Elevation30 is a unique worldwide 3D geographic reference database especially designed for large area coverage for mapping, GIS and military needs.
Derived from both optical (from Elevation30 DEM - Ortho layer & Quality Layers database) and radar spaceborne technologies, Elevation30 allows a greater coverage independent of terrain characteristics and weather conditions.
The model includes “first surface” elevations including vegetation and man-made structures.
Elevation30 has 3 layers of information:
Elevation30 provides finely detailed information and close registration of data layers for:
Elevation30 orthoimages provide ground control points accurate enough to ensure GPS compatibility:
better than 10mCE90.
They can be used to orthorectify imagery from most Earth observation satellites—e.g. SPOT, FORMOSAT-2, QuickBird, IKONOS, Envisat—when positional data is not available.
See Also...
GEOElevation Services
Highly Accurate Elevation Data Worldwide
Elevation10
Custom-tailored 10 m Elevation Models even in difficult areas
Elevation+
High precision digital elevation modelling service
Reference 3D is developed in partnership by Spot Image and the French survey and mapping agency IGN.
The constitution of the Reference 3D database began in 2002, with the launch of SPOT 5, with an annual production rate of 7 million km².
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