Fast Company, a Web site and magazine that uncovers the best and upcoming practices in creativity in the marketplace, named Intermap Technologies the 10th-most innovative mobile company in the world. Focusing on Intermap’s AccuTerra iPhone application, the magazine regards the award winning app as “one of the most ambitious pieces of iPhone software to date.”

The lists were created by Fast Company’s editorial team, which analyzed information about creative models and progressive cultures for thousands of businesses across the globe. The team highlights innovative ideas and creative execution for a variety of categories: advertising and marketing, consumer products, fashion, gaming, music, sports, technology, and many others. In the mobile category, Intermap is ranked among corporate giants such as Google, Apple, Amazon, Ford, and Qualcomm, as well as HTC, Evernote, Clearwire, and Foursquare.

Intermap is honored to be among this list of companies. Click here to read the press release.

While many of us cannot be present at the 2010 Olympic Games, we can still participate in an interactive environment using new features from The New York Times and AccuTerra^®.

Two virtual tours from The New York Times – an application for viewing Vancouver’s Olympic sites and a video ‘ski-through’ of the men’s downhill – enable users to experience the Olympics from the comfort of their own home. Using Intermap’s^® elevation data, along with satellite images provided by DigitalGlobe via Google Earth, the application displays a 3D view of all the competition areas in addition to zoomed-in versions of each venue. Users can rotate the maps, allowing for a 360-degree view of the terrain where competitions like moguls, alpine skiing, bobsled, and the biathlon occur. To get even more in on the action, users can watch the ‘ski-through’ video of the men’s downhill course. The video, which uses Intermap data as well as satellite photographs from Terrametrics, explains each section of the course in terms of the skiing mechanics involved to navigate through the tough terrain features to win the race. The men’s downhill is scheduled for February 13 @ 11:45 am PST.

**Click the above images to see how they work.

Additionally, Intermap recently announced the availability of an AccuTerra iPhone App for the Whistler-Blackcomb ski resort with which users can navigate upcoming Olympic events with our high-resolution images. For those who are lucky enough to experience the Games in person, users can see where the events are taking place, locate lifts, view trails by difficulty, find lodging, and check the weather. They can even make their friends jealous by recording and sharing their Olympic experience using photos and videos. And the best part? The Whistler-Blackcomb maps can be used year after year, so users can ski the same trails as the Olympic champions.

The AccuTerra App is available at the Apple App Store. Seventy-six other ski resort maps are available including Aspen Mountain, Buttermilk, Heavenly, Jackson Hole, Mammoth, Powderhorn, Squaw Valley, and Telluride, among others. Click here to see which trails we offer.

The people at Intermap are once again on the forefront of interactive mapping with the release of AccuTerra for the iPhone, the interactive mapping applications that will change the way you experience the outdoors. They recently released two regional versions, Bay Area and Yosemite Lite. Future releases coming soon will include all statewide regions. AccuTerra map content places state and national parks, landmarks, and points of interest, at the tip of your fingers, and are ready to access for planning and during your outdoor adventure, even when you’re outside your cell phone coverage. Here are some of the many features AccuTerra offers:

Planning Your Outing
AccuTerra is a great complement to any outdoor adventure, whether it is a quick hike on a nearby trail, or a two-week exploration of Yosemite National Park. After you download the application, your iPhone will be preloaded with a library of recreational locations from which to choose. This allows the user to plan a number of great outdoor activities, such as hiking, backpacking, biking, camping, sightseeing, fishing, bird watching, paddling, and much more.

Be Interactive with Your Outdoor Experience
Unlike other iPhone mapping applications that require you to be in cell phone range, AccuTerra lets you go off the beaten path outside your coverage area. This means that you can continue to use AccuTerra and its many features to facilitate your exploration while still in the midst of the action. These features include:

• Record your adventure: AccuTerra makes recording and tracking your adventure incredibly simple. When you are ready to start tracking, you simply tap the menu icon and then tap “start recording trek”. Once you are done with your hike, you tap the menu icon once again and tap “stop recording trek.” You’ll be able to see your progress along the way, and you’ll be able to save your adventure with a title and brief description when you’re finished.
• Photograph your experience: you can also take pictures along the way from within the AccuTerra application. These photos will be tracked with your recording to correspond directly with the location of the trail on which they were taken.
• View the stats of your hike: your trail profile allows you to view the details and statistics of your adventures, including the elevation and distance of your hikes.

Share Your Experience with Others
Now that you’ve had a great trip, you’re back to work and trying to explain to your co-workers how awesome your experience was. All you have to do is pull out your iPhone and play the “walking tour.” Your adventure will replay, showing your trail, the photos you took, and any points of interest you recorded along the way. You can also email your experience to your family and friends, or upload your adventure on Facebook.

The Future of AccuTerra for the iPhone
When all the AccuTerra map apps are released, they will include 8 million square miles of terrain throughout the contiguous United States and Hawaii.