NIMA Selects Boeing Autometric to Process Elevation Data Collected by the Space Shuttle.News Editors & Aerospace/Defense Writers SPRINGFIELD, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 21, 2002 Boeing Autometric has received a $16.6 million contract from the National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA) to produce topographic data collected during a space shuttle mission. Boeing Autometric is a unit of Boeing Integrated Defense Systems Boeing Integrated Defense Systems (Boeing IDS), based in St. Louis, Missouri, USA, is a unit of The Boeing Company responsible for defense and aerospace products and services. , a part of The Boeing Co. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :BA). The Shuttle Radar Topography Mission The Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) is an international research effort that obtained digital elevation models on a near-global scale from 56 °S to 60 °N, to generate the most complete high-resolution digital topographic database of Earth to date. (SRTM) flew on NASA's Space Shuttle Endeavor in February 2000. The data collected from this mission contains the most detailed height measurements ever gathered of planet Earth. "Working in conjunction with NIMA, Boeing Autometric will provide the software and direct support to complete more than 8,000 cells (each being one degree of latitude (Geog.) on the earth, the distance on a meridian between two parallels of latitude whose latitudes differ from each other by one degree. This distance is not the same on different parts of a meridian, on account of the flattened figure of the earth, being 68. by one degree of longitude the distance on a parallel of latitude between two meridians that make an angle of one degree with each other at the poles - a distance which varies as the cosine of the latitude, being at the equator 69.16 statute miles. See also: Degree in size) of radar data, equivalent to nearly one terabyte of information," said Tony Moraco, general manager of Boeing Autometric. "When the SRTM program is complete, NIMA will have the most detailed and accurate elevation data ever compiled for 80% of the world's landmass." Boeing Autometric has been responsible for project management and client coordination, as well as developing the interactive editing system interface and digital elevation model A digital map of the elevation of an area on the earth. The data are either collected by a private party or purchased from an organization such as the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) that has already undertaken the exploration of the area. editing tools, part of the technology incorporated from Boeing Autometric's Softplotter(R) software. A team of 50 operators, including subcontractors, will perform the team's share of the production work, which will result in data covering three complete continents and sections of two others. Boeing Autometric, an ISO 9001-2000 company, is a part of the Boeing Integrated Defense System's Space & Intelligence Systems business unit. With more than 40 years of leadership in geospatial information technology and solutions, Boeing Autometric is a leading provider of products and services for information management, data production, visualization, and decision support. Boeing Autometric supports customers in analysis, system design and engineering, software engineering, and systems integration. Additional information is available at Boeing Autometric's Web site, www.autometric.com. Boeing Integrated Defense Systems is one of the world's largest space and defense businesses. With headquarters in St. Louis, Integrated Defense Systems Integrated Defense Systems may refer to:
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