Intermap Technologies: Difference between revisions

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company_type = Public |

foundation = [[1996]] |

key_people = BrianHoward LJ. BullockNellor, President & CEO<ref>[http://wwweon.bnnbusinesswire.cacom/stock.aspx?pi_symbol=IMP-T Business News Networksnews/eon/20100806005991/en]</ref> |

num_employees = 850+600 |

___location = [[Englewood, CO]] [[USA]] |

homepage = [http://www.intermap.com/ www.intermap.com]|}}

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'''Intermap Technologies''' ([[TSX]]: IMP.TO), a [[publicly traded company]] headquartered in [[Englewood, Colorado]]<ref>[http://cxa.marketwatch.com/TSX/en/Market/companyinformation.aspx?symb=IMP&sid=149418 Toronto Stock Exchange]</ref>, [[United States]], is a commercial [[digital mapping]] company that creates [[3d model|3D models]] of the [[earth]]’s surface.

The company is remapping entire countries and building national databases, called NEXTMap consisting of [[elevation]] data, or digital [[topography]] maps, that include 3D geometric images. Intermap employs more than 850600 people worldwide, with additional offices in the US, Canada, Europe and Asia.

==History==

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* Digital terrain models (DTMs). A "bare earth" topographic model that has had vegetation, buildings, and other cultural features digitally removed, enabling users to infer terrain characteristics possibly hidden in the DSM.

* [[Orthorectification|Orthorectified]] radar images (ORIs), a grayscale image of the earth’s surface that is has been corrected to remove geometric distortions, accentuating topographic features far more than is possible with aerial photography.

* Color orthorectified radar images (CORIs), created by fusing the ORI with multi-spectral imagery. The result is color-balanced to further accentuate topographic features by creating a seamless and natural-color image.

The data, once processed, is included in nationwide digital elevation datasets called NEXTMap.

===NEXTMap===

In 2002, Intermap commenced its NEXTMap program, which is focused on collecting and processing 3D digital elevation datasets for entire countries, including the United States<ref>[http://www.airphotousa.com/Aboutus/PressRelease/033010/airphoto_intermap.html "Intermap to Map Continental USA to 1-Meter Accuracy, Including Elevation; Launch of ‘NEXTMap USA’ Now" Underway.] Airphoto USA. October 29, 2003.</ref> (duecompleted forin completion inJune 20092010), countries in Western Europe<ref>[http://www.geoconnexion.com/geo_online_article/Intermap-Technologies-completes-NEXTMAP-Europe/234 Intermap Technologies Completes NEXTMap Europe] GeoConnexion International. July 25, 2008</ref> (completed in July 2008) and Southeast Asia. In contrast to historic mapping [[business model]]s in which customers pay for the completion of specific mapping projects, Intermap is self-financing the NEXTMap program. The company then sells the use of its data through [[License agreement|licensing agreements]].

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