HERNDON, Va., Jan. 8, 2013 — GeoEye, Inc. (NASDAQ: GEOY), a leading source of geospatial information and insight, announced that it received an order from the Government of India for stereo imagery from the high resolution GeoEye-1 satellite to support development of India’s freight railway corridor. Stereo imagery provides three-dimensional viewing and feature recognition for […]
GeoEye Releases 2013 Calendar, Featuring 13 Years of Satellite Images
Today GeoEye released its 2013 online calendar, “Evolution of Insight: 1999-2012”, which is now available for viewing and download at www.geoeye.com/2013calendar. The calendar, designed to be used as desktop wallpaper or to be printed, features GeoEye’s top image picks as well as a few honorable mentions (including the Moon!). This year, “GeoEye looks back at […]
2012 Pecora Awards Presented for Achievements in Earth Remote Sensing
The U.S. Geological Survey (a bureau of the Department of the Interior) and NASA presented the 2012 William T. Pecora awards for achievement in earth remote sensing to Gilberto Camara of Brazil’s National Institute for Space Research and Leung Tsang of the University of Washington in Seattle. Camara was recognized for his contributions to remote-sensing […]
Galileo Group Completes NASA UAV Missions to Collect Hyperspectral Environmental Data
Galileo Group Completes NASA UAV Missions to Collect Hyperspectral Environmental Science Data over Florida Keys
GeoEye and JSI Support Japanese Government with EyeQ
Partnership Provides Government Ministry Access to Satellite Host Layer of Japan
exactEarth Latest Satellite Enters Commercial Service Raising the bar in ship detections from space
Cambridge, ON – November 26, 2012 – exactEarth Ltd., the leading provider of global satellite AIS data services, has successfully added its latest satellite exactView-1 (EV-1) into its commercial service today. EV-1 is the most advanced AIS satellite built to date and is performing with increased detection rates of up to 40% better than any […]
Norwegian Public Roads Administration commissions BlomSTREET pilot project
During the summer Blom captured a pilot project for the Norwegian Public Roads Administration (NPRA). The project comprised of approximately 25 km of county roads in Sør-Trøndelag and parts of the city centre of Trondheim, using BlomSTREET 360 degree panorama technology, powered by CycloMedia. The objective for the pilot project was to evaluate how NPRA […]
RapidEye Roll Out: RapidEye Mosaics
Brandenburg / Havel, Germany, November 16, 2012 – RapidEye, a leader in high-resolution, wide area repetitive coverage of earth through its constellation of five satellites, announced that a new product, the RapidEye Mosaic™, is now available. RapidEye Mosaics are a five meter, natural color, seamless orthorectified imagery product using the most recently acquired RapidEye […]
U. N Dakota Launches Nation’s First Unmanned Aircraft Systems Research Compliance Committee
University of North Dakota Launches Nation’s First Unmanned Aircraft Systems Research Compliance Committee Amid Growing National Privacy Concerns
NASA’S PhoneSat Wins 2012 Popular Science Best Of What’s New Award
WASHINGTON, Nov. 14, 2012 — NASA’s PhoneSat project has won Popular Science’s 2012 Best of What’s New Award for innovation in aerospace. PhoneSat will demonstrate the ability to launch one of the lowest-cost, easiest-to-build satellites ever flown in space — capabilities enabled by using off-the-shelf consumer smartphones. Each year, Popular Science reviews thousands of new […]