A new quality assessment report from NASA’s Commercial Satellite Data Acquisition (CSDA) program evaluates data from the Polar Geospatial Center’s (PGC) EarthDEM product. At left, the cover of the Commercial Satellite Data Acquisition programs's recently released Polar Geospatial Center EarthDEM Quality Assessment Report. At right, a shaded relief rendering of EarthDEM data showing the Virgin River in Nevada. Given this variation, the vertical accuracy compliance for the EarthDEM products was graded as “Basic.” According the authors of the report, “it should be noted that the PGC EarthDEM product is not technically a commercial product….