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Date Published
Author
Bill Morris
Word count
592
Language
English
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None

Summary

Mapbox has expanded its aerial imagery coverage to over 1 million square kilometers in major cities across the US, Canada, and Europe, offering high-resolution data with resolutions ranging from 5 cm to 25 cm. The company is partnering with Vexcel Imaging to bring high-resolution aerial imagery to new cities in Canada, the UK, Italy, Finland, and Norway for the first time. This partnership aims to provide ongoing updates for the most populous and fastest-changing cities, ensuring customers have access to the most current data possible. With this expansion, Mapbox is enhancing its offerings to support various use cases such as safety, decision-making, exploration, security camera monitoring, solar panel development, and business opportunities. The company's aerial imagery provides a seamless collection of global data, combining multiple high-resolution sources, eliminating the need for customers to discover, access, and process different imagery sources. By making periodic updates, Mapbox ensures customers have access to recent, high-quality imagery, enabling them to provide accurate information to their users and make informed business decisions. Additionally, Mapbox is leveraging open-source imagery from local governments across Europe, adding over 500,000 square kilometers of new data to its coverage. The company continues to source the most relevant and highest quality imagery available, ensuring a steady stream of commercial data and open sources will be added in the future.