Engineering

Enabling a variety of civil engineering initiatives via precise and affordable 3D digital elevation data tailored to meet the diverse GIS needs of public and private engineers

Permanence Requires Accuracy From government installations and public institutions, to all the lynchpin facilities and services required by communities worldwide, the vast array of civil engineering disciplines is responsible for most of the physical infrastructures in existence. Effectively designing and constructing roads, buildings, airports, tunnels, dams, bridges, and power and water supply systems requires access to highly accurate 3D elevation models to ensure safe, environmentally sound structures that comply with a myriad of local and federal regulations.

NEXTMap^® digital elevation models and geometric images: setting the industry standard 
Our NEXTMap worldwide 3D map database includes consistently accurate wide-area elevation data and geometric images that are available immediately, including

• digital surface models (DSMs) that contain cultural features such as vegetation, buildings, and roads
• digital terrain models (DTMs) with all cultural features digitally removed
• orthorectified radar images (ORIs) that accentuate topographic features
• elevation shaded images (ESIs) providing realistic displays of topographic information.

We have also created value-added products such as contours and other high-resolution geospatial products as part of the program – all available via multiple delivery options, with flexible pricing and licensing.

Are you directly or indirectly responsible for:

• improving the operational efficiencies that are associated with highway or railway improvements and construction?
• providing reliable site-location information based on how the soil and rocks beneath a proposed structure will likely respond under pressure?
• assessing the potential risk of environmental hazards, such as earthquakes, flooding, mudslides, and wildfires? 
• determining the optimum routes for municipal water supplies or sites for industrial wastewater treatment systems? 
• securing the most accurate and economical geospatial data to support line-of-sight, slope, aspect, and/or viewshed analyses?

Then you require a higher level of accuracy, cost-efficiency, and availability: our NEXTMap digital elevation models and geometric images.