVER,
Aug. 21, 2013 /PRNewswire/ - (TSX:
IMP) - Intermap Technologies® today announced the
availability of NEXTMap World 30 v2.0, the world's most accurate
global terrain product. NEXTMAP World 30 v2.0 is available for
license via an Application Programming Interface (API) or via
Intermap's cloud-based WebStore™. This latest version of
the NEXTMap World 30 product is up to three times more accurate
than competing global Digital Elevation Models (DEM) such as NASA's
Shuttle Radar Topographic Mission (SRTM) data and Advanced
Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER)
Global Digital Elevation Model (GDEM). It integrates seamlessly
with Intermap's recently announced Orion Platform and provides a
foundation data layer for the Company's web-based 3D Business
Intelligence (3DBI®) applications.
"One of the most exciting features of NEXTMap World 30 is that
it can be purchased, downloaded and used in the same day," said
Todd Oseth, Intermap's president and
CEO. "This means that as the hurricane and cyclone seasons
approach, governments and industries around the world can instantly
access the data they need for immediate risk management planning
purposes."
In addition to its web availability, World 30 v2.0 has two
distinct improvements. World 30 v2.0 has removed errors native to
the ASTER GDEM v2 data in over 3,000 one-degree tiles north of 60
degrees latitude. For an average customer, using 80,000 square
kilometers of global terrain data, these improvements will save at
least 15 hours of manual editing time to correct the errors.
Additionally, the overall vertical accuracy of v2.0 has been
improved by over 10 centimeters to a Root Mean Square Error (RMSE)
of just 7 meters globally.
Intermap's customers and partners are excited about World 30
v2.0. Kent D. Lee, Founder and CEO
of East View Geospatial, an Intermap partner, said, "East View is
pleased to offer NEXTMap World 30 v2.0 to our global customer base.
Intermap's authoritative, consistently updated, global terrain
product sells well to our long-standing GIS customers and
university markets around the world. We have supplied more Intermap
data in the past few months than the past several years combined,
reflecting the product enhancements." Rob Eadie, with Intermap partner Mapmart, says,
''We have found many new opportunities in emerging markets with the
advent of the NEXTMap World 30 DEM
data product.''
NEXTMap World 30 pricing starts at $0.15 per square kilometer and can be as low as
$0.01 per square kilometer based on
the size of purchase. A sample of NEXTMap World 30 v2.0 can be
found at http://www.intermap.com/solutions/World30.aspx.
The three key benefits of NEXTMap World 30 v2.0 are:
| Accuracy: |
The improved World 30 v2.0 DEM utilizes over 204 million ground
control points with an accuracy of 25cm RMSE or better, to control
the vertical elevation of an aggregated surface model derived from
ASTER GDEM v2, SRTM v2.1 and GTOPO30. The corrected DEMs were
combined with Intermap's proprietary data fusion technology, to
create a seamless, void-filled and consistent dataset with a global
accuracy of 7 meters RMSE. |
| Coverage: |
Intermap has applied its extensive terrain elevation knowledge
and data fusion capabilities to create an application-ready product
for the entire globe. All voids or anomalies found in the native
SRTM or ASTER data have been meticulously removed and repaired in
the World 30 dataset. |
| Access: |
Data is available instantly: (1) via the cloud as an Open
Geospatial Consortium (OGC) compliant Web Map Service (WMS) or Web
Coverage Service (WCS) dataset, (2) via API, or (3) for purchase at
Intermap's WebStore:
https://store.intermap.com/MapShop.aspx?GeoLocation=World |
About Intermap Technologies
Headquartered in Denver,
Colorado - Intermap (www.intermap.com) is an industry leader
in geospatial solutions on demand with its secure, cloud based
Orion Platform™. Through its powerful suite of 3DBI applications
and proprietary development of contiguous databases that fuse
volumes of geospatial data into a single source, the Orion Platform
is able to provide location-based solutions for customers in
diverse markets around the world. For more information please visit
www.intermap.com.
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