- Elevation Data Integrates Seamlessly with Intermap's Orion Platform™ -
DENVER, Aug. 21, 2013 /CNW/ - (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:
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Accuracy:
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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.
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Coverage:
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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.
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Access:
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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
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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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SOURCE: Intermap Technologies Corporation
