Infrastructure Security Mapping
Tuesday, 09 March 2010 09:20
The HSIP program was created in 2002 as collaborative project between NGA and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). HSIP provides government officials with information necessary to support the response and recovery efforts for natural and man-made disasters.
“NAVTEQ recognizes NGA's requirement for an accurate and comprehensive set of geospatial data. Finding the nearest hospital, conducting line-of-sight analyses, matching street addresses to locations and many other applications are critical to the HSIP program’s mission critical needs.” said Roy Kolstad, vice president, Enterprise Americas, NAVTEQ. “These objectives are significantly enhanced by using NAVTEQ map data, which includes geospatial information such as roads, cities, political boundaries, physical features, places, railroads, census boundaries, parks, schools, fire departments, police departments, hospitals and many other geospatial vector data layers.”
To keep the map database up-to-date, NAVTEQ deploys a variety of maintenance methodologies to capture and validate changes to the road network and points of interest, including use of geographic analysts who drive millions of miles annually. NAVTEQ continues to innovate and lead the way with data collection technology. The recently announced NAVTEQ True represents a new era in data collection, and utilizes technologies unique in the industry in both the scale and quality with which collection can take place. Through a combination of LIDAR, panoramic and high resolution cameras, GPS and IMU positioning, all of the data collected is geo-referenced, resulting in a more highly detailed digital representation of the road network. ♦
