GISCafe Voice Archive for the ‘DigitalGlobe’ CategorySpecial Coverage: UAS: Disruption in the SkiesThursday, October 23rd, 2014Unmanned Aerial Systems is one of the disruptive technologies of this century. Whomever would have thought that small flying planes, that look very much like the hobbyist planes that people fly remotely, would someday take the role of carrier pigeons in delivering packages and also providing aerial surveillance, both on a government and citizen level.  Trimble UX5 Special Coverage: Greater Clarity from Space — Update on Satellite ImageryMonday, September 15th, 2014Satellite imagery has undergone a paradigm shift in the past couple of years.
 Airbus MOJ Tracker DigitalGlobe’s WorldView-3 launched from Vandenberg todayWednesday, August 13th, 2014Today DigitalGlobe of Longmont, Colorado, announced the successful launch of WorldView-3, the company’s sixth and highly advanced high-resolution, super-spectral commercial satellite. From Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, the satellite launched on a Lockheed Martin Atlas V rocket at 11:10 PDT. New indepth coverage for September: Satellite ImagingThursday, August 7th, 2014During the week of September 15th, GISCafe Voice will run a special feature blog on the topic, “Satellite Imaging.” Crowd-sourcing search for Flight MH370Friday, April 11th, 2014According to an article in The Telegraph, an unprecendented crowd-sourcing effort was launched to scour the internet looking for the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370. Big data and services were hot topics at Esri UCWednesday, July 17th, 2013
Big data and services to manage big data were among the hot topics of Esri UC 2013. Companies that provided these opportunities were in large part Esri partners. As a result of the cloud and mobile/location intelligence, we can now ingest data that previously required an enormous amount of effort to be made usable. The question still remains as to who is qualified to access the data, but data now breaks out of its previous stagnancy with the growth of technology potential. Who can use GIS now? Just about everyone. Although the federal government was not well represented at the conference because of steep cutbacks, the products and services showcased catered to the federal, state and local governments, with disaster response, emergency preparedness, intelligence and other related fields. There is not a geospatial company out there that doesn’t tailor their application/server platform to that market. Some of the companies visited that fall within these categories include:  DigitalGlobe FirstLook Premium Services DigitalGlobe and GeoEye merger completionThursday, February 7th, 2013On January 31, 2013 DigitalGlobe, Inc.and GeoEye, Inc. announced the completion of their merger, creating one global leader in earth imagery and geospatial analysis, under the name DigitalGlobe. According to the press release, the combined company will trade on the NYSE stock exchange as DigitalGlobe under the symbol DGI. Based on the closing price of DigitalGlobe stock on January 30, 2013, the combined company has a market capitalization of $2.1 billion.
This story I wrote in July 2012 recounts the background of the two companies up to that time. GeoEye and DigitalGlobe plan to merge DigitalGlobe’s WorldView-3 satellite is still scheduled for launch in mid-2014. GeoEye and DigitalGlobe plan to mergeWednesday, July 25th, 2012In a move that the geospatial industry had been expecting, on Monday, GeoEye announced plans to combine with competitor DigitalGlobe in a deal worth $900 million. This move is in response to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency informing both companies that it plans to curtail funding for its $7.3 billion EnhancedView contract, pieces of which were awarded to both firms in 2010. The two former competitors provide photos and satellite imagery from satellites that are contracted by the NGA, the products of which are generally sold to federal agencies, the military and other government institutions. GeoEye announces proposal to acquire DigitalGlobe, DigitalGlobe rejects itMonday, May 7th, 2012On Friday, May 4, GeoEye held an investor webcast announcing that it proposes to acquire DigitalGlobe, Inc., seen by DigitalGlobe as a “public hostile offer.” The combination of these two satellite imaging companies would form the world’s largest fleet of high resolution commercial imagery satellites, according to GeoEye. Matt O’Connell CEO and President of GeoEye, said that the two companies combined would result in “greater capabilities to meet national security needs, be more cost effective to the U.S. government during a fiscally restrained period, improve value to decision makers, warfighters and shareholders.” A quick overview of the proposed acquisition: DigitalGlobe shareholders will receive $17.00 per share in total consideration, payable $8.50 per share in cash and $8.50 in GeoEye stock, or 0.3537 shares of GeoEye stock for each share of DigitalGlobe stock. This price represents a 26% premium to DigitalGlobe’s closing share price on May 3, 2012. According to O’Connell, the proposal is structured to provide DigitalGlobe shareholders with the opportunity to participate in the dynamic future growth of the combined company. WorldView-3 promises to be a “superspectral satellite”Tuesday, April 24th, 2012Jeff Culwell vice president of operations, DigitalGlobe talked about what led up to their anticipated WorldView-3 satellite and the details about it. The satellite is slated for launch in mid-2014. The announcement was made at the 28th Annual National Space Symposium.  Midwest flooding, Cairo, IL |
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