53 Years Looking Down - GeoEye (Elevating Insight) Featured in Euroscience Article

Fifty three years ago, on 31 January 1958, the first satellite for the observation of Earth was launched. Explorer 1 was the first satellite sent into orbit by the United States of America. In October 1957 the Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1 into space thus beginning the Cold War space race.


Today, more than 2,000 satellites are circling the Earth. Some are communication satellites only, but most satellites are built to observe the Earth. Optical systems on satellites like GeoEye or RapidEye (both private) allow optical resolutions of up to 50 centimetres, providing spectacular views of the Earth surface...


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Learn More about GeoEye and Our Industry

GeoEye101 is an online introduction to GeoEye's satellites, imagery products and services, and to the growing industry we lead. This site includes selected imagery, a brief history of the geospatial industry and an overview of our imagery products and services. Visit GeoEye 101.com


The Geospatial Revolution Project features a short video which offers an excellent overview of how geospatial imaging and GIS technologies work together in life- and world-changing ways. GeoEye is proud to be a first-in leadership funder for the Geospatial Revolution Project. View the video here or also at GeoEye 101.com


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2011 GeoEye Calendar - High Resolution Imagery Available on Facebook

This high resolution imagery is from GeoEye's 2011 Calendar Image Gallery posted on Facebook. View the rest of GeoEye's Image Galleries.


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The Dubai Airshow As Seen From Orbit - GeoEye High Resolution Imagery Showcased on Popsci

Our friend the GeoEye-1 satellite, which tirelessly photographs the world at half-meter resolution from its constant orbit, swung by the Dubai Airport the other day and took this snap of the Dubai Airshow, in progress this week. Thanks, GeoEye-1! The Dubai Airshow is the largest aerospace event in the Middle East and the fastest-growing airshow in the world.


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OrbView-2 and Oceanographic Data - GeoEye Information Services Showcased

GeoEye's Orbview-2 satellite (OV-2), with its SeaWiFS sensor, contributes to the study of ocean color, which benefits research on global warming and climate change, the monitoring of harmful algal blooms (red tides), the study of ecosystems, and other areas of great interest to society. Knowledge of ocean color provides our only large-scale window into the ocean ecosystem and is the only way to take a global view of the Earth's biosphere. Since water covers three quarters of the Earth, imagery from OrbView-2 helps us understand what is happening to the entire Earth's ecosystem, water and land. OrbView-2 is considered the "gold standard" for ocean color measurements, and GeoEye is a proud contributor to the International Ocean-Color program with over 11 years of data...


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Aviation Geospatial Solutions - GeoEye Production Services Showcased

Mapping the World's Airports


How quickly can you circle the globe? At GeoEye, all we need is 1.5 hours. Every 98 minutes, GeoEye's state-of-the-art IKONOS satellite circles the Earth collecting single-pass, stereo-image data. This imagery is then used to construct geospatial Airport Mapping Databases (AMDBs) in accordance with the DO-272/ED-99 global standard...


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GeoEye's Satellite Imagery Provides Insight for Photographic Expedition to Preserve Alacranes Reef - Case Study Featured on GeoEye Site

Working with the International League of Conservation Photographers, Ben Horton utilized GeoEye imagery to photograph the threatened ecosystem of the Alacranes reef in the Gulf of Mexico as part of the league's Rapid Assessment Visual Expedition (RAVE) project. The largest reef system in the Gulf of Mexico, the Alacranes reef is threatened by overfishing and illegal conch gathering. In addition, the coral is dying from the toxins released into the water from the boats...




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GeoEye and Google Elevate Insight: Destruction in Haiti, Then and Now

On January 12, 2011, the people of Haiti marked the one year anniversary of the 7.0 earthquake that devastated their country. It's been a year since the disaster and signs of improvement dot the landscape. But 1.2 million people still make their homes in tent cities and the destruction can be seen from miles above Earth.


The New York Times has created a sobering interactive feature using aerial photos from GeoEye and Google Maps to show Port-au-Prince before and after the earthquake in Haiti last January...


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New GeoEye High Resolution Imagery of Nova Friburgo, Brazil Landslides available on Flickr

Now available, High Resolution Satellite Earth Imagery of Nova Friburgo, Brazil Landslides on Flickr presented by GeoEye.




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New GeoEye High Resolution Imagery Released of Nova Friburgo, Brazil Landslides

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A new image of the GeoEye-1 collection of Nova Friburgo, Brazil Landslides has just been released on the GeoEye website.


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Marine Geospatial Solutions - GeoEye Production Services Featured

Mapping the World's Oceans, Waterways, Ports, and Harbors. GeoEye's comprehensive satellite constellation leaves no body of water unexamined as it circles the globe collecting imagery. This imagery can be used to make Digital Nautical Charts (DNCs) and Electronic Navigational Charts (ENCs), meeting the exacting requirements of S-57 and DX-90 standards. We can produce three-dimensional geospatial databases for harbor planning and harbor construction, and for developing security plans to comply with the International Ship and Port Facility Security (ISPS) Code—now mandated for all significant ports worldwide by the International Maritime Organization...


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GeoEye Featured Imagery in Google Earth - January 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:

Charles de Gaulle Aiport, France
The Grand Canyon, Arizona
San Gorgonio Wind Farm outside of Palm Springs, California
Freedom Fields, Nebraska

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EyeQ Capabilities - GeoEye Information Services Featured

EyeQ offers unparalleled capabilities to discover, visualize and share geospatial information across the enterprise. We make your world smarter, with accurate and timely earth monitoring data – and more agile, with services designed specifically for the enterprise. EyeQ enables you to:


Search and view your collection of GeoEye-1, IKONOS and other geospatial data. Organize your projects with web-based access for better collaboration between office and field users, ensuring that your content orders match your project specifications. Share throughout your enterprise with standards-based web interface options for content – wherever and however your team needs it.


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GeoEye High Resolution Imagery Featured on Google Lat Long Blog - Anniversary of Inauguration Image

Two years ago today, at 11:19 EST, GeoEye's GeoEye-1 satellite image of the Inauguration on the National Mall in Washington, DC appeared on Google Earth...We just received a spectacular overhead shot of the National Mall during the Inauguration from our satellite imagery partner GeoEye. This gorgeous satellite view of the ceremony was taken at 11:19am (Eastern) by the GeoEye-1 satellite as it passed overhead. To see this amazing image download this KML and open it up in Google Earth -- here is a preview of what you'll see...


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GeoEye is an Associate Partner at the Geospatial World Form in Hyderabad, India

Geospatial World Forum shall be driven by an objective to provide an appropriate representation of geospatial industry and its relevance in tomorrow's world and it will embrace in itself, the directions and dimensions for geospatial industry. It will be a true business development platform for geospatial industry and will provide a wonderful environment for promotions, marketing, branding, leadership, collaboration, partnerships networking and so on...GeoEye, Inc. is a premier provider of superior satellite and aerial imagery, location information products and image processing services. They own and operate a constellation of Earth-imaging satellites, including the world's highest resolution satellite, GeoEye-1, which provides their customers with the highest quality and most accurate satellite imagery available.


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Remote Sensing Services - GeoEye Production Services Featured

MJ Harden's high-resolution, multispectral aerial imagery has tremendous value for analysis applications. The color infrared data provides information not seen in panchromatic or color imagery. Applications for color infrared imagery include environmental assessment, agricultural analysis, forest management, disaster assessment, and right-of-way analysis...


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Tom Clancy's HAWX 2 - GeoEye is Elevating Insight

Everything in HAWX 2 pushes the envelope: the aircraft you pilot, the weapons you deploy, even the technology used to make the images in the game itself. Join the most elite team of pilots in the world and fly missions that never happened using 50 of the world's most advanced aircraft. Pilot drones on recon missions, engage in fierce dogfights, and make crippling bombing runs. The futuristic Enhanced Reality System returns to help you target enemies, avoid threats, and harness the full power of your aircraft. And the ground below has once again been created with images from GeoEye, one of the most advanced satellites in orbit!


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Imagery Collection - GeoEye High Resolution Imagery Showcased

Collecting and delivering superior multi-resolution imagery products.


Current and historical geospatial imagery from GeoEye provides timely and vital insight for commercial, research and government applications. As your trusted imagery experts, we offer a wide range of imagery products collected by our constellation of high-resolution satellites and aerial systems and intended to match your specific resolution requirements and geospatial interests – anywhere in the world. Our most advanced satellite imagery, collected by GeoEye-1, has a resolution of .41 meters (.50 meters for commercial customers), able to discern a 16-inch object on the ground...


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EyeQ Overview - GeoEye Information Services Showcased

Unparalleled capabilities to discover, visualize, and share geospatial information across the enterprise.


EyeQ managed services by GeoEye integrate secure, timely and accurate location information into your current business environment with global, 24/7 access. Combining GeoEye's multi-source imagery products with on-demand tools for managing information and project-based collaboration, we empower our enterprise clients to search, organize and share geospatial data while reducing the total cost of ownership with a supported annual subscription for hosting and content. EyeQ's easy-to-use, standards-based interface and GeoEye-hosted resources allow both advanced and non-technical users to interact with business-critical location intelligence...


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Marine Museum Celebrates Geography - GeoEye High Resolution Imagery Featured in Article

TRIANGLE, Va. - More than 250 students from Prince William and Stafford Counties had a hands-on geography lesson Thursday during the National Museum of the Marine Corps' Geography Awareness Celebration...Among the organizations who participated in the event were GeoEye, the University of Mary Washington, George Mason University, Virginia Geographic Alliance, Library of Virginia, National Geographic Society, National Council for Geographic Education, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Geological Survey, Herff Jones/Nystrom and Prince William County Public Schools.


Uyen Dinh, GeoEye's senior director for government affairs, said her company's chief executive officer Matt O'Connell is a big supporter of science and technology education for kids. Events such as this one can help influence the youngsters to pursue a career in either of those fields, she said.


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Haiti Earthquake: One Year On - GeoEye High Resolution Imagery Featured in BBC Article

A 7.0 earthquake struck Haiti on 12 January 2010, killing more than 200,000 people and affecting almost four million.


Almost one year on, seen from above in this satellite image, Port-au-Prince, the capital, looks unaffected. But take a closer look and you will see clusters of blue and white spread across the city. These are the temporary camps where hundreds of thousands of Haitians have been forced to live after much of the city was destroyed.


The UN Development Programme says that a total of 188,383 buildings collapsed in the quake of which 105,000 were completely destroyed.


This image, taken in November 2010 was produced by imagery specialists GeoEye.


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Haiti Earthquake: How Google Helped Save Lives - GeoEye Production Services Featured in Article

If a picture tells a thousand words, there are few images that explain the impact of the Haitian earthquake disaster better than the satellite view of the Petionville golf course.


Within days of the disaster, Haiti's only golf course – and a rare pocket of wealth in the poorest country in the Western hemisphere – had been filled with makeshift tents that became home to an estimated 55,000 people. The transformation of Petionville was documented thoroughly on Google Maps, which uses satellite imagery provided by GeoEye.


The day after the disaster, planes captured the state of the course – which already showed people starting to set up makeshift homes on the camp. GeoEye sent multiple flights out in the weeks after the disaster; all these layers can be viewed on Google Earth's "time" layer, which scrolls back from today to before the earthquake...


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GeoEye Hires Dean Edmundson as VP of Business Development - Information Services Showcased in Article

GeoEye, Inc. has named Dean Edmundson vice president of business development. Prior to GeoEye, Edmundson worked as senior director of global business development for Oracle's Primavera Global Business Unit. "Edmundson is a hands-on business development leader with a proven track record of successfully increasing sales through strategic alliances," said Chris Tully, GeoEye's senior vice president of sales. "As vice president of business development, Edmundson will play a key role in developing new markets for GeoEye's EyeQ and other information services in the international, commercial and federal sectors."


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GeoEye Wins VMS Contract for Republic of Maldives - Imagery Collection Featured in Article

GeoEye, Inc. has won a contract from the Republic of the Maldives for a vessel monitoring system that is being developed for fisheries management and safety. As part of the contract, GeoEye will build the secure infrastructure for a countrywide vessel monitoring system and supply 10 Osprey Personal Tracker terminals for a trial deployment. GeoEye's vessel monitoring system will display vessel positions and consolidate fish catch reports from the Osprey terminals in near-real-time for review by fisheries management personnel at the Ministry of Fisheries and Agriculture...


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Destruction in Haiti, Then and Now - GeoEye Elevating Insight in The New York Times Online

View aerial photos from GeoEye and Google that show Port-au-Prince before and after the Jan. 12, 2010, earthquake...


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GeoEye Names Dean Edmundson Vice President of Business Development

GeoEye, Inc. (NASDAQ: GEOY), a premier provider of superior satellite and aerial-based geospatial information and services, has appointed Dean Edmundson to the position of vice president of Business Development. Edmundson joined GeoEye on Dec. 27, 2010 and is located at the Company's headquarters in Dulles, Va...


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Maldives Orders Vessel Monitor System - GeoEye Information Services Featured on UPI WebSite

(UPI) -- The Republic of the Maldives has ordered a vessel monitoring and information system for fisheries management and safety. GeoEye Inc., a satellite and aerial-based geospatial information and services company, said the information services project expands its expertise and presence in location-based information products and services...


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Feature Database Services - GeoEye Production Services Showcased

GeoEye's Feature Database Services provide digital representations, sometimes overlaid on imagery, of planimetric features such as roadways, structures, utilities, and more. Features are extracted from satellite and aerial imagery and collated at different map scales—with the feature-density representation varying as a function of map scale. Examples of Feature Databases include: Airport Mapping Databases, Topographic Line Maps, and Geo Databases...


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GeoEye...Fishing For Location-Based Info (GPS) - Production Services Featured on SatNews WebSite

GeoEye, Inc. (Nasdaq: GEOY) has won a contract from the Republic of the Maldives for a vessel monitoring system that is being developed for fisheries management and safety. This information services project expands GeoEye's expertise and presence in location-based information products and services...


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New GeoEye High Resolution Imagery of Rockhampton Airport (post flooding) available on Flickr!

Now available, High Resolution Satellite Earth Imagery of Rockhampton Airport (post flooding) on Flickr presented by GeoEye.




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New GeoEye High Resolution Imagery Released of Rockhampton Airport (post flooding)

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A new image of the GeoEye-1 collection of Rockhampton Airport (post flooding) has just been released on the GeoEye website.


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GeoEye Wins Contract to Build Vessel Monitoring System for Republic of Maldives

GeoEye, Inc. (NASDAQ: GEOY), a premier provider of superior satellite and aerial-based geospatial information and services, announced today it has won a contract from the Republic of the Maldives for a vessel monitoring system that is being developed for fisheries management and safety. This information services project expands GeoEye's expertise and presence in location-based information products and services...


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GeoEye Satellite Imagery Products - Geo Featured on WebSite

The foundation of the GeoEye imagery product line, the Geo, is a radiometrically corrected map oriented image suitable for a wide range of uses. In addition to being suitable for visualization and monitoring applications, the Geo is shipped with the sensor camera model in rational polynomial coefficient (RPC) format. This camera model maps the respective ground coordinates to image product coordinates. Block adjustment, ortho-rectification, and other photogrammetric processing can be performed with the RPC camera model. This product, coupled with a digital elevation model (DEM), permits skilled users to make their own orthorectified products using standard commercial software and available data sets. Geo imagery products are available as panchromatic, multispectral, and pan-sharpened color imagery...


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Photos: Year in Space: 2010 - GeoEye High Resolution Imagery Featured in MSNBC Article

Casting a tall shadow. Dubai's Burj Khalifa building casts a long shadow in a satellite image taken on Feb. 9 from a height of more than 400 miles by the GeoEye-1 satellte. Burj Khalifa is the world's tallest building, with a height of 2,717 feet (828 meters). (GeoEye)


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GeoEye Imagery Sources Featured on paper.li Site

GeoEye set geospatial industry standards with the launch of IKONOS, the world's first sub-meter commercial satellite Driven to continue this trend through an intense commitment to our clients...


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GeoEye Names Steven P. Wallach to New Position of Senior Vice President of Product Integration

GeoEye, Inc. (NASDAQ: GEOY), a premier provider of superior satellite and aerial-based geospatial information and services, announced today that it has appointed Steven P. Wallach to the new position of senior vice president of Product Integration. Mr. Wallach joined GeoEye on Jan. 3, 2011, and is located at the Company's St. Louis value-added production facility...


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Why Use GeoEye-1 - GeoEye Imagery Collection Featured on Spatial Intelligence Blog

...Another advantage of GeoEye-1 comes from the orbit performance. With an orbit velocity of 7.5 km/sec, orbiting at an altitude of 681 kilometers, it has a repeat frequency of approximately three days. This means it is ideal for many types of change detection analysis. For example, monitoring extreme flood conditions such as those currently being experienced in Queensland, Australia, is just one potential benefit of this satellite's revisit frequency. Imagery from this ultra-high resolution satellite can be acquired at regular intervals to help rescuers identify escape routes, assess areas of highest damage and monitor the changing flood conditions. This is exactly what was done during the Haitian earthquake disaster which took place last year. GeoEye-1 imagery was used to assess areas that suffered the most damage in order to more effectively target the rescue efforts...


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Geospatial Production Services - GeoEye is Elevating Insight

GeoEye takes clients to the next level by using the world's most advanced digital processing techniques, a passion for leading the industry in technology development, and nearly three decades of experience. Using high-resolution satellite and aerial imagery sources such as IKONOS, OrbView-2, GeoEye-1, the DMC (Digital Mapping Camera) System, and LiDAR, we're able to provide cost-effective solutions that include:


Multi-source geopositioning
Tonally balanced orthorectified image mosaics
Digital terrain models
Attributed feature data and Geographic Information System (GIS) services
Land-cover/land-use products
Image processing services
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The Year 2010 in Google Earth - GeoEye Elevating Insight Featured in Google Earth Blog

April. The big story in April was the volcano in Iceland that was causing flooding and delayed thousands of flights in Europe. NASA and GeoEye released high resolution imagery of the volcano, and it proved to be a very popular post...September. The annual Burning Man event is growing more popular each year, and a special GeoEye-captured image of the event was a very popular item in September.


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