Friday, March 4, 2011

Before and After the Christchurch Earthquake - GeoEye is Elevating Insight

Satellite imagery has captured some of the devastation caused by the 6.3-magnitude earthquake that flattened buildings and killed scores of people in the New Zealand city of Christchurch on February 22, 2011. Google and GeoEye took the aerial images two days after the quake...


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Mapping the Latest Libya Footage - GeoEye High Resolution Imagery Featured on YouTube Trends

More video has continued to pour in each day from Libya as tensions continue to rise in the north African country. CitizenTube has libraries of over 200 on-the-scene videos from Libya alone. One video that came in today that purports to show the aftermath of a clash outside of the airport in Misurata...


...Our curation partners at Storyful.com went through Google and GeoEye imagery to find what appears to be the location of the footage in question, and have indicated the spot where it's likely the videographer was standing.


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Thursday, March 3, 2011

GeoEye-2 Milestone Update - GeoEye Video Showcased

ITT Corporation just announced the successful completion of the Critical Design Review for GeoEye's next-generation commercial remote sensing satellite GeoEye-2.


The GeoEye 101 video gallery contains selections from the GeoEye multimedia archives, including the GeoEye-2 Collection Simulation, the launch of the GeoEye-1 satellite, an animation of GeoEye-1 as it collects imagery, Penn State's "Geospatial Revolution Project," and other interesting video resources.


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Fresh Imagery from Christchurch - GeoEye Information Services Showcased

In the wake of the earthquake that struck Christchurch last month, GeoEye captured some fresh imagery of the area and has now made it available to everyone.


While the imagery is a bit cloudy, it really gives a sense of the widespread damage in the area. These images were captured two days after the quake, on February 24.


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Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Google Posts Satellite Images of Post-Quake Christchurch - GeoEye Production Services Showcased

Google's satellite imaging partner, GeoEye, has taken new pictures of Christchurch, putting a new perspective on the damage caused by the Tuesday, February 22 earthquake.


The satellite photos were taken on Thursday, February 24th from the GeoEye-1 satellite...


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GeoEye Featured Imagery in Google Earth - March 2011 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...


This month's featured images are:

New York City, New York
Chaco Canyon, New Mexico
St. Louis, Missouri
Leptis Magna, Lybia
Madrid-Barajas Airport, Spain

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