Ecopia-Nearmap partnership delivers 3D land cover for 400 US cities

Ecopia AI, in collaboration with Nearmap, has made off-the-shelf 3D land cover mapping data available for the 400 largest cities in the USA. The data supports the creation of digital twins for civil engineering firms, government agencies and others, enabling geospatial analytics in areas such as land use planning, climate resilience, infrastructure development and risk assessment – where accurate, real-world context is essential.

Extracted from Nearmap’s high-resolution aerial imagery by Ecopia’s AI-based mapping systems, the 3D land cover data provides a comprehensive, accurate and up-to-date digital representation of the physical world. The dataset includes 17 standard layers across the 400 most populous US cities, comprising a detailed rendering of the natural and built environments.

“This collaboration was born out of a shared commitment to solving our customers’ most complex challenges,” said Ray Savona, CRO at Nearmap. “Nearmap is proud to partner with Ecopia and power their next-generation 3D land cover data with our current, consistent, high-resolution imagery and industry-leading location intelligence solution.”

Over the next few months, off-the-shelf access to this dataset will be expanded across Nearmap’s entire coverage area - over 1.5 million square kilometres covering 87% of the US population. The data for the initial 400 cities can be explored here.