DigitalGlobe Collaborates With Satellite Sentinel Project to Keep Eye on Sudan
January 27 2011 - 9:17AM
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DigitalGlobe (NYSE: DGI), a leading global content provider of
high-resolution earth imagery solutions, today announced that it
has collaborated with the Satellite Sentinel Project to deliver the
first images and analysis of the evolving situation in Sudan
following the country's historic vote on independence.
The images and analysis, available at www.digitalglobe.com and
at www.satsentinel.org, are helping the Project and its
collaborators to deepen understanding of and monitor the situation
on the ground in Sudan. The high quality and resolution of the
images clearly show Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) troops in areas of
South Kordofan around the oil-producing Abyei region and other
strategic areas along the North-South border, but analysis
indicates that the troops do not appear prepared for imminent
forward movement.
The images aim to shine a light on the area and deter the
resumption of war between North and South Sudan. "We are focusing
on the areas along the border where the most likely conflicts may
occur," said John Prendergast, co-founder of the Enough Project, an
anti-genocide group and collaborator on the Satellite Sentinel
project. "The idea is to monitor these hotspots and try to stop
human rights crimes before they happen."
DigitalGlobe Vice President Stephen Wood said the company's
constellation has imaged nearly 750,000 square kilometers of Sudan
in the last 30 days. "With access to imagery and information from
the most capable constellation of high resolution commercial
satellites, the Satellite Sentinel project can accurately monitor
actions on the ground in Sudan during this very critical period.
Our collaboration honors a long tradition of providing a clear lens
through which we can monitor our world for its long term
betterment, and survival."
The Satellite Sentinel Project marks the first sustained, public
effort to systematically monitor and report on potential hotspots
and threats to security along a border. Clooney conceived of the
innovative project on October 4, 2010, while on a fact-finding
mission to southern Sudan with Prendergast. The project's funder,
Not On Our Watch, co-founded by Don Cheadle, George Clooney, Matt
Damon, Brad Pitt, David Pressman and Jerry Weintraub, focuses
global attention and resources toward putting an end to mass
atrocities around the world.
To see the latest satellite images, read the analysis, and for
more information or ways to take action, visit www.digitalglobe.com
or www.satsentinel.org.
About DigitalGlobe DigitalGlobe is a
leading global provider of commercial high-resolution earth imagery
products and services. Sourced from our own advanced satellite
constellation, our imagery solutions support a wide variety of uses
within defense and intelligence, civil agencies, mapping and
analysis, environmental monitoring, oil and gas exploration,
infrastructure management, Internet portals and navigation
technology. With our collection sources and comprehensive
ImageLibrary (containing more than one billion square kilometers of
earth imagery and imagery products) we offer a range of on- and
off-line products and services designed to enable customers to
easily access and integrate our imagery into their business
operations and applications. For more information, visit
http://www.digitalglobe.com.
About Satellite Sentinel Project The
Satellite Sentinel Project combines satellite imagery analysis and
field reports with Google's Map Maker technology to deter the
resumption of war between North and South Sudan. The project
provides an early warning system to deter mass atrocities by
focusing world attention and generating rapid responses on human
rights and human security concerns. This project is the result of
an unprecedented collaboration between Not On Our Watch, the Enough
Project, Google, the United Nations UNITAR Operational Satellite
Applications Programme (UNOSAT), the Harvard Humanitarian
Initiative, DigitalGlobe and Trellon, LLC.
DigitalGlobe is a registered trademark of DigitalGlobe.
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Contact David Banks DigitalGlobe 303.684.4210 Email Contact
Satellite Sentinel Project Contact Jonathan Hutson
Communications Director Enough Project 202.386.1618 Email
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