This one-meter resolution satellite image by of Harrisburg, Illinois, by GeoEye was collected March 1, 2012, just one day after a Level 4 tornado touched down on February 29, 2012.
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GeoEye’s IKONOS satellite captures one-meter image one day after tornado touch down
Monday, March 5th, 2012GeoEye publishes images of the Sahara Desert, Eastern Algeria
Friday, February 10th, 2012In GeoEye’s gallery are numerous high resolution images of locations across the globe. The Eastern Algerian portion of the Sahara is an otherworldly place, a region of great diversity with endless stretches of sand dunes and rocky platforms that can reach more than 2,000 meters. The Tassili n’Ajjer “Plateau of the Rivers” National Park is a vast plateau in southeast Algeria at the borders of Libya, Niger, and Mali, covering 72,000 square kilometers. Satellite Image Courtesy of GeoEye
Satellite imagery in Colorado may face steep federal budget cuts
Wednesday, February 8th, 2012The 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.
GeoEye and TerraGo Team Up to Offer Spatial Imagery on the Go
Monday, October 10th, 2011According to Frost & Sullivan analyst Daniel Longfield: “The explosion in the collection of advanced imagery and other spatial data and its consumption by non-GIS experts necessitates solutions to make data-rich intelligence more conveniently available and actionable by the broader enterprise and in the field.”
GeoEye/Esri contract to license high resolution imagery
Thursday, April 14th, 2011According to a press announcement today, GeoEye has signed a strategic contract with Esri to license a large amount of high-resolution imagery to produce a global, static cache map layer. The imagery will be available to Esri users via ArcGIS.com, a system that allows for work with GIS desktops, Web browsers and mobile devices.