USA–Intermap Technologies announced it has delivered 100,000 square kilometers of 3D digital elevation data to the Istituto Geografico Militare Italiano (IGMI), a national institution delegated to provide the Italian government with digital cartography and integrated feature data.
IGMI is using the NEXTMap elevation data to improve the national geospatial data infrastructure in Italy. The decision to acquire NEXTMap data was based on the success of the Torino 2006 IFSAR elevation mapping project. Covering 5,600 square kilometers of the Piemonte region, the project included some of northwestern Italy’s most varied terrain, including the three most challenging environments to model – high alpine, lowland floodplain and urban. The extreme differences in elevation, from mountain areas in the Alps to deeply incised river valleys, provided a serious test of the integrity of data collection and processing systems.
