New Services for Cartographic Data Visualization

03 February 2009, 9:25am

Specialists of ScanEx RDC updated cartographic coverage on the kosmosnimki.ru geoportal by designing and rendering the millionth-scale map of Russia and maps of Moscow and Saint Petersburg cities to the 1:10 000scale.

Harmonic design and professional rendering of maps (preliminary preparation of vector data followed by their rastering) is often the keystone to successful utilization of a cartographic product on the Internet. What could seemingly prevent owners of vector data sets from selecting mapping styles by themselves? Creation of a professional product standing out by its smooth transitions between scales, logical system of area, line, and point object appearance, elaborate color gradations between them that allow the fastest possible identification of objects, is very time-consuming. This approach ensures that overall map perception is not lost.

With this in mind, the Карты@Mail.Ru service that has already been using web-cartographic platform and image mosaics of ScanEx RDC acted as a requestor for design and rendering of the millionth-scale map of Russia and detailed maps of the Moscow and Leningrad Regions. It was used as the basis for updating the content of the kosmosnimki.ru geoportal. The author and copyright holder of the cartographic data is the “Geocenter-Consulting” company.

Please be reminded that the base mosaics coverage of the kosmosnimki.ru geoportal that was opened by ScanEx Center in 2007 was produced on the basis of 5.8 meter resolution images (the data acquired by the Indian IRS satellites), comprising the territory of the Central, Southern, and Privolzhsky Federal Districts, the Republic of Bashkiria, the Chelyabinsk, Kaliningrad and Leningrad Regions with the total area of approximately 3 mln. km². Highly detailed IKONOS data (0.8 meter resolution) is available for the largest cities of our country.

Space data along with the intuitive cartographic base allows both visual assessment , measurement of certain parameters of the region of interest and its analysis with different factors in mind.

The ScanEx Center in collaboration with the “Geocenter-Consulting” company offers ready-to-use raster maps of Russia, maps of the largest cities as well as their periodic updates to online cartographic services. In addition, specialists of ScanEx RDC are ready to make custom design and rendering of these maps as well as other materials being in requestor’s possession taking into account individual requirements.

More details are available at new@kosmosnimki.ru or by phone +7 (495)739-73-85.

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