DigitalGlobe Reaches Major Milestone in China, Collecting 34 Million Square Kilometers of Satellite Imagery
March 22 2011 - 9:00PM
Marketwired
DigitalGlobe (NYSE: DGI), a leading global content provider of
high-resolution earth imagery solutions, has extended its lead in
the Chinese market with its latest ImageLibrary. After collecting
millions of square kilometers of imagery over the last 12 months,
the company's ImageLibrary now encompasses 34 million square
kilometers of cloud-free China coverage. It includes a mix of rich
archive and constantly refreshed satellite imagery covering more
than 150 of China's largest cities, such as Beijing, Shanghai,
Shenzhen, Kunming and Qingdao.
With the latest collections, DigitalGlobe's ImageLibrary is
three times the size of other available high resolution, commercial
image libraries and offers government and business customers a
strong foundation for making business and policy decisions.
DigitalGlobe's Head of North Asia Commercial Sales Takayuki
Odawara said the company's world class commercial satellite
constellation helps it quickly identify and track changes across
the country, one of the world's largest and fastest growing. "The
Pearl and Yangtze River Delta regions, the province of Hebei and
the cities of Beijing and Tianjin are all highly dynamic and
central to China's economy. Our customers need up-to-date, complete
imagery of these key areas to track and manage urban development,
create the freshest mapping applications, and cost efficiently run
their businesses. Our three satellites are constantly at work in
China, delivering the up-to-date information and insight that helps
customers stay ahead of change."
DigitalGlobe customers in China include leading consumer
companies such as China Mobile and civil government agencies such
as the China Ministry of Land Resources and the State Bureau of
Surveying and Mapping. China Mobile uses satellite imagery from
DigitalGlobe in its turn-by-turn navigation service, GIS/fleet
management service and standalone map viewer offering. Civil
agencies use satellite imagery and the information about changes it
reveals for land use management and planning.
Odawara added that DigitalGlobe expects to provide refreshed
imagery every quarter and to continue to widen its coverage of the
major metropolitan areas across China in the coming months.
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.
DigitalGlobe is a registered trademark of DigitalGlobe. All
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