Maxar Intelligence has announced a collaboration with Ecopia AI to introduce Vivid™ Features, a new global mapping solution designed to generate precise 2D and 3D vector layers for every location on Earth. According to the companies, the product aligns automatically with updated satellite imagery, helping users avoid issues of misaligned or outdated map layers.

Maxar explained that Vivid Features integrates its high-resolution 30 cm satellite imagery and spatial fusion capabilities with Ecopia’s artificial intelligence mapping platform. Ecopia AI mentioned that its system processes Maxar’s imagery into vectors such as building footprints, road networks, and landcover, while maintaining a horizontal accuracy of roughly three meters.

According to Maxar, the offering has already been deployed for U.S. government, allied government, and commercial customers, generating more than one billion building footprints to date. The company emphasized that this approach reduces the “vector drift” challenge, where map data can fall out of alignment as new imagery becomes available.

Peter Wilczynski, Chief Product Officer at Maxar, said this development addresses one of the most difficult aspects of digital mapping: producing globally consistent vector data without requiring extensive manual alignment. Ecopia AI’s Co-Founder and President, Jon Lipinski, highlighted that updating 3D vector maps at the pace of global change is a persistent challenge, which this partnership aims to solve.

Maxar noted that its satellite fleet captures up to seven million square kilometers of 30 cm imagery each day, with as many as 15 revisits daily in areas of high interest, enabling more frequent and accurate updates to global maps.