Intermap Technologies Joins Search for Missing Indonesian Aircraft with its Advanced Airborne Radar Technology.DENVER -- Intermap Technologies Corp. (TSX TSX Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE before April, 2002) TSX Transfer from Stack Pointer to Index TSX True Space Extension :IMP) (AIM:IMAP IMAP - Internet Message Access Protocol ) today announced they have joined the effort to search for a missing Adam Air Adam Air, (incorporated as PT. Adam SkyConnection Airlines), is a privately owned airline based in Jakarta, Indonesia. It operates scheduled domestic services to over 20 cities and international services to Penang and Singapore. Boeing 737-400 that vanished off radar screens in Indonesia on January 1 with 102 people on board. Radio contact was lost during heavy rain while en route from Surabaya on Java island to Manado on Sulawesi island. Intermap is a worldwide leading geospatial company with extensive mapping experience throughout Southeast Asia Southeast Asia, region of Asia (1990 est. pop. 442,500,000), c.1,740,000 sq mi (4,506,600 sq km), bounded roughly by the Indian subcontinent on the west, China on the north, and the Pacific Ocean on the east. . One of the Company's radar-equipped aircraft was rerouted from a nearby island and is currently flying missions over areas of the island where the jetliner disappeared. Using IFSAR IFSAR Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar radar imagery Imagery produced by recording radar waves reflected from a given target surface. technology, the Company can collect and create detailed maps of wide areas of the island through cloud-covered skies and across rugged terrain. After completing the flight missions, the Company will expedite the processing and analysis of the data. Since Intermap had previously mapped the entire island of Sulawesi with IFSAR, areas of change can automatically be detected and investigated. If the aircraft is found, rescuers can be dispatched to the area using the highly accurate GPS coordinates pulled from the collected IFSAR imagery. "It is our sincere desire that the deployment of our aircraft and personnel to Sulawesi will help find and locate the aircraft quickly," commented Brian Bullock, Intermap's president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. . "Our team performed work in Sulawesi and Nias Island in 2006 to aid recovery and rebuilding efforts following the December 2004 tsunami and, while we are in the commercial mapping business, the opportunity to reach out and assist the people of Indonesia is important to the company and in particular to our Indonesian staff." About Intermap Technologies Intermap enables customers to facilitate better decision-making and create applications for numerous commercial, governmental, military, and consumer products through the purchase of high quality and affordable 3D geometric datasets. The Company is proactively remapping entire countries and building unprecedented national databases, called NEXTMap([R]), consisting of highly accurate digital geometric maps that include elevation data. Demand for NEXTMap([R]) data is growing as new commercial applications are emerging, including geographical information systems (GIS), engineering planning, transportation, automotive, navigation, flood, irrigation irrigation, in agriculture, artificial watering of the land. Although used chiefly in regions with annual rainfall of less than 20 in. (51 cm), it is also used in wetter areas to grow certain crops, e.g., rice. , environmental management and planning, telecommunications/wireless network planning, aviation, simulation, and 3D visualization. Internet applications include virtual tours, topographic maps and computer games. Datasets are also used to add interactive intelligence to airborne and satellite imagery. Headquartered in Denver, Colorado, Intermap employs more than 360 people worldwide, with additional offices in Calgary, Detroit, Jakarta, London, Munich, and Ottawa. For more information, visit www.intermap.com. |
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