DENVER and HONOLULU: Intermap Technologies and FS Dreamscapes today announced the release of NEXTMap® ProMesh™ Oklahoma, another region in their series of terrain mesh and photoscenery downloads that already include California, Florida, Hawaii, Mississippi, and the United Kingdom, for Microsoft® Flight Simulator X and ESP.
“This is a special title in the series,” says Dean Montford, president and CEO of FS Dreamscapes. “Simulator pilots can now experience flying over Oklahoma with 3-foot vertically accurate elevation data which dramatically increases the realism of the state's terrain and makes flying visual flight rules even more immersive. The data is a significant increase in detail compared to the default 15-foot vertical accuracy of the USGS national elevation dataset that had been the standard until now."
This terrain is eight times the resolution and sixty-four times more detailed than the default Flight Simulator X terrain mesh for the United States. Instead of appearing flat and barren, NEXTMap ProMesh Oklahoma is based on Intermap's highly uniform and reliable elevation data that allows users to view every hill, gully, freeway overpass, and ground feature as they fly over the state.
“The NEXTMap ProMesh Oklahoma product allows pilots to fly near real-world missions through pre-visualizing the surrounding terrain safely within the Microsoft Flight Simulator X and ESP applications. As Intermap continues to increase the digital mapping coverage across the U.S we'll continue to enable FS Dreamscapes to expand the coverage of their leading flight simulator dataset. Ultimately, pilots will be able to fly from coast to coast across the U.S. when the project is complete.” stated Kevin Thomas, vice president of marketing for Intermap Technologies.
NEXTMap ProMesh add-ons for Flight Simulator and Microsoft® ESP allow consumers, pilot trainees, researchers, and scientists to maneuver real time within a 3D visualization simulation platform. The use of Intermap's NEXTMap® USA and NEXTMap® Europe uniformly derived digital terrain models within the Flight Simulator and ESP platforms are paving the way for future real time visual simulation technologies with practical real world applications.
Microsoft Flight Simulator photoscenery and terrain mesh products are available for purchase and download at: www.fsdreamscapes.com/store
About Intermap Technologies
Intermap (TSX: IMP.TO, AIM: IMAP.L) is a preeminent digital mapping company creating uniform high-resolution 3D digital models of the earth's surface. The Company is proactively remapping entire countries and building uniform national databases, called NEXTMap®, consisting of affordably priced elevation data and geometric images of unprecedented accuracy. Demand for NEXTMap data is growing as new commercial applications emerge within the GIS, engineering, automotive, personal navigation device, insurance risk assessment, oil and gas, hydrology, environmental planning, wireless communications, transportation, aviation, and 3D visualization markets.
Headquartered in Denver, Colorado, Intermap employs approximately 850 people worldwide, with additional offices in Calgary, Detroit, Jakarta, London, Munich, Ottawa, Paris, Prague, and Washington D.C.
About FS Dreamscapes
FS Dreamscapes began as a visionary dream of its owner, Dean Mountford, to push the envelope in Flight Simulator design and innovation. The vision is not just to make scenery for Flight Simulator, but to make the best quality scenery and products possible and to build for the future of Flight Simulation. FS Dreamscapes officially launched their first product for Utah in September 2007, with the aim to create the highest quality mesh terrain available and build towards even higher resolution terrain in coming years. To that end, research and development is continuing into other unique products that will help enhance the experience within Microsoft Flight Simulator that will push the realism factor to new levels. Data can be purchased at www.fsdreamscapes.com/store.
Contacts:
Intermap Technologies
Kevin Thomas, Vice President, Marketing
303-708-0955
FS Dreamscapes
Dean Mountford, President & Chief Executive Officer
808-450-6676
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