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INTERMAP LAUNCHES AUTOMATED ORTHORECTIFICATION SERVICE ON UP42 PLATFORM

Intermap Technologies Corp. has launched its artificial-intelligence-enabled orthorectification service on the UP42 geospatial platform. The service enables users to generate analysis-ready satellite imagery directly within their existing and customized workflows. The automated solution converts 2-D satellite imagery into accurately positioned geospatial data for commercial, government and defence applications. Intermap's service combines automated processing with global terrain data to provide a scalable foundation for analysis-ready imagery across imagery types and resolutions.

As commercial satellite capacity expands, demand is increasing for scalable image correction and analytics. According to the Satellite Industry Association, the global space economy generated approximately $429-billion in revenue in 2025, with the commercial satellite industry accounting for $303-billion, representing 71 per cent of the global space business. A record 4,434 satellites were deployed into orbit in 2025, bringing the total number of operating satellites to 14,266, supported by approximately 800 remote sensing satellites.

This growth is shifting the bottleneck from image collection to image correction and analytics. Accurate ground positioning at high resolution and scale allows users of satellite imagery to expand applications beyond visual inspection into mapping, measurement, AI-based analysis and operational decision-making.

Intermap Orthorectification Service corrects distortions in satellite imagery caused by terrain variation, sensor geometry and viewing perspective. Using Intermap's global bare-earth 3-D terrain model, the service accurately rectifies imagery to real-world ground locations, supporting imagery from virtually any sensor and resolution. By substantially reducing image warp and other distortions commonly found in uncorrected 2-D imagery, the service enables more reliable mapping, measurement, AI-powered analysis and operational decision making without extensive rework of existing workflows and processes.

Intermap is the only company with a seamless, global high-resolution digital terrain model purpose-built for scalable orthorectification and geospatial analysis. The model spans more than 300 million square kilometres across over 150 countries and provides a consistent global foundation for high-accuracy image correction.

High-resolution imagery may show roads, buildings, utility corridors and transportation networks, but those features must also be accurately positioned on the ground to support reliable decisions. Accurate orthorectification helps customers align imagery with maps, elevation models and other geospatial data sets, improving infrastructure monitoring, building footprint extraction, utility planning, transportation planning, property boundary assessment and change detection.

Intermap's service simplifies a historically complex step in satellite imagery processing to make satellite data more reliable. Users no longer need to source elevation data, licence software or manage manual workflows. Instead, they can select Intermap's service directly within the UP42 ordering workflow and receive corrected imagery in minutes, depending on image size and input characteristics.

"Delivering accurate, analysis-ready imagery directly within the workflow removes friction and improves the quality, reliability and relevance of downstream analytics," said Patrick A. Blott, chairman and chief executive officer of Intermap. "Our service leverages Intermap's global bare-earth 3-D terrain model to accurately rectify imagery to real-world ground locations, supporting imagery from virtually any sensor and resolution. As commercial satellite imagery becomes more widely used across enterprise, government and defence markets, accurate ground positioning at scale becomes increasingly important."

The launch expands Intermap's role within the commercial satellite imagery ecosystem and positions the company to capture growing demand for analysis-ready data across enterprise, government and defence markets. It also supports deeper integration with satellite operators, platform partners and customers requiring consistent, scalable image correction across regions and use cases.

Orthorectification represents another example of Intermap's strategy to transform proprietary 3-D geospatial data into scalable intelligence services. By combining unique global terrain data with automated processing and AI-powered analytics, the company continues to expand its role in the rapidly growing commercial space and Earth observation markets.

About Intermap Technologies Corp.

Intermap Technologies is a global leader in geospatial intelligence powered by proprietary 3-D data and AI-driven analytics. The company delivers actionable intelligence to government and commercial customers through a portfolio of applications, platforms and solutions that support risk management, infrastructure planning, operational readiness and mission-critical decision making. Intermap's proprietary 3-D data foundation spans more than 300 million square kilometres across over 150 countries and powers intelligence solutions for government, insurance, aviation, telecommunications, transportation, renewable energy, agriculture, natural resources and space markets. Through advanced analytics, automated processing and enterprise-scale data delivery, Intermap helps organizations transform complex geospatial information into decision-ready intelligence.

About NSG UP42

NSG UP42 is Saudi Arabia's national sovereign Earth Observation (EO) platform, established through the acquisition and localization of the global UP42 platform by Neo Space Group (NSG), a Public Investment Fund (PIF) company. The platform strengthens national geospatial capabilities by supporting government modernization, enterprise digital transformation and the development of a thriving Earth Observation ecosystem within the kingdom. As part of NSG's broader portfolio of satellite communications, geospatial intelligence and PNT (positioning, navigation and timing) capabilities, NSG UP42 contributes to advancing Saudi Arabia's space economy and supporting the objectives of Vision 2030.