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Friday, August 27, 2010

Tom Clancy's Hawx 2 - GeoEye High Resolution Imagery Featured in Article

Ubisoft's HAWX series swoops back to consoles with enhanced realism in its sights and a raft of additions. Building on the success of the first game, HAWX 2 brings the series back into the spotlight with huge environments, improved gameplay and enemies as deadly as any that gamers have come up against in the original title...Among other new additions, the sequel boasts a huge environment of 130 square kilometres. The game's use of high-resolution GeoEye satellite technology gives locations including Mexico, the Arctic Circle, the Indian Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico in-game worlds that are both visually impressive as well as realistic.


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Thursday, August 26, 2010

Mineral Exploration Using Satellite Images For Geological Applications - GeoEye Featured in Article

...The use of satellite imagery in the exploration of minerals, was usually a combination of data from panchromatic and multispectral images used in the mining and oil during the last decade. With the rise of high-resolution satellite sensors in the last ten years has increased greatly, as GeoEye-1 (0.41m) and WorldView-2 (0.46m), both panchromatic and multispectral color that is used for improving the use of spectral analysis for mapping, monitoring and analysis of vegetation classification and retrieval of culture, normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) classification and mapping, lithological classification, registration changes, environmental monitoring, development, planning, visualization and simulation environments such as digital elevation models (DEM) and 3D terrain modeling.


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Wednesday, August 25, 2010

GeoEye recognized by Fortune Magazine - High Resolution Imagery Featured in UPI Article

DULLES, Va., Aug. 24 (UPI) -- Virginia's GeoEye, Inc. has earned a spot on Fortune magazine's 2010 "100 Fastest-Growing Companies" list. The company, provider of satellite and aerial-based geospatial information and services, said it qualified for the recognition as No. 84 on the list by meeting specific criteria: posting an annualized growth in revenue and earnings per share of at least 15 percent annually over the three years ended on or before April 30, 2010; trading on a major U.S. stock exchange continuously since June 30, 2007; filing quarterly reports with the SEC; having a minimum market capitalization of $250 million; and having a stock price of at least $5 on June 30, 2010...


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Tuesday, August 24, 2010

PODCAST: Mr. Matt O'Connell, CEO, GeoEye, Discusses EnhancedView Contract and More on got geoint?

USGIF Member company GeoEye is always on the leading edge when it comes to providing exceptional quality imaging products. Earlier this month, GeoEye announced that it won a $3.8 billion contract award from the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) for increased commercial satellite-imaging capacity. The contract is part of the agency's EnhancedView program, which uses high resolution imagery gathered by commercial satellites. Following is an exclusive podcast Matt O'Connell, GeoEye's CEO and President and USGIF board member, who discusses this contract and other GeoEye updates.


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FORTUNE's 2010 "100 Fastest-Growing Companies" - GeoEye Given Award by Fortune

On. Aug. 19, 2010, GeoEye received notice the Company was ranked 84th on FORTUNE Magazine's 2010 "100 Fastest-Growing Companies" list. The full list and related stories are online. GeoEye qualified for the list by meeting the following criteria: posting an annualized growth in revenue and earnings per share of at least 15% annually over the three years ended on or before April 30, 2010; trading on a major U.S. stock exchange continuously since June 30, 2007; filing quarterly reports with the SEC; having a minimum market capitalization of $250 million; and having a stock price of at least $5 on June 30, 2010. The Company also had revenue and net income of at least $50 million and $10 million, respectively, for the four quarters ended on or before April 30, 2010...


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Monday, August 23, 2010

GeoEye Named One of Fortune Magazine's '100 Fastest-Growing Companies'

GeoEye, Inc. (NASDAQ: GEOY), a premier provider of superior satellite and aerial-based geospatial information and services, announced today it has been ranked 84th on FORTUNE Magazine's 2010 "100 Fastest-Growing Companies" list. The full list and related stories will appear in the Sept. 6, 2010 issue and is online at http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortunefastestgrowing/2010/index.html...


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CIA Forms New Center to Combat Nukes, WMDs - GeoEye High Resolution Imagery Featured in MSNBC Article

WASHINGTON — The CIA is opening a counterproliferation center to combat the spread of dangerous weapons and technology, a move that comes as Iran is on the verge of fueling up a new nuclear power plant...In this image provided on Aug. 18, 2010, by GeoEye Satellite Image, this half-meter resolution satellite image of the Bushehr Reactor in Iran was collected by the GeoEye-1 satellite on Feb. 18, 2010. The reactor complex occupies a 2.5-square-kilometer site area, which includes assembly halls, a concrete channel for cooling water that runs from the reactors to the Gulf, and the harbor which supports loading and unloading of foreign materials needed for construction and reactor operation. With Iran just about to fuel up its Bushehr nuclear power plant, the CIA has announced it's opening a new Counterproliferation Center, to combat the spread of dangerous weapons and technology. (AP Photo/GeoEye Satellite Image)


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Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Pakistan Floods: Before and After from Outer Space - GeoEye High Resolution Imagery Featured in MSNBC Article

This half-meter ground resolution satellite image shows a portion of Risalpur, located on the Kabul River in the Nowshera District in Pakistan's Northwest Frontier Province about 45 km from Peshawar. The high resolution imagery was collected on Aug. 5, 2010 after Risalpur experienced historic flooding and shows the coastline and town covered in mud and water. According to news reports, this area of Pakistan hasn't seen such flooding since 1929. The floods have collectively killed an estimated 1,500 people in Pakistan, affected 4.2 million people and displaced millions from their homes. The GeoEye-1 satellite took this image from 423 miles in space as it moved from north to south over Pakistan at a speed of four miles per second. Satellite imagery provided by GeoEye...


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Tuesday, August 17, 2010

GeoEye Announces Closing of Exchange Offer for its Senior Secured Notes Due 2015

GeoEye, Inc. (NASDAQ: GEOY), a premier provider of superior satellite and aerial-based geospatial information and services, announced today that it completed its offer to exchange Senior Secured Notes registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, for all of the Senior Secured Notes that were previously issued in a private placement...


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Tracking Genghis Khan from your Armchair - GeoEye Earth Imagery Featured in Article

The National Geographic Society is looking to enlist the help of armchair archaeologists to find the lost tomb of Genghis Khan. The society's Valley of the Khans project is looking for additional amateur archaeologists to sift through satellite imagery of the region in Mongolia provided by the GeoEye-1 and Ikonos satellites and mark what they think could be ancient tombs, roads, rivers or other anomalies. So far 5,614 users have interpreted and tagged 142,675 images that are informing the on-the-ground fieldwork of the expedition team...


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Monday, August 16, 2010

GeoEye Featured Imagery in Google Earth - August 2010 Imagery Update

Since the launch of the GeoEye-1 satellite in 2008, Google has added gigabytes of high-resolution GeoEye-1 and IKONOS imagery to Google Earth and Google Maps, such as a historic scene from the 2009 Presidential Inauguration, views of the pyramids in Egypt, and images showing urban expansion in China. To highlight other broadly-interesting GeoEye-1 images, Google has a 'GeoEye Featured Imagery' layer in Google Earth. Included within this layer are Featured Imagery placemarks, including a thumbnail of the image, a link to view the image in full-resolution, and a wealth of information about the scene, including resolution, collection date, and a narrative about the location...




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Pompeii Ruins


Seville, Spain


Purnululu National Park


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The Center of the Satellite Universe? GeoEye High Resolution Imagery Featured in Article

The award of a $3.8 billion federal contract to Dulles-based satellite imaging company GeoEye Inc. underscores the strength of the Washington area's bustling satellite sector, with several companies poised to launch multibillion-dollar initiatives in the coming years. GeoEye, a powerhouse in the earth observation market, joins mobile satellite service providers Iridium Communications Inc. and LightSquared in rolling out national news...


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Friday, August 13, 2010

GeoEye High Resolution Imagery Featured in Multiple Articles on Popsci Web Site

GeoEye, DigitalGlobe Get $7 Billion from Intelligence Agency to Implement Next-Gen Satellite Imaging; The World's Largest Airplane Graveyard in High Resolution, Now On Google Maps; The Dubai Airshow As Seen From Orbit; GeoEye-1 Captures Poised Space Shuttle Endeavour; Signs of Spring Detected from Orbit. These articles and many more about GeoEye's high resolution imagery are featured on the Popsci web site.


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GeoEye, DigitalGlobe Get $7 Billion from Intelligence Agency to Implement Next-Gen Satellite Imaging

The next generation of high resolution satellite imaging technology is on the way, at least if the United States government has anything to say about it. The National Geospatial Intelligence Agency has awarded satellite imaging firms GeoEye and DigitalGlobe, which provide images for Google and Microsoft among others, contracts upwards of $3.5 billion each to help them get the next wave of imaging technology into the sky. Longmont, Colo.-based DigitalGlobe was given a $3.55 billion 10-year contract, to be paid out in annual installments. Virginia-based GeoEye, whose high resolution photos have often been featured on PopSci.com, got the same terms on an even richer $3.8 billion contract. For that kind of cash, the government won't be accepting incremental improvements.


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Thursday, August 12, 2010

GeoEye Gets $3.8 Billion For Satellite Imagery Initiatives - High Resolution Imagery Featured in Article

GeoEye, the satellite provider, whose GeoEye-1 provides Google with what the company calls the world's most advanced commercial satellite imagery, was just awarded a new $3.8 billion contract from the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) for increased commercial satellite-imaging capacity..."We are very gratified by this award," said Matt O'Connell, GeoEye's President and CEO. "With this award, we'll continue the accelerated development of our GeoEye-2 satellite so that it is operational in 2013. We will also upgrade our infrastructure and continue expanding our Web-delivery systems so that we can deliver the world's best commercial high resolution imagery to the NGA and our other customers anywhere, anytime."


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GeoEye Says Satellite Contract is Worth $3.8 Billion - High Resolution Imagery Featured in Article

GeoEye, the Dulles-based satellite imaging company, on Monday confirmed details of a $3.8 billion contract it won from the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, which was announced Friday. About $2.8 billion is for commercial satellite imagery purchases over the next 10 years, in an extension of an existing contract for $150 million per year for 10 years. Another $184 million per year for seven years is for the use of the satellite GeoEye-2 starting in 2013. The deal puts $337 million toward developing and launching the GeoEye-2, and $700 million for support products and services.


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Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X. 2 Pre-Order Incentive - GeoEye Satellite Images Featured in Article

As a member of the ultra-secret H.A.W.X. 2 squadron, the player is one of the chosen few, one of the truly elite. Using finely honed reflexes, bleeding-edge technology and ultra-sophisticated aircraft, gamers will dominate the skies...From Moscow to the Persian Gulf, from the Arctic Circle to the Indian Ocean, actual high-resolution GeoEye commercial satellite imagery ensures an astonishing degree of realism.


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Tuesday, August 10, 2010

New GeoEye High Resolution Imagery Released of NGA Change of Command Ceremony!

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A new image of the GeoEye-1 collection of NGA Change of Command Ceremony has just been released on the GeoEye website.


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GeoEye Wins $3.8 Billion National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency EnhancedView Award - Earth Imagery Featured in Article

GeoEye, Inc. (Nasdaq: GEOY), a premier provider of superior satellite and aerial-based geospatial information and services, announced today it won a $3.8 billion contract award from the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) for increased commercial satellite-imaging capacity...Matt O'Connell, GeoEye's chief executive officer and president, said, "We are very gratified by this award. With this award, we'll continue the accelerated development of our GeoEye-2 satellite so that it is operational in 2013. We will also upgrade our infrastructure and continue expanding our Web-delivery systems so that we can deliver the world's best commercial imagery to the NGA and our other customers anywhere, anytime."


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Monday, August 9, 2010

GeoEye Rallies on $3.8B NGA Contract - High Resolution Imagery Featured in Article

Dulles-based GeoEye Imagery Collections Systems Inc. has won a contract from the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency worth as much as $3.8 billion if all options over 10 years are exercised. GeoEye stock rallied 18 percent on the news. The contract is part of the NGA's EnhancedView commercial imagery program. GeoEye, whose satellite imagery is already used by the Department of Defense and intelligence agencies, will provide both products and services to NGA...


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GeoEye (GEOY) Awarded National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Contract - High Resolution Imagery Featured in Article

On August 6, 2010, the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) gave an award under the NGA's EnhancedView program to GeoEye Imagery Collection Systems Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of GeoEye, Inc. (Nasdaq: GEOY) The award provides for the engineering, construction and launch of the GeoEye-2 satellite, and the design and procurement of associated ground station equipment. Pursuant to the contract terms, NGA will contribute up to 40% of the overall construction costs of the GeoEye-2 program, subject to certain contract limitations...


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NGA Awards Big Satellite Imagery Contracts - GeoEye High Resolution Imagery Featured in Article

WASHINGTON — The U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) has awarded contracts potentially worth a combined $7.3 billion over the next 10 years to U.S. imaging satellite operators DigitalGlobe and GeoEye under the EnhancedView program, the NGA announced late Aug. 6...GeoEye has two satellites on orbit — Ikonos, launched in 1999, and GeoEye-1, launched in 2008 — and has a GeoEye-2 satellite on order from Lockheed Martin Space Systems of Sunnyvale, Calif., and scheduled to be ready for launch in late 2012. Ikonos collects imagery with 1-meter resolution; GeoEye-1 is capable of 0.5-meter resolution, which is sharp enough to distinguish ground objects of that size and larger.


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Friday, August 6, 2010

NGA Awards EnhancedView Commercial Imagery Contract to GeoEye

BETHESDA, Md.— The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency today awarded contracts for the EnhancedView commercial imagery program. DigitalGlobe Inc. of Longmont, Colo., received an award for $3.5 billion and GeoEye Imagery Collection Systems Inc. of Dulles, Va., an award for $3.8 billion. The period of performance for the contracts is 10 years if all options are exercised.
These competitively awarded contracts support the EnhancedView Program by providing products and services that will help meet the increasing geospatial intelligence needs of the Intelligence Community and Department of Defense. EnhancedView provides greater access, priority tasking and improved capability and capacity to government customers from the next series of U.S. commercial imagery satellites...


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Mapping Urban Features from IKONOS Satellite Data in New York City Case Study on GeoEye Site

With over 8.3 million people, New York City prides itself on being the United States' largest urban center. However, the city's high population and density has a direct impact on planning decisions regarding the use of land, transportation, education, housing and infrastructure development...Dr. Bhaskaran's team and his research have proven that GeoEye's map-accurate, high-resolution IKONOS imagery can be a cost-effective method for determining environmental implications in cities and other urban centers and has significant potential to shape policy and urban agencies' future planning initiatives.




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Help Survey Genghis Khan's Lost Tomb - GeoEye Satellite Imagery Featured in Article

National Geographic is offering up an ambitious project you can get involved in at home: surveying the Mongolian region that holds Genghis Khan's tomb. NatGeo's Valley of the Khans project allows armchair archaeologists to sift through commercial satellite imagery of the region—multispectral shots provided by GeoEye's GeoEye-1 and Ikonos satellites—and mark what they think could be ancient roads, rivers, or other anomalies. And that's only one aspect of this high-tech effort. At the University of California in San Diego, researchers are employing a HIPerSpace (Highly Interactive Parallelized Display Space) wall—seen below—to visualize huge expanses of the Mongolian region, scaling into the billions of pixels...


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Thursday, August 5, 2010

Help Survey Genghis Khan's Lost Tomb With Some Armchair Archaeology - GeoEye High Resolution Imagery Featured in Article

NatGeo's Valley of the Khans project allows armchair archaeologists to sift through satellite imagery of the region – multispectral shots provided by GeoEye's GeoEye-1 and Ikonos satellites – and mark what they think could be ancient roads, rivers or other anomalies. And that’s only one aspect of this high-tech effort...


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New GeoEye High Resolution Imagery of Bonneville Dam Columbia River Gorge, Oregon available on Flickr!

Now available, High Resolution Satellite Earth Imagery of Bonneville Dam Columbia River Gorge, Oregon on Flickr presented by GeoEye.




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Wednesday, August 4, 2010

New GeoEye High Resolution Imagery Released of Bonneville Dam Columbia River Gorge, Oregon USA!

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A new image of the GeoEye-1 collection of Bonneville Dam Columbia River Gorge, Oregon USA has just been released on the GeoEye website.


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GeoEye Satellite Imagery Featured on GeoEye 101 Site

As your trusted imagery experts, GeoEye offers a wide range of sub-meter high resolution imagery product levels intended to match your specific area of interest – anywhere in the world. With a passionate commitment to our clients, we own and operate a constellation of Earth-imaging satellites, mapping aircraft, and ground stations. These resources, coupled with our vast imagery archive and advanced imagery-processing capabilities, allow us to offer a broad spectrum of location intelligence and services that clients like the U.S. Government, Google Inc., and research organizations continue to rely on year after year for timely and vital insight.


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Tuesday, August 3, 2010

Geospatial Imagery Uses - GeoEye High Resolution Imagery Featured on GeoEye 101 Site

GeoEye's high-resolution imagery products create a highly-accurate digital foundation of geospatial data. Merging GeoEye's current and historical satellite imagery with other layers of information within geospatial information systems allows professionals across the world to display location information in a very real and contextual way. This means better decisions can be made across a range of industries. Location matters and everything has to be somewhere!


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Monday, August 2, 2010

GeoEye High Resolution Imagery Featured on Apps Marketplace as Google Partnership Detailed

GeoEye, Inc. is a premier provider of superior-quality satellite and aerial imagery, location information services, and image-processing solutions. We own and operate a constellation of Earth-imaging satellites, including GeoEye-1, IKONOS, and OrbView-2. GeoEye-1 provides Google with color geospatial imagery at half-meter ground resolution, the highest resolution commercially available. The combination of high-resolution, map-accurate imagery and Google's search-and-display capabilities provides users with access to rich, interactive visual image maps of the Earth. Headquartered in Dulles, Virginia, GeoEye is a public company listed on NASDAQ as GEOY. Learn more at www.geoeye.com.


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