SpatialNews Press Release

ImageLinks Provides TrueTerrain™ Visualization Products to Support Operation Enduring Freedom

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Melbourne, Fla., Dec. 17, 2001 — ImageLinks has been fulfilling several contracts to supply ImageLinks TrueTerrain™ visualization data sets that are being used in computerized flight simulators by pilots training for military missions and relief efforts in the worldwide war on terrorism.

"The effectiveness and safety of the pilots are significantly enhanced by using flight simulations with extremely realistic terrain and ground cover to practice aid delivery and landing in unfamiliar areas," said Scott Bennett, ImageLinks Director of Business Development.

The TrueTerrain™ visualization products that were built for Afghanistan are similar to ones that ImageLinks has provided for several years to aircraft manufacturers and military commands for use in image generation simulators for training civilian and military pilots. The contracts to supply the Afghanistan data are continuations of a long-standing ImageLinks data delivery program.

"The ImageLinks TrueTerrain™ product for Afghanistan includes 15-meter Landsat 7 and 5-meter IRS imagery for the entire 300,000 square-mile territory," said Bennett. "We’ve added high-resolution imagery inserts around airports and towns to give the low-altitude details pilots and ground support need to conduct more realistic training exercises."

ImageLinks creates the TrueTerrain™ visualization and simulation products by merging and mosaicking multi-source satellite and aerial imagery of different resolutions to achieve the illusion of descending in an aircraft and seeing increasingly sharper ground detail. Highly accurate elevation data is integrated to provide realistic terrain features. ImageLinks then converts these extremely large data files into the unique format and tiling structure required by specific flight simulation image generators.

About ImageLinks

ImageLinks Inc. is an international leader in delivering highly accurate, intelligent imagery. ImageLinks’ latest offering, the Active Archive™, allows users to quickly define and produce customized imagery for their specified area of interest, on demand, with immediate delivery to their desktops. ImageLinks maintains an extensive repository of satellite and aerial data from a wide variety of imagery collectors and obtains new imagery for its customers at competitive prices. Visit www.ImageLinks.com for more information.

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