satellite mapping and geoscience applications predecessor fugro npa ltd founded 1972 founder nigel press headquarters edenbridge kent uk area served worldwide parent cgg website www.cgg.com npa npa satellite mapping is the longest established satellite mapping specialist in europe with expertise in geoscience applications of earth observation and remote sensing . in addition to processing and distributing data from a variety of optical and radar satellites npa specialises in added value and derived products providing validation and interpretation of satellite based imagery . contents 1 company 2 imagery and elevation data 3 oil and mineral exploration 4 ground stability 5 see also 6 references company edit the company was founded in 1972 as nigel press associates . in april 2008 the company was acquired by fugro a dutch group who provide geotechnical survey and geoscience services to the oil gas mining and construction industries . 1 2 in 2013 fugro divested it s geoscience division which included npa to cgg . the company remains based in edenbridge uk . imagery and elevation data edit npa distributes optical and radar imagery at a range of resolutions maintaining one of the largest private satellite image archives and provide advice and acquisition services for more specific customer applications . as a member of the sarcom consortium npa also distribute radar data from the esa satellites . 3 the company also supply satellite and airborne derived terrain and elevation products including digital elevation models dems building height maps 3d views and fly throughs . oil and mineral exploration edit npa specialises in a range of techniques for both onshore and offshore exploration . onshore their expertise in structural geological interpretation and mineral mapping is increasingly complemented by newer applications such as seismic planning subsidence mapping and reservoir modelling . offshore npa s global offshore seep project uses sar data to detect oil seepage from potential reservoirs . 4 ground stability edit interferometric synthetic aperture radar insar can generate maps of surface deformation or elevation using satellite radar data . depending on the situation insar can detect and monitor centimetre to millimetre scale deformation over wide areas right down to monitoring of local areas and structures . applications include monitoring of urban structures infrastructure tunnelling subsidence landslides resource extraction and geological phenomena . in addition to a wide variety of commercial projects they have a significant involvement with national and european bodies such as british national space centre british geological survey and the european space agency esa . major projects include terrafirma which provides a ground motion hazard information service distributed throughout europe via national geological surveys and institutions 5 6 and the pipemon project which studied remote sensing technology for routing and monitoring of pipelines . 7 8 their psi study of london in collaboration with the environment agency received national press coverage showing ongoing subsidence in east london . 9 see also edit remote sensing geographic information system gis geomatics geophysical survey interferometric synthetic aperture radar imagery analysis imaging science land cover list of earth observation satellites synthetic aperture radar references edit press release earsc article sarcom press release seep article terrafirma website geoscientist article pipemon project website earth imaging journal article bbc article retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title npa satellite mapping & oldid 647155195 categories map companiessynthetic aperture radar navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 14 february 2015 at 21 23 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view