Intermap Technologies and Definiens AG to Build GIS-Ready Countrywide Land Cover Maps.DENVER & MUNICH, Germany -- 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 ), a geospatial industry leader, and Definiens de·fin·i·ens n. pl. de·fin·i·en·ti·a The word or words serving to define another word or expression, as in a dictionary entry. [Latin d AG, the leading Enterprise Image Intelligence software provider, announced today at INTERGEO in Munich that they have signed an agreement to develop a land cover vector layer product called EARThemes[R], covering all of Germany and the United Kingdom. EARThemes[R] combines radar imagery Imagery produced by recording radar waves reflected from a given target surface. , digital surface models, and IFSAR IFSAR Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar data and through an automatic analysis engine creates uniquely accurate land cover datasets. Available beginning January 2007, EARThemes[R] will consist of a contiguous, contemporary thematic layer of Germany and the U.K. that includes five categories of land cover: urban, vegetation, agriculture, water, and rural area. Polygons of non-vegetated and non-populated areas will include additional slope information. The data will be available in an Arc GIS format, ready to integrate into any GIS application within or outside the ESRI (Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc., Redlands, CA, www.esri.com) The world's leading developer of geographic information systems (GIS) software, including programs that plot ZIP codes and addresses, demographic information and detailed, color-coded data. environment. EARThemes[R] can be utilized by local and state government agencies and commercial enterprises to harness the valuable information from radar imagery without the need to be a radar expert. The product provides accurate and up-to-date GIS ready basic land cover information without any gaps. It can serve as the foundation layer in the areas of urban planning urban planning: see city planning. urban planning Programs pursued as a means of improving the urban environment and achieving certain social and economic objectives. , forestry and agriculture management, watershed analysis, and infrastructure characterization. "Combining highly accurate orthorectified radar imagery and digital surface models with the unique patented Definiens eCognition product suite and optimized IFSAR data has enabled us to offer accurate land cover data on a country-wide basis," commented Rene Hermes, Definiens' vice president of marketing. "Initial tests have shown an overall accuracy of more than 90%. This will dramatically reduce the time and effort government agencies and commercial enterprises spend analyzing basic land cover. With EARThemes[R], they can base their decisions on unprecedented consistency in time, space and classification of topographic maps." The unique land cover classification dataset is enabled by Intermap Technologies' collection of lnterFerometric Synthetic Aperture Radar Synthetic aperture radar (SAR) Radar, airborne or satellite-borne, that uses special signal processing to produce high-resolution images of the surface of the Earth (or another object) while traversing a considerable flight path. (IFSAR) data for its NEXTMap[R] Deutschland and NEXTMap[R] Britain programs. Both efforts are part of a larger Intermap strategy to completely map Western Europe Western Europe The countries of western Europe, especially those that are allied with the United States and Canada in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (established 1949 and usually known as NATO). by the end of 2007. "We are extremely excited to be partnering with Definiens to offer EARThemes[R] as a companion product to the elevation and surface models we've created for NEXTMap[R] Deutschland and NEXTMap[R] Britain. The success of this product in Germany and the U.K. will lead the way for future thematic layers in Western Europe and the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. ," said Kevin Thomas Marvin Kevin Thomas (born July 28, 1978 in Phoenix, Arizona) is an American football cornerback in the NFL for the Buffalo Bills who was a standout football player at Rio Mesa High School in Oxnard, California, and the University of Nevada-Las Vegas in Las Vegas, Nevada. , vice president of marketing for Intermap Technologies. About Definiens AG Definiens is the number one provider of Enterprise Image Intelligence solutions that enable its clients to harness all relevant information from digital images to support fast and accurate decision making crucial to its business process. Definiens' products are built on its platform technology Definiens eCognition[TM] that represents a quantum leap quantum leap n. An abrupt change or step, especially in method, information, or knowledge: "War was going to take a quantum leap; it would never be the same" Garry Wills. in the realms of digital image analysis. The products are offered across chosen markets, initially focusing on Earth Observation/Remote Sensing and Life Sciences. Definiens offers advanced and robust image analysis solutions to perform satellite and aerial image classification more intelligently, more accurately, and more efficiently than traditional methods. Its technology is also used to accelerate the drug discovery, development, and diagnostics processes in life sciences. For more information, visit www.definiens.com or write to info@definiens.com. 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 elevation datasets. The Company is proactively remapping entire countries and building unprecedented national databases, called NEXTMap, consisting of highly accurate digital topographic maps that include elevation data. Demand for NEXTMap 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 280 people worldwide, with offices in Calgary, Ottawa, Munich and Jakarta. For more information, visit www.intermap.com. |
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