NZ DigtialGlobe Imagery Service to Debut
The demo and eventual service from e-spatial and valuation and property information company Quotable Value won’t be online until later this month, but the buzz is starting. The service will provide government access to the imagery acquired by the KiwImage project, “a joint government project which aims to provide government agencies with high-resolution Digital Globe satellite imagery of the New Zealand mainland, off-shore islands, the Ross Dependency (an area of Antarctica claimed by New Zealand) and selected South West Pacific Islands.” The New Zealand Defence Force is data custodian.
The 10-plus TB of .5 meter imagery will be available to government players via the VueNZ service for an annual fee of NZ$70,000 (which includes 50Gb on which to store an organization’s own imagery) and served up as ECWP, ImageX, ArcXML and WMS (OGC Web Map Service). The back end is Image Web Server (ERMapper’s tool, now owned by ERDAS). A commercial service is expected as well.
First customers include: Australian property information provider RP Data and New Zealand Transport Agency.
