Press Releases

Earthstar Geographics Releases TerraColor® 15-Meter Global Satellite Imagery with Ocean Relief Shading
22 February 2010 - Earthstar Geographics LLC (San Diego, CA, USA) today announced the release of a new version of their TerraColor PLUS 15-meter global satellite imagery dataset that includes bathymetric relief shading in the ocean areas. The addition of ocean bathymetric relief shading adds interest to global and regional views, and provides geologic information about plates, continents and islands. The bathymetric shaded relief image was seamlessly integrated with the TerraColor dataset using Earthstar's global 15-meter ocean mask, and was generated from gridded seafloor topography data developed by Scripps Institute of Oceanography.

“We are pleased to offer the new ocean shaded relief version of TerraColor PLUS, and feel it is a nice complement to the original version with a generic blue ocean fill,” said Eric Augenstein of Earthstar Geographics. “Along with our previous ocean masking, Antarctica Landsat 7 imagery and other enhancements, this demonstrates our continuing commitment to providing our clients with the best possible global satellite imagery dataset with true pole-to-pole coverage.”

TerraColor is a precision orthorectified global imagery basemap built primarily from Landsat 7 satellite imagery that can be used for a wide variety of applications. These include web-based mapping, GPS tracking, 3-D visualization, GIS backdrops, television, print and film images, military/defense logistics, flight simulation, accurate cartographic mapping and many others. TerraColor images provide colorful, detailed and visually pleasing views of the earth at medium resolution, and are suitable for mapping at scales of 1:60,000 and higher.

Earthstar Geographics Releases Next Generation of TerraColor® 15-Meter Global Satellite Imagery
22 September 2009 - Earthstar Geographics LLC (San Diego, CA, USA) today announced the release of TerraColor PLUS, the next generation of its 15-meter global satellite imagery dataset. TerraColor PLUS includes many enhancements over the original version released in 2005, including the addition of 15-meter imagery for Antarctica to 82.6 degrees south. The product also removes clouds, ice and image edges from all ocean areas using Earthstar's 15-meter global ocean mask, and fills the oceans with a consistent blue color.

“We are excited about the release of TerraColor PLUS, and feel it is the most complete 15-meter global imagery dataset on the market,” said Eric Augenstein of Earthstar Geographics. "The ocean masking and seamless coverage provide a clean global image that makes it easy to use off-the-shelf for a wide variety of mapping, visualization and media applications."

TerraColor is a precision orthorectified global imagery basemap built primarily from Landsat satellite imagery that can be used for a wide variety of applications. These include web-based mapping, GPS tracking, 3-D visualization, GIS backdrops, television, print and film images, military/defense logistics, flight simulation, accurate cartographic mapping and many others. TerraColor images provide colorful, detailed and visually pleasing views of the earth at medium resolution, and are suitable for mapping at scales of 1:60,000 and higher.

TerraColor Satellite Imagery Used by Alaska Statewide Digital Mapping Initiative
20 December 2007 - Earthstar Geographics LLC (San Diego, CA, USA) today announced that the Alaska Statewide Digital Mapping Initiative (SDMI) purchased rights to use the ocean-masked version of their TerraColor 15-meter satellite imagery. The SDMI will use TerraColor as the medium resolution base imagery layer in their popular Alaska Mapped website (www.alaskmapped.org), and also provide on-line access to the data to many Alaska state and federal agencies. The SDMI also provides the layer to users as part of suite of image products delivered through a rapidly growing Open Geospatial Consortium Web Map Services (OGC WMS) engine. TerraColor is built from imagery captured by the Landsat 7 (ETM+) satellite, and provides seamless, tonally balanced coverage of most of the world’s land areas in simulated natural color. Applications include land use analysis, vegetation mapping, military/defense logistics, 3-D visualization, flight simulation, accurate cartographic mapping and many others.

“We are excited that the Alaska SDMI has chosen TerraColor for their mapping applications,” said Eric Augenstein of Earthstar Geographics. “We are proud that the imagery is being used in ways that will help all Alaskans better visualize and understand their diverse state."

“The TerraColor 15-meter imagery delivers an excellent intermediate resolution base layer for Alaska,” said Tom Heinrichs of the SDMI. “It is a clean, nicely balanced image product and our users are already putting it to good use. The large area of Alaska makes an attractive, easy-to-use intermediate resolution layer a critical requirement for many of our clients."

Earthstar Geographics LLC specializes in products and services for the geospatial data industries with over 20 years experience in remote sensing and image processing. For complete information on the TerraColor imagery, visit the TerraColor website at www.terracolor.net.

The Alaska Statewide Digital Mapping Initiative’s primary goal is to acquire new and better maps for Alaska and make existing map products more easily available. Working in partnership with government and the private sector, map data for Alaska from many providers is being brought online and made readily available via web services and for download. More information is available at www.alaskamapped.org.

Earthstar Geographics' TerraColor Imagery To Be Used By Harris Corporation
San Diego, CA (1 February 2006) - Earthstar Geographics LLC today announced that Harris Corporation (Melbourne, FL) has purchased non-exclusive rights to use its TerraColor® global 15-meter resolution satellite imagery product via an agreement with Earthstar's reseller Spatial Mapping Ltd. (British Columbia, Canada).

"When we decided to offer an enhanced 15-meter world dataset for the visualization and simulation market, we evaluated building a new custom dataset or leveraging an archived product. We chose TerraColor as the highest quality off-the-shelf product that still allowed us the ability to customize to meet the needs of our customers in the Visual Simulation and Government markets," said Tom Kubancik, business development for Harris Corporation's ImageLinks Program.

"We are pleased that a company with Harris ImageLinks' extensive satellite imagery experience has selected our TerraColor imagery as the best 15-meter global imagery product from which to create their enhanced version," said Eric Augenstein of Earthstar Geographics.

Earthstar's TerraColor simulated true color satellite imagery provides nearly seamless, tonally balanced coverage of most of the world's land areas (excluding Antarctica) at 15-meter spatial resolution. The imagery provides colorful, detailed and realistic views of the earth and is suitable for mapping at scales of 1:60,000 and higher. Applications include location-based mapping, land use and vegetation analysis, 3-D visualization, accurate cartographic mapping and many others. See TerraColor.Net for details, or visit Resmap.Com for on-line sales and viewing.

Harris' ImageLinks products provide enhanced imagery for a variety of visualization applications, including advanced flight simulation and training, military and defense, national security, and broadcast.

Earthstar Geographics and Spatial Mapping Announce Partnership for Sale of TerraColor® Global Satellite Imagery Earthstar Geographics LLC (San Diego, CA, USA) and Spatial Mapping Ltd. (Prince George/Nanaimo, BC, Canada) announced a strategic partnership whereby Spatial Mapping will resell Earthstar's TerraColor® simulated true color 15-meter digital earth imagery product via their ResMap.com website. The full resolution TerraColor imagery can be accessed free for on-line use or offline purchase on a per-tile basis. TerraColor is built from imagery captured by the Landsat 7 (ETM+) satellite, and provides seamless, tonally balanced coverage of most of the world's land areas (excluding Antarctica). Applications include land use analysis, vegetation mapping, military/defense logistics, 3-D visualization, flight simulation, accurate cartographic mapping and many others.

"ResMap is one of the premier on-line distribution networks for satellite imagery, and we are excited about the ability to let users view and purchase TerraColor on-line in their fast, interactive website," said Eric Augenstein of Earthstar Geographics.

"The superb quality of the TerraColor imagery makes it an important addition to our online products. The combination of free on-line usage and affordable off-line pricing makes this dataset the most accessible natural color 15-meter product available in the market today", said Adam Inglis of Spatial Mapping Ltd.

Visit www.resmap.com for product specifications, pricing, and free on-line use or offline purchase. Please contact info@resmap.com for regional purchases, reduced resolution products, custom file formats and projections. For more information on TerraColor, visit Earthstar's www.terracolor.net website.

About Earthstar Geographics LLC
Earthstar Geographics LLC specializes in products and services for the geospatial data industries. With nearly 20 years experience in remote sensing and image processing, the company has performed projects and training in 15 countries worldwide. The TerraColor imagery products are the latest in their line of digital earth imagery.

About ResMap
ResMap, a division of Spatial Mapping Ltd, has been serving satellite imagery covering the global since 2002, and is now serving over 10 Terabytes of data. The entire world's land mass is covered with variety of different satellite sensors including Landsat 5/7, RadarSat, IKONOS, QuickBird and SPOT-5. All imagery is available for free online use and can be brought directly into end user's GIS/RS/CAD/MS Office applications with the use of free plug-ins. Imagery is also available for off-line use at affordable prices.

TerraColor Global 15-Meter Landsat Imagery from Earthstar Geographics 25 January 2006 - Earthstar Geographics LLC (San Diego, CA) today announced the release of their TerraColor® simulated true color Landsat satellite imagery that provides virtually seamless coverage of most of the world's land areas (excluding Antarctica) at 15-meter spatial resolution. Based on NASA's circa year 2000 precision orthorectified Landsat band 742 mosaics, TerraColor provides the best of both worlds by combining the outstanding information content of the Landsat sensor with a "natural" color scheme that is easy for anyone to interpret.

TerraColor can be used for a wide variety of applications, including land use analysis, vegetation mapping, military/defense logistics, flight simulation, 3-D visualization, accurate cartographic mapping and many others. The imagery is provided off-the-shelf in UTM and Geographic (Lat Long) projections in several image formats. Volume discounts and bundle pricing for continents and the complete global coverage is available. Visit www.terracolor.net for details.

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