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Welcome to mapsgeo

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Precision from Above, Clarity on the Ground, Solutions Beyond Boundaries

Satellite, Aerial, Drone, Land Survey &  Mapping

Latest Announcement

Welcome to mapsgeo

Welcome to mapsgeoWelcome to mapsgeoWelcome to mapsgeo

Precision from Above, Clarity on the Ground, Solutions Beyond Boundaries

Satellite, Aerial, Drone, Land Survey &  Mapping

Latest Announcement

about us

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MAPS sarl is a leading geospatial solutions provider specializing in satellite imagery (optical, radar, and hyperspectral), aerial surveys, drone-based mapping, land surveying, and remote sensing services. With a legacy dating back to 1974, our expertise spans decades in delivering high-precision geospatial data for various industries across the Middle East and Africa.


In August 2019, we acquired the fixed assets of Fugro Lebanon (MAPS sarl) and have since continued advancing the geospatial services domain under MAPSGEO sarl. Our leadership, driven by Hicham Zantout and Mohtassam Zahra, brings over 47 years of experience in managing geospatial and aerial mapping projects locally and internationally.


We are committed to integrating the latest advancements in spatial technology into our workflows, ensuring high-quality, cost-effective solutions tailored to client needs. With a team of skilled professionals and strategic partners, we provide precision-driven geospatial insights that support fast and informed decision-making.


 At MAPSGEO sarl, we value long-term partnerships with clients and collaborators. Our dedication to exceptional service, innovation, and client success remains at the core of our operations. We look forward to continuing our journey in shaping the future of geospatial intelligence. 


MAPSGEO fast decision support system

fdss

  

MAPSGEO have started a New Department:

                         (Fast Decision Support System – FDSS)


MAPSGEO-FDSS department adopt a new strategy using:

1- Big Data, 

2- Remote Sensing,

3- Artificial Intelligence.

MAPSGEO-FDSS department adopt a new strategy using big data, remote sensing and artificial intelligence, that allows for more informed decision-making, timely problem-solving, and improved efficiency in dealing with issues or operations, planning, and even management. The FDSS department is supervised and lead by two Ph.D. Doctors.

This strategy improves the quality of decision to be more effective, fast and powerful with the real time situation. MAPSGEO-FDSS will provide a computerized system that gathers and analyzes data, synthesizing it to produce comprehensive information reports and guidance to the user using information flows from social media, sensors, satellite images and other non-traditional data.

Idea behind FDSS

  

The idea behind FDSS-Department is to develop information systems that manage geospatial, satellite images, and big data in order to support timely policy maker decision for public, private, and international organizations to take the necessary actions and mitigate the risks.

FDSS OUTPUT

- Big Remote Sensing Solution: The FDSS department provides solutions for remote sensing challenges that can be characterized by:

   a. The increased volume of the archived data from terabytes 

   b. The dimension of satellite images in terms of 

        Multi-Source, Multi-Resolution, Multi-Temporal &

        the variety of application domains;

   c.  The efficiency of data processing & analysis generated at a rapid

         growing rate in terms of velocity of big data in remote sensing.


GeoMarketing Solution: The FDSS department provides solutions for public, private, and international organizations using big data to show the degree of customer satisfaction in the market.


- Decision Support System Solution: FDSS department develops information systems for public, private, and international organizations that support timely the decision makers with the relevant indicators.

our services

Optical & Radar Satellite imagery

Leveraging the broad variety of optical (day & nighttime), radar, and hyperspectral satellite data sources available, MAPSGEO offers expertise and turnkey solutions in a variety of application domains, including:

Oil & gas, mining: natural seep detection to reduce risk of new exploration, infrastructure site selection and route planning, monitoring of subsidence, and environmental impact assessments.

Optical Nighttime Satellite Imagery

Nighttime light observations from remote sensing provide us with a timely and spatially explicit measure of human activities and therefore enable a host of applications such as tracking urbanization and socioeconomic dynamics, evaluating armed conflicts and disasters, investigating fisheries, assessing greenhouse  energy use, and analyzing light pollution and health effects. 

The new and improved sensors, algorithms, and products for nighttime lights, in association with other Earth observations and ancillary data (e.g., geo-located big data), together offer great potential for a deep understanding of human activities and related environmental consequences in a changing world.


MAPSGEO along with its satellite provider offers nighttime optical imagery for any region in the world assisting its clients with turn-key solutions within above-said application needs. 

Aerial Photography

MAPSGEO, along with its aerial photography partners who own various types of aerial survey aircraft, is equipped with up-to-date digital aerial cameras having various high resolutions to meet all kinds of digital mapping project requirements. 

High-Accurate Digital Elevation Models

MAPSGEO with the gained experince in the generation of accurate terrain and surface models that are used in the production of Orthophoto, volume computations, cut/fill, drainage, water flow directions , catchment basin and other services as well as in 3D City modeling. 

Ground Monitoring & Change Detection

Satellites provide an ideal platform to enable non-intrusive monitoring of locations, regardless of how remote they may be. Infrastructure or environmental changes whether over many years or from day- to- day can be readily observed. 

Feature GIS Mapping

Urban/Regional planning: creation of large- or small- scale topographic mapping for use in spatial data infrastructure development, land use planning and permitting.

Transportation and utility maps: pre-feasibility, route planning for transportation (roads, rail, etc.), pipeline and power line corridors, including land cover, geohazards, geology, etc.

Airport Obstacle Charts

MAPSGEO has the know-how to produce airport obstacle charts using latest technology based on the use of aerial sourcse such as Aerial Photography, Satellite Imagery that meets the International Civil Aviation Organization standards.  

Digitizing the world using AI

 Ecopia® is using AI to build a digital twin of the world, converting high-resolution geospatial imagery into comprehensive, accurate, and up-to-date vector maps for use in data-driven decision-making across industries. 

Deformation Maps

 Generation of deformation maps using InSAR imagery, by comparing the changed components of the return signals - the 'phase shift' - from many passes, using complex algorithms which reveals the detailed surface movement.

The deformation map generated shows the land deformation of any area or infrastructure site  in mm/yr.

Crop Monitoring

 1. Timely detect stressed area on your fields with NDVI, MSAVI, NDRE, NDMI, RECI indices.

2. Perform historical analysis based on 5 year  satellite data and 10 year weather data.

3. Detect correlation between weather data (precipitation, soil moisture, heat/cold stress) and vegetation deviations. 

4. Keep crop rotation data and other records in a single source.  

Installation of Physical or Virtual Ground Receiving Station (GRS) with various Optical & Radar imagery from high to medium resolutions

Benefits of local receiving ground station (Physical or Virtual):

·  Download immediately the freshly collected Data.

·  Images collected are available few minutes after collection.

·  Processing starts immediately in local data center.

·  Geospatial information made available to analysts immediately. 

Telecom Dataset Layers for Telecom, TV & Radio broadcast

Major features:

> 3D dataset designed for radio propagation analysis and simulation. (5G/4G planning. TV broadcast planning and other radio network planning)

> Geo dataset is composed of 3D vector, DHM-clutter heights, DTM, DLU-clutter, 2D Linear vector.

> This dataset is optimized for global simulation software such as Atoll (Forsk), Planet (Infovista) and others, also it is compatible with major propagation model such as (CrossWave, Volcano..etc)

> High resolution orthoimagery

added services

Hyperspectral Imagery

MAPSGEO provides Hyperspectral imaging from Pixxel, which captures information across 100s of very narrow spectral bands, stretching across

the visible and near-infrared spectrum. Extremely rich hyperspectral datasets are capable of identifying and characterising unique spectral signatures for Earth and atmospheric materials and conditions. Hyperspectral imagery reveals subtle insights in a timely manner that are invisible to today's traditional imaging satellites.

Hyperspectral for Crop

  • Crop monitoring: Crop growth stage, chlorophyll content, biomass, and yield
  • Hyperspectral can highlight definable stress and moisture quantities and pinpoint pests and diseases.

Hyperspectral for Coastal

  • Coastal habitat classification and biodiversity mapping
  •  Water quality and biodiversity monitoring of coastal areas are essential for coastline health, which relates to safety from monsoons, hurricanes, water changes, sea life diversity and sustainability, and tourism 

Hyperspectral for Monitoring

  • Urban and industrial area monitoring
  •  Urban monitoring of surface identification as well as pollution areas and highlighting changes in the environment  

Hyperspectral for Mineralogical

  • Lithological mapping of hydrocarbon reservoirs 
  • Mineralogical mapping of hydrocarbon-expressive rocks and soils can be done with hyperspectral imaging, as well as signature responses of possible surface seepages. 

OUR Products

Satellite Imagery

Optical, Radar & Hyperspectral Imagery

Optical, Radar & Hyperspectral Imagery

 

Earth observation satellites provide a means to map and monitor specific regions at an affordable cost and without the need to mobilise ground or air survey crews. 


MAPSGEO is a leading distributor of high-resolution satellite imagery Optical (Day/Nighttime) including Radar imagery supplied by various international commercial world-class satellite providers serving all clients with their high definition image needs including their derived services and products offering expert, unbiased advice to help users select the most appropriate solution for projects worldwide


We are excited to introduce Hyperspectral Imaging to our portfolio, offering access to 5m high-resolution spectral data across 250+ narrow bands based on the newly launched sensors from Pixxel. 

Optical, Radar & Hyperspectral Imagery

Optical, Radar & Hyperspectral Imagery

Optical, Radar & Hyperspectral Imagery

 MAPSGEO provides independent advice on the optimum satellite mapping solutions for specific customer applications.


MAPSGEO has built strong relationships with all the commercial satellite imagery suppliers and can process, interpret, and distribute data from any commercial system through official distribution agreements.


MAPSGEO provides high-resolution satellite imagies that are round-the-clock optical (day/nighttime), including radar imagery. 


MAPSGEO in addition to optical and radar imagery, provides the world's highest resolution 5m Hyperspectral imagery . Hyperspectral imagery

reveals subtle insights in a timely manner that are

invisible to today's traditional imaging satellites.



Key satellite datasets offered

Optical, Radar & Hyperspectral Imagery

Key satellite datasets offered

 MAPSGEO include the latest generation of optical (VHR & MR) and radar satellite sensors, namely:

1. Optical (VHR) satellites with sub-meter resolution:

WorldView1/2/3, Pleiades, Superview, Beijing-3, KompSAT,  TripleSAT, SkySAT, Gaofen2/7, and Jilin-1GF, 1KF & GXA


2. Optical video (VHR) satellite collections using Juilin-1SP


3. Optical (MR) satellites such as SPOT6/7, Jilin-1GP, ZiYuan (ZY)-3, CBERS 4, GaoFen-1/6, Planet, and RapidEye


4. SAR satellite sensors such as:

Capella, ICEye, TerraSAR-X, RadarSAT, IRS-1C/1D CartoSat, Landsat, Sentinetl-1-3, Radarsat, ERS & ENVISAT, HJ-1A&B,  X-SAR 


5. Hyperspectral satellite sensor such as : Pixxel,  with 250+ bands in VNIR & SWIR , with 5m GSD, and 40km swath.

Daily global access; 24 hour revisit


Digital Elevation Models

Data Processing & Production

Key satellite datasets offered

 MAPSGEO can supply accurate Digital Elevation Models (DEM) from a variety of sources including those generated from interferometric radar techniques, such as SRTM and from optical images acquired from different angles taken from the same pass of an earth observation satellite (such as the HRS instrument of SPOT-5 and ASTER 3B sensor). 


The new generation of very high resolution optical satellite sensors have the capability of generating accurate Digital Elevation Models (DEM), Digital Terrain Models (DTM) or Digital Surface Models (DSM) with or without ground control.  These Digital Terrain Models are used for high-quality image orthorectification, contour mapping, water body identification, flood modeling and 3D visualisation. 


MAPSGEO along their expert partners provide Telecom Dataset Elevation Layers such DTM, DLU, DHM clutters

Data Processing & Production

Data Processing & Production

Data Processing & Production

 MAPSGEO offer a comprehensive range of services such as DEM generation, vector feature extraction, orthorectification, interpretation and information extraction and production of derived maps and reports.  Using these skills 2D & 3D visualisations can be generated to meet project requirements.


We undertake extensive satellite imagery product development, tailored to fit our customer’s requirements, including in-house developed radiometric and geometric corrections and visualization tools.


MAPSGEO had partnered with skilled geospatial offices to provide further intelligent data processing services such as satellite derived bathymetry, environmental coastal zone mapping and water quality in addition studies for landslides and Land subsidence.

Land Cover Mapping

Data Processing & Production

Data Processing & Production

Land cover classification across a wide variety of terrain and image scales can be undertaken to support geological, agricultural, environmental or logistical projects.  Using semi-automatic techniques, which are primarily based on the spectral properties of optical satellite data, we can provide a broad classification of land cover types.  

Manual interpretation of other features such as roads (sealed, unsealed, tracks, bridges, settlements etc.) can be incorporated into the analysis to provide a series of themed layers. 


MAPSGEO can create a new thematic image linked with an associated attribute database or convert the information extracted to vector data.

Ground Monitoring & Change Detection

Ground Monitoring & Change Detection

Ground Monitoring & Change Detection

Satellites provide an ideal platform to enable non-intrusive monitoring of locations, regardless of how remote they may be. Infrastructure or environmental changes whether over many years or from day- to- day can be readily observed.  Often archive data can be utilised to provide retrospective information and Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (or InSAR) data allows monitoring of milimetre ground movements even in areas with persistent cloud. MAPSGEO can advise on which sensor is best suited to specific applications. 

Aerial and Ground Survey Equipments

Ground Monitoring & Change Detection

Ground Monitoring & Change Detection

MAPSGEO along with its international hardware manufacturing surveying partners and suppliers provides aerial and ground survey equipment for Ground Surveying, Monitoring related to Drones, UAVs, GPSs, Navigation/Tracking Systems based on both networks GSM and Satellite.


Modified versions of Drones and UAVs with special additions to serve the Military and other applications. 


In addition MAPSGEO are offering now installation of Physical and Virtual ground receiving stations for immediate tasking and downloading  satellites with high and medium resolutions, optical and radar imagery with a circular coverage of radius of approx. 1500 kilometer.

Experienced Staff & Professionals

Ground Monitoring & Change Detection

Experienced Staff & Professionals

MAPSGEO has a dedicated satellite imaging production centre and employs a team of geospatial technicians with extensive experience in project management, earth observation, geo-information and geomorphology. 


The MAPSGEO team have professional backgrounds in software engineering, geography, cartography, informatics, surveying, land management and others


Early 2020, two proessional PhDs doctors experts in Data Science, Data Scraping/Mining , Data Statistics including data analytics had joined MAPSGEO and have worked on establishing the FDSS department. Students from various universities have joined the department and have executed during their course studies various data analysis applications using big data and remote sensing imagery.

OUR SATELLITE SUPPLIERS

 Remote Sensing Makes the Earth Better! 

A trusted partner and innovator in Earth Intelligence and Space Infrastructure 

 Pixxel is a space data company and a spacecraft manufacturer redefining Earth observation with hyperspectral imaging.

Access to 100+ in-orbit satellites and a vast archive of 10+ million Very High-Resolution (VHR) images, with resolutions ranging from 30cm to 1m. 

Earth Observation Data & Application

LET SPACE BE PART OF LIFE


SIIS contributes Remote Sensing and Earth observation industries societies by providing very high resolution optical and SAR images


SpaceWill Offers geospatial services including BaseMap production, ortho imagery creation, DEM & DTM processing, telemapping etc.. 


A continuous Global coverage thru Clouds, Smoke, Fog and Darkness 


Our Accurate, scientific-quality imagery forms the foundation of our best-in-class services

 Optical, Luminous, Video image programing and application


Planet images the earth every day, making change visible, accessible, and actionable

Explore the geospatial solutions for your business

OUR GEOSPATIAL SERVICE PARTNERS

DIGITIZING THE WORLD USING AI
Using AI to build a digital twin of the world, converting high-resolution geospatial imagery into comprehensive, accurate, and up-to-date vector maps for use in data-driven decision-making across industries. 

Geospatial intelligence powered by 3D data. Our 3D foundation data is integrated into our end-to-end geospatial solutions for government and commercial customers. 

We make it easy to get valuable insights from geospatial 

A digital precision agriculture tool to help farmers remotely assess the health of their crops, cut costs on scouting, soil testing, and farm management, and use seeds and fertilizers more efficiently.

Specialized in providing Geospatial Services, divided into the following:. Drone Services, GIS & Surveying Services, and BIM & Scan To BIM services. 

Delivers premium geospatial data solutions for defense, simulation, GIS, and mapping. 

 Specializing in thermal and optical hyperspectral cameras, spectroradiometers, LiDAR, airborne survey services, and GIS solutions. 

Provide High-Tech Digital Aerial Photography, LiDar & Drone Data Acquisition

High-Tech partner for Digital Aerial Photography, LiDar & Drone data acquisition including aerial image data processing, land survey and mapping.

 Satellite-Derived Bathymetry (SDB) is the most recently developed method of surveying shallow waters. It provides rapid access to bathymetric data and  saves costs. 

Electronic solutions to serve statistical operations and services along with our partner Def-State located in spain


Provision of millimeter-accurate land deformation data using inSAR

Leading provider of Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) services 

We transfer the future into the present.

 Drive competitive advantage with our data platform expertise, business analytics frameworks, innovative AI, machine learning, and intelligent solutions. 


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MAPSGEO sarl

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Hicham Zantout , Managing Partner M: +9613673404 hzantout@mapsgeo.com Mohtassam Zahra , Managing Partner M: +9613711505 mzahra@mapsgeo.com Tim Mcilreavy, Technical Consultant M: +447961671383 tmcilreavy@mapsgeo.com

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