ComputaMaps releases BrightEarth™, a natural color global mosaic

Cape Town – February 9, 2007 - ComputaMaps announced today the release of BrightEarth™, a natural color image mosaic covering 95% of the Earth’s land surface at a resolution of 14.25m.

The source for BrightEarth™ is the orthorectified Landsat 7 imagery acquired between 1999 and 2002 for NASA’s GeoCover program. Using a proprietary algorithm, ComputaMaps has transformed the original false-color GeoCover imagery mosaics into a single color-balanced global mosaic with bright, vivid natural color that retains the high contrast detail of the original pan-sharpened source imagery.

BrightEarth™ imagery has less than 10% cloud cover for 90% of source scenes, and has an absolute horizontal accuracy of ±50m RMSE with many areas under 25m.

BrightEarth™ is an ideal global imagery base for Internet map portals, location-based services, mobile content and navigation, 3D visualization and flight simulation, security and relief agency logistics, or any application where a seamless, highly detailed, geographically accurate, and realistic view of the world is required.

BrightEarth™ is available in UTM or Geographic projection, WGS84 datum, by individual country or continent, or as a single global coverage in a variety of compressed and uncompressed formats.

ComputaMaps is a leading global provider of geomatic products and services providing accurate, up-to-date and cost-effective geospatial data solutions to clients across six continents. In addition to our leading position in meeting the geodata requirements of the worldwide wireless telecommunication industry, ComputaMaps also serves diverse markets including 3D Visualization and Simulation, Aviation and Flight Safety, Navigation, Broadcast Weather, Oil and Gas, and Natural Resource Management. Our clients enjoy the benefits of our extensive off-the-shelf data catalog of products, one of the world‘s largest commercial archives of digital geodata. To date, ComputaMaps has produced multilayer databases integrating terrain, clutter, orthoimagery and vectors for 197 countries and over 3000 cities and towns. With offices on four continents, ComputaMaps is an international company with international experience, with a dedicated and highly responsive sales and support team to assist with pre-sales enquiries, commercial offers, and customer support.