SAN FRANCISCO — Communications electronics firm Harris Corp. has teamed up with the imagery provider MapMart to offer highly detailed digital elevation models to commercial customers. Harris developed the complex algorithms that turn satellite images into high-resolution terrain models to meet the needs of its government customers. The agreement with MapMart marks the first time commercial clients also will have access to the Harris digital elevation models, according to Edward Mushill, manager of geospatial intelligence products for Harris Corp.’s Government Communications Systems Division of Palm Bay, Fla.

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Debra Werner is a correspondent for SpaceNews based in San Francisco. Debra earned a bachelor’s degree in communications from the University of California, Berkeley, and a master’s degree in Journalism from Northwestern University. She is a recipient...