Publisher: East View Cartographic, Inc. (EVC)
Language: N/A
Published: 2008 - 2008

East View Cartographic, widely recognized as a producer of world-class carto-based DEMs, now offers you a DEM of North Korea, one of the world’s most closed countries, at 30m resolution. This DEM was created from 1:50,000 scale Soviet topographic maps, the most detailed map series ever created for the country. The DEM accurately and precisely depicts North Korea’s rugged, mountainous terrain.

All relevant GIS vector layers were extracted from the maps and used as inputs to the DEM creation process, yielding a DEM which is unrivaled in quality. See below for a list of available layers.


• 30m DEM

• 1:50k topo source, with 10m contours

• Extensive coverage; all costal and major populated areas are included

• Precise, detailed terrain model

• Hydrologically-correct DEM

• Up to 5m vertical accuracy

• Priced attractively

• Ideal for Avionics, Telecom/RF modeling, Terrain Db for Modeling & Simulation, National Defense, mapping, orthorecitification, others

• Layers available: DEM, and by request, all intermediate vector layers: hydro (linear), hydro (polygon), coastline, elevation contours, elevation points

• Format, DEM: All common DEM formats

• Format, Vector: ESRI Shapefile

• 1:50k Scale Vector Map also offered as a separate product

• Licensing: Single-organization. For other licensing please contact us.

• Base Price: $150 per tile