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FREDERICK, Md., (BUSINESS WIRE) May 31, 2006 - EarthData International (EarthData) today announced the award of a $16 million contract by the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia to produce the first-ever high-resolution image and terrain maps of Papua New Guinea.
The Australian Government is funding the project under a memorandum of understanding with the government of Papua New Guinea.
EarthData will deploy its GeoSAR radar mapping system to complete airborne data acquisitions over the 318,000-square-kilometer area. Mounted on a jet aircraft and using two radar bands simultaneously, the GeoSAR system will fly over the area and collect extremely accurate images and three-dimensional models of the forest canopy surface, as well as the terrain beneath the canopy.
The resulting data will be used with standard geographic information system (GIS) software to support decision-making in...
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