Ecopia Launches Self-Serve Platform for High-Precision Geospatial Data Downloads

April 8, 2026 - Toronto - Ecopia AI (Ecopia) today announces the launch of its new online data portal - a self-service platform that provides instant access to high-precision mapping data extracted from geospatial imagery. The portal enables data professionals across a wide range of industries to quickly browse, purchase, and download detailed land cover and transportation datasets, eliminating traditional bottlenecks associated with sourcing, creating, and maintaining up-to-date geospatial datasets.

Built to support diverse applications across transportation planning, stormwater management, permitting, and more, the platform delivers highly detailed vector data derived from high-resolution geospatial imagery. Users can browse and download features such as impervious surfaces, building footprints, road markings, pedestrian access routes, and other critical infrastructure elements with the speed and flexibility required to keep visualizations, analytics, and decision-making current in a dynamically changing world.

Traditionally, organizations requiring mapping data were forced to make a tough choice: work with inaccurate and incomplete open data and datasets created from low-quality automated solutions, or devote months and years of resources to manually digitizing vector features from imagery themselves. Ecopia eliminates this tradeoff with AI-based mapping systems that automatically extract geospatial features from aerial imagery at scale with >95% geometric accuracy, dramatically reducing production time while delivering consistent, up-to-date data that organizations can rely on.

While Ecopia has provided organizations in the public sector, civil engineering, insurance, and telecommunications industries with high-precision mapping data since 2013, the launch of a self-serve portal reflects Ecopia’s continued focus on making high-quality geospatial data more accessible. Users can now browse Ecopia’s entire off-the-shelf data catalog, designate an area of interest, and place an order for the exact layers they want within that area. Custom orders can also be placed for locations or features not currently available off-the-shelf.

Select government and AEC users have been using a beta version of the platform for the past few months to explore and access data, which includes 75+ individual layers of off-the-shelf land cover and transportation vectors extracted from Nearmap’s North American imagery archive. Today’s launch allows any user to request access to the data portal to begin browsing and purchasing data, as well as download free samples. Data can be downloaded in shapefile, geojson, and drawing exchange format for easy integration with GIS and CAD workflows.

“Access to comprehensive, accurate, and up-to-date mapping data is a persistent challenge for many organizations, across all levels of government as well as in the private sector,” said Jon Lipinski, President & Co-Founder at Ecopia. “Our online data portal puts high-quality, production-ready data directly in users’ hands when they need it, enabling them to operate more efficiently and make informed decisions with a digital representation of reality.”

The development of this platform was supported in part by the Government of Canada, through the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev Ontario).

“Investments in Canadian innovators, like Ecopia, drive real-world solutions for business and communities,” said the Honourable Evan Solomon, Minister of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Innovation and Minister responsible for FedDev Ontario. “This new platform is a notable example of how homegrown technology can improve access to critical data, strengthen decision-making, and foster economic growth across southern Ontario.”

Users can request access to the Ecopia platform here. Biweekly office hours will kick off on April 14th, where those interested in learning more about the portal can join Ecopia’s product team for a demo and ask any questions about the data. Register for Ecopia’s product office hours here.

To learn more about Ecopia, click here.

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About Ecopia AI
Ecopia is on a mission to create a digital twin of the Earth. We leverage artificial intelligence to convert high-resolution imagery into high-precision 3D vector map data at scale. This data creates a digital representation of the physical world, forming the foundation of a digital twin for visualization, analytics, and decision-making. Ecopia’s data is leveraged by hundreds of commercial and government organizations across more than 100 countries around the world.

About FedDev Ontario
Since 2009, the Government of Canada, through FedDev Ontario, has worked to advance and diversify the southern Ontario economy through funding opportunities and business services that support innovation, growth and job creation in Canada’s most populous region. The Agency has delivered impressive results, which can be seen in southern Ontario businesses that are creating innovative technologies, improving productivity, growing revenues, creating jobs, and in the economic advancement of communities across the region. Learn more about the impact the Agency is having in southern Ontario by exploring our impact stories, our Southern Ontario Spotlight, and FedDev Ontario’s X, Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn accounts.

Media contacts:
Sofia Ouslis
Deputy Director of Communications
Office of the Minister of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Innovation and Minister responsible for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario
sofia.ouslis@ised-isde.gc.ca

Briana Brown
Senior Director, Product Management & Marketing, Ecopia AI
briana@ecopiatech.com