Intermap Technologies, which provides three-dimensional geospatial products and intelligence solutions, has been awarded a contract for high-resolution NEXTMap® digital terrain models to support EDF Hydro with hydropower projects in South America.
Use of Intermap’s NEXTMap digital terrain models (DTM) will enable EDF to perform hydropower feasibility studies, project modeling and preliminary engineering for multiple prospective projects in South America, according to a release.
Intermap’s elevation data collection and processing expertise provides EDF engineers with high-resolution DTMs that are consistent in precision, quality and data specification across all areas of interest, enabling efficient analyses of numerous remote hydropower projects, the company said. The contract areas contain mountainous forest, which is challenging terrain to map due to the difficulty of measuring the ground beneath trees and on steep slopes. Intermap’s advanced technology is driven by artificial intelligence/machine learning (AI/ML), enabling it to map rugged terrain and model the ground beneath the canopy.
“Intermap’s NEXTMap DTM data provides unique value to EDF’s hydro power development efforts, enabling the characterization of terrain for early development stages,” said Yann Marcilloux, EDF project leader.
In South America, EDF has a presence in Brazil, Chile, Colombia (EDF Andes) and Peru (EDF Peru SAC). The specific hydropower projects included in this agreement were not disclosed.
Intermap is headquartered in Denver, Colo., and supports hydro, wind and solar projects around the world. Intermap said applications for its products and solutions include defense, aviation and UAV flight planning, flood and wildfire insurance, disaster mitigation, base mapping, environmental and renewable energy planning, telecommunications, engineering, critical infrastructure monitoring, hydrology, land management, oil and gas, and transportation.
