Intermap Support of INSPIRE Initiative

Intermap Technologies, Corp. (CO, USA) its commercial initiative to create a uniform high accuracy 3-D map of all of Western Europe called NEXTMap Europe can enable geospatial professionals to meet mandates spelled-out in Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament.

The EU Directive mandates the establishment, within the next several years, of an Infrastructure for Spatial Information in the European Community (INSPIRE) in an effort to provide a higher level of environmental protection that takes into account the diverse regions within the community.

Intermap was unaware of Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament when the NEXTMap Europe program began in 2006. Now, 15 months after its inception, the program has passed the 50% completion mark for data collection. When complete, the Company's mapping program will provide interested parties with affordable and uniform countrywide 3D digital elevation data and orthorectified radar images across Western Europe.

Directive 2007/2/EC emphasises the importance of organizational coordination and the sharing of spatial data between public agencies across municipal, regional, and national borders within the EU. It further states the importance "that the infrastructures for spatial information created by the Member States are compatible and usable in a Community and trans-boundary context."