Geographic Information System (GIS) Conversion
IMC converts maps in analogue or older digital forms into contemporary digital formats with more useful indexing, identification and navigation information. We also create viewers that provide users with rapid access to, and navigation of, these especially dense images.
Digital map conversion typically involves various processes:
- Georeferencing applies real-world coordinates like latitude and longitude to the resulting image of the original map.
- Vectorization transforms topographical and other data within the map into lines and polygons for three-dimensional representation of originally two-dimensional data and assigns various attributes to areas that identify the nature of the geography (mountain, marshland, desert, etc.) and manmade physical structures (airstrips, power plants, docks, etc.) and their scale, dimensions, altitude, etc.
- Viewer-enabling invests a viewer with functionality that lets users view the map in various modes (zoom, rotate, pan, etc.) and query map data (input coordinates, place name, geographical configuration etc. to locate a specific area).
- And re-writing older, often mainframe-based software used to manipulate older electronic versions of maps into newer, more open and powerful programming languages such as Java that allow for more user-friendly image manipulation and value-added capabilities like modeling weather scenarios and viewing outcomes.
GIS conversion is suitable for government agencies and private companies working with geospatial data for environmental protection, land use planning, economic development, military combat, anti-terrorism and other activities.