On June 27, 2013, EOMAP --- achieved a new milestone by launching its Regional Headquarters for Asia-Pacific in Singapore. The office, located at 16, Collyer Quay will increase its marketing and support activities in the region, and underlies its commitment to this diverse and important region. Asia Pacific economies continue to exhibit strong growth. Intrinsic strength, progressive trade agreements among the region's countries. Most economies in the region maintain healthy growth. Led by China and India, the region's economies will grow over the next 20 years, outpacing the world's average growth rate.
CEO, EOMAP GmbH & Co.KG , Thomas Heege explained the significance of the opening of the regional office in Singapore as an important step in providing support and visibility to new users and current projects that EOMAP has been doing with Mekong River Commission in Vietnam. EOMAP is committed to the Asia-Pacific and has chosen Singapore as the new home of the regional office, due to its strategic location and its role as a hub for regional and international organisations.
CEO, EOMAP Asia Pacific, Abhay Mittal explained the need for increasing Research activities in the region for Water Quality, Bathymetry, Natural Resources Mapping and Oil Spill Monitoring & Detection. EOMAP Asia Pacific will also be the hub of research activity with several key universities to increase the usage of remotely sensed data in the aquatic environment. We are also working with several partners towards setting up the infrastructure and platform for delivering the analytics related to Water Quality on earth observation data globally. In the coming months, we will be establishing our network of partners to establish a strong presence in the market.
About EOMAP
EOMAP GmbH & Co. KG is specialized in coastal and inland water monitoring services, e.g. high resolution water quality monitoring and water depth mapping. The company offers customized, large-area mapping based on satellite and airborne imagery with a focus on aquatic remote sensing to international public and private customers. Sophisticated map products based on multi- to hyperspectral remote sensing data, as well as classification software solutions, comprise EOMAP's core business. The solutions rely on standardized physical models and work independently of scale, sensor type, and geographic location. The company also offers customized, large-area mapping based on satellite and airborne imagery for a manifold of applications with a focus on aquatic remote sensing.
The company’s services can be applied in environmental monitoring and spatial explorations, in particular for coastal zones, inland waters, wetlands, and other areas where high-precision mapping is required. EOMAP software processors are based on the latest scientific findings and deliver standardized products such as suspended matter, phytoplankton, and dissolved organic material (DOM) from both deep inland and coastal waters. Reliable and precise bathymetric charts and sea floor vegetation maps for optically shallow waters can be generated.
The company’s interdisciplinary team consists of highly specialised individuals with professional experience in software development, physically-based remote sensing product generation, cartography, interdisciplinary research, consultancy, and project management. All of the staff are natural scientists with either Masters or Doctorate degrees.