Detailed height and terrain data available from eMapSite

Issue date: 26th October 2001

eMapSite is pleased to announce that is has reached agreement with Ordnance Survey to produce and deliver a new range of value added products based on the detailed height data contained within the OS's Land-Form PROFILE™ data set.

Land-Form PROFILE is the 1:10,000 scale digital height dataset covering the whole of Great Britain. The new agreement will allow eMapSite to offer and deliver interpolated grids with output resolution identical to the 10m input resolution. This agreement makes eMapSite the sole source for such ready-to-use surface models that can be supplied in multiple formats either with true heights (Land-Form PROFILE DEM) or as a plain colour image.

These products are the most detailed national terrain information data sets available today and will be of relevance and interest to both project based users for whom easy access and rapid delivery are paramount and to strategic map users for whom data management and distribution continues to be a headache.

In particular professional map users in civil engineering, property, surveying, estate management, asset management, landscape planning, architecture, geotechnics and environmental assessment who are more fully exploiting GIS and geographic data in general whether for in-house, collaborative or PR purposes will find this data and the speed and method of delivery very useful additions to their activities.

Users can acquire exactly their area of interest via the Internet for use in their GIS applications. eMapSite is the first commercial service to deliver georeferenced map images in real time over the Internet. eMapSite uses Image Web Server technology that allows the user to interactively roam and zoom over imagery. This technology also enables eMapSite to offer exciting solutions to website owners who wish to add informative and compelling mapping content to their websites.

Steve Johnson, Partnership Licensing Account Manager at Ordnance Survey says "Making our data available via eMapSite opens up a new online channel for us and will make this Ordnance Survey data even more accessible to those who need high quality maps to use in their business or on their website."

eMapSite's founder and Chief Executive, James Cutler adds, "eMapSite continues to push the envelope when adding value to our suppliers data and this agreement represents a new phase in affording fit for purpose products to widen the market for Ordnance Survey's data. Our service makes obtaining maps simpler and more affordable, as users are able to browse, select and buy only the data they need and have it delivered directly to their desktop."

Pricing arrangements for these detailed data sets provide for never before available unit costs on a per square kilometre basis, making these PROFILE derived maps even more attractive in their target markets.

For further information and full pricing details, please contact:
Miles Gabriel, Data Reseller Manager
Email: miles.gabriel@emapsite.com
Office Tel: 0118 973 6883

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About eMapSite
eMapSite was established in 2000 to provide an online resource for the acquisition and management of digital geographic data, such as mapping, aerial photography and other remotely-sensed data, from leading international data providers. eMapSite's customers include commercial map users, such as utilities, telcos, the public sector and professional Geographic Information System (GIS) users, who need easy, affordable access to digital geographic data to assist them in their assets and facilities management, planning, logistics and other activities; and website owners who wish to add informative and compelling mapping content to their websites. eMapSite is a UK registered company based in Hampshire, England.