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ImageLinks and Intermap Awarded Contract to Map 100,000 Square Kilometers in the South Pacific
August 15, 2003 |
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Company: ImageLinks, Inc.
 <B> New STARPlus Imagery Products to be Used for Large-Scale Project<P> MELBOURNE,FL--ImageLinks, Inc.and Intermap Technologies, Inc., leading global providers of geospatial imagery data products and solutions, today announced that they have been awarded a significant new contract for their co-branded STARPlus imagery products.Under the contract, the two companies will build accurate, "cloud-free" base maps for the Solomon and Vanuatu island chains in the South Pacific that cover an area of nearly 100,000 square kilometers.STARPlus was unveiled earlier this week in the UK at Photoscape 2003, which focused on Intermap's NEXTMap Britain mapping program.<P> STARPlus utilizes Intermap's highly accurate, orthorectified aerial radar imagery, combined with ImageLinks' highly advanced image processing algorithms, to deliver a 6-band multispectral optical/radar fused product at 1.25m GSD.This unique new imagery product blends the best of two different data sets to provide a fused, multispectral radar/optical image dataset that is ideal for a variety of applications.<P> The Solomon and Vanuatu islands are typically quite cloudy and therefore ideal for the application of STARPlus processing.The imagery products will require numerous different overlapping Landsat scenes - collected over the last few years - to be merged to form a composite, multispectral mosaic prior to fusion with the IFSAR data.True-color, color-infrared, and 6-band multispectral fused STARPlus products will be created for more than 600 7.5' map sheets.<P> "We are very excited to be able to offer this unique new imagery solution, and pleased to be partnered with an industry leader such as Intermap," said Scott Bennett, vice president of sales for ImageLinks."With STARPlus, low-cost, readily available satellite data such as Landsat can be interpreted and used for mapping at scales never thought possible." <P> "We are excited about working with ImageLinks in offering this innovative new product that adds an entirely new dimension to our spatially accurate, orthorectified radar data," said Eric DesRoche, vice president value-added services, Intermap Technologies."STARPlus provides high-resolution, multi- spectral data at a fraction of the cost of airborne or satellite options, and results in a very precise 'cloud-free' image base map."<P> STARPlus accuracy mirrors that of the orthorectified radar data.Therefore, the products have a spatial accuracy in all dimensions greater than 2.5 meters, and, with the multispectral component, it complements aerial imagery products.Applications encompass any that commonly use multispectral data, but now with new opportunities for higher-resolution identification and mapping.These include: land cover and land use classification, environmental, agriculture/forestry, mining/oil-gas, government, transportation and urban growth, and flood management uses.<P> "STARPlus offers the benefits of ImageLinks' custom edge enhancement filters, which maximize detail within the radar data while the fusion process is applied," added Bennett."In addition, the new fusion algorithms we developed preserve much of the original radiometry of the source multispectral data and allow for classification to be done from the 1.25m STARPlus products."<P> About Intermap<BR> Intermap is building a global database of digital elevation models.Using its propriety IFSAR technology, Intermap is employed worldwide by governments and private industry to acquire terrain elevation and mapping data over large areas accurately, quickly, and economically.The company's data models are used in a wide range of applications including planning and engineering projects, in navigation systems, and to enrich satellite images.Intermap's main office is located in Denver, Colorado, and the company has Canadian offices in Calgary, Alberta and Ottawa, Ontario, and near Munich, Germany.Visit http://www.intermaptechnologies.com for more information.<P> About ImageLinks<BR> ImageLinks is a multi-faceted geosolutions technology company offering all types of geospatial data and image processing services, advanced automated software technology, and custom software development.The company seamlessly blends data from multiple original sources to create the terrain-corrected, customized products that meet the specific needs of clients.ImageLinks' Digital Image Products are used in the oil/gas, mining, environmental, engineering, and agriculture/forestry industries, and by foreign, U.S.federal, and local governments.The company's TrueTerrainTM products - merged and mosaicked multi-source, multi-resolution imagery datasets - are playing a key role in fast-growing visualization and simulation applications.Customers also can define and produce their own geospatial products on demand using the ImageLinks RasterWareTM Appliance family.For more information, visit http://www.imagelinks.com. Scott Bennett (info@imagelinks.com) |
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