Pictometry announced they have signed a technology licensee agreement with Peace Map. The new agreement expands Pictometry’s international coverage in the Chinese market and makes Peace Map one of Pictometry’s nine international technology licensees. Other regions of the world currently covered under similar licensing agreements with Pictometry include Europe, the Americas, Australia, Africa, Asia, and Middle East.

"With this agreement it is now possible for Pictometry's metric oblique imagery, enterprise and web-based software, and derivative data products including Real 3D to be created for China,” said Robert Carroll, president, Pictometry International's International Division, adding “the agreement expanded and extends our global business model and is the result of joining our leadership in aerial imaging technology with Peace Map’s reach in the Chinese remote sensing market.”
Under the terms of the agreement, Pictometry provides its proprietary metric aerial image capture and processing technology and Peace Map will utilize the technology to create and market Pictometry imagery within China. Additional terms of the agreement were not disclosed.

According to the announcement, Peace Map Corporation is a professional provider of multiple source remote sensing data products and geospatial information services and is a leading aerial imagery provider in China.  Peace Map uses advanced aerial photographic data processing techniques and specializes in imagery acquisition, data processing, data services and applications.

“Collaborating with Pictometry is a key step in our development strategy,” said Peace Map Chairman and President Guan Hongliang, noting that the geo-information industry is growing rapidly in China. “Working with Pictometry in this way, we will be able to provide our customers with the most advanced geo-information techniques available today and effectively promote the evolution of geo-information industry in China.”