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Susan Smith
Susan Smith has worked as an editor and writer in the technology industry for over 16 years. As an editor she has been responsible for the launch of a number of technology trade publications, both in print and online. Currently, Susan is the Editor of GISCafe and AECCafe, as well as those sites’ … More » Satellite imagery in Colorado may face steep federal budget cutsFebruary 8th, 2012 by Susan Smith
The Denver area has become a center of satellite imagery providers in recent years. Proposed steep cuts in the U.S. Department of Defense budget could affect satellite-imagery providers DigitalGlobe, headquartered in Longmont, and GeoEye,based in Virginia with a processing and operations center in Thornton. Combined, the companies have about 1,200 employees.  This satellite image made available Sept. 26, 2009, by DigitalGlobe shows the suspected Iranian nuclear facility of Fordo near the holy Shiite city of Qom, where Iran is has begun enriching uranium, according to the U.N. atomic watchdog group, the International Atomic Energy Agency. (AFP/Getty Images file)
Roughly 60 percent of the two companies’ annual revenues are linked to the U.S. government, predominantly through the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency, know as the NGA. Tags: budget cuts, DigitalGlobe, federal, GeoEye, geospatial, GIS, National Geospatial Intelligence Agency, NGA, remote sensing, satellite imagery, U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. government Categories: DigitalGlobe, GeoEYE, remote sensing, satellite imagery |
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