The Endeavour space shuttle landed safely this morning at the Kennedy Space Flight Centre in Florida completing more than 222 hours and 23 minutes mapping the Earth.
Repeat passes ensure quality of elevation data is improved by minimising the effect of topography.
The clarity of the data gathered by the Shuttle has been acclaimed by Australia's spatial information industry with the release of a number of 3D images from around the world, including Australia. Acquired over Tasmania on 13 February, the Australian image covers an area approximately 50km wide and 175km long, from the mouth of the Tamar River in the north east down to Coles Bay in the southeast. The Endeavour Shuttle Radar Topography Mission has been an overwhelming success. The clarity of the images has exceeded our expectations.