Mapterhorn Imagery
Aggregating open data orthophoto imagery
Government agencies across Europe collect and share aerial imagery, also known as orthophoto or visual RGB imagery, as open data. This data can be particularly useful for making street-level satellite maps. But so far only commercial actors have aggregated Europe’s open-data imagery into a unified product which developers can rely on. The Mapterhorn Imagery project aims to aggregate all available open imagery and share it free of charge as PMTiles downloads. ESA’s Copernicus Sentinel-2 data will serve as a global backdrop with a comparatively low resolution of 10 m per pixel. Imagery datasets with resolutions of 10 cm and better produced by local governments will enrich the map where coverage is available.
- The project's own website: https://mapterhorn.com
Run by Leichter als Luft GmbH
This project was funded through the NGI0 Commons Fund, a fund established by NLnet with financial support from the European Commission's Next Generation Internet programme, under the aegis of DG Communications Networks, Content and Technology under grant agreement No 101135429. Additional funding is made available by the Swiss State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI).
