Maxar’s High-Resolution Vivid Basemaps Enhances Esri ArcGIS Living Atlas of the World
July 21 2022 - 6:00AM
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Maxar Technologies (NYSE:MAXR) (TSX:MAXR), provider of
comprehensive space solutions and secure, precise, geospatial
intelligence, today announced that Esri, the global leader in
geographic systems (GIS) and location intelligence, will enhance
the World Imagery layer with higher resolution Maxar Vivid basemaps
in the Living Atlas.
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The San Diego Convention Center is shown
in the above Maxar Vivid image. Satellite image © 2022 Maxar
Technologies.
With the new, multiyear agreement, Esri will use Maxar’s Vivid
basemaps to upgrade nearly half of the global landmass in Living
Atlas from 1.2 m resolution to 60 cm resolution. This enhancement
reflects a continued investment from the Esri Living Atlas team to
bring the best quality, highest resolution imagery basemaps to
ArcGIS Online users for creating more accurate maps and making
better decisions.
Esri’s Living Atlas is a collection of geographic information
from around the globe, including maps, apps and data layers. ArcGIS
users around the globe rely on the Living Atlas daily to create new
derivative maps and data layers, to conduct environmental studies,
and to build dashboards for tracking pandemics, among many other
use cases.
“Maxar is proud to continue to license Vivid as the foundational
data for the Living Atlas, which is used by so many organizations
around the world,” said Dan Nord, Maxar Senior Vice President and
General Manager of Enterprise Earth Intelligence. “Derived datasets
and maps are only as good as the primary data source so we applaud
Esri for choosing Maxar’s industry-leading basemaps for its
subscribers.”
Over the past decade, Maxar has become the single largest
provider of satellite imagery for Esri’s Living Atlas with Maxar’s
Vivid basemaps providing the stunning, high-accuracy, global
satellite imagery layer to support mapping, visualization and
analytics. Maxar supplies quarterly Vivid updates to keep ArcGIS
and end users’ maps as current as possible.
“Esri’s ArcGIS system is more powerful for end users with
Maxar’s satellite imagery serving as foundational data in Esri’s
World Imagery offerings,” said Deane Kensok, Chief Technology
Officer for ArcGIS Content at Esri.
These Maxar products are available in the Living Atlas:
- Vivid Standard is a high-resolution, high-accuracy and
visually-consistent global imagery basemaps built with Maxar
satellite imagery.
- Vivid Advanced upgrades Vivid Standard’s quality over select
metropolitan areas with nearly cloud-free imagery basemaps.
- NaturalVue® 2.0 is an image mosaic that combines more than
60,000 Landsat 8 images to create a seamless, virtually cloud-free,
15 meter basemap that reflects the Earth’s true colors.
- National Urban Change Indicator (NUCI) is a commercial urban
change detection product that highlights areas of new construction
activity by isolating changes that persist over time, derived from
more than 13,000 Landsat images.
A Vivid Standard sample of San Diego at 50 cm resolution is
available for download via Maxar’s Resource Hub.
About Maxar
Maxar Technologies (NYSE:MAXR) (TSX:MAXR) is a provider of
comprehensive space solutions and secure, precise, geospatial
intelligence. We deliver disruptive value to government and
commercial customers to help them monitor, understand and navigate
our changing planet; deliver global broadband communications; and
explore and advance the use of space. Our unique approach combines
decades of deep mission understanding and a proven commercial and
defense foundation to deploy solutions and deliver insights with
unrivaled speed, scale and cost effectiveness. Maxar’s 4,400 team
members in over 20 global locations are inspired to harness the
potential of space to help our customers create a better world.
Maxar trades on the New York Stock Exchange and Toronto Stock
Exchange as MAXR. For more information, visit www.maxar.com.
About Esri
Esri, the global market leader in geographic information system
(GIS) software, location intelligence, and mapping, helps customers
unlock the full potential of data to improve operational and
business results. Founded in 1969 in Redlands, California, USA,
Esri software is deployed in more than 350,000 organizations
globally and in over 200,000 institutions in the Americas, Asia and
the Pacific, Europe, Africa, and the Middle East, including Fortune
500 companies, government agencies, nonprofits, and universities.
Esri has regional offices, international distributors, and partners
providing local support in over 100 countries on six continents.
With its pioneering commitment to geospatial information
technology, Esri engineers the most innovative solutions for
digital transformation, the Internet of Things (IoT), and advanced
analytics. Visit us at esri.com.
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