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Partenariat DigitalGlobe - Microsoft Virtual Earth

DigitalGlobe annonce aujourd'hui un partenariat avec Microsoft autour de leurs données satellites. On parle ici de QuickBird, WorldView-1 et bientôt (enfin Q3 2009) WorldView-2. Résolution à 65cm pour le premier et 50cm pour les 2 autres. Un sample ici http://www.digitalglobe.com/downloads/featured_images/surabaya_msi_june2_2004_dg.jpg

Nous allons avoir accès à toutes les images produites et nos clients y auront accès via Virtual Earth dès qu'elles seront disponible on line.

Cela va surtout adresser les marchés sur lesquelles nous sommes à la recherche de données : APAC (Asie Pacifique), Amerique du Sud, MEA (Middle East and Africa) et EE (Eastern Europe).

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Plus d'infos sur le site de DG:

http://media.digitalglobe.com/index.php?s=43&item=148

DigitalGlobe Announces New Content Partnership for Virtual Earth With Microsoft

Longmont, Colo., October 7, 2008 – DigitalGlobe, a leading global content provider of high-resolution world imagery solutions, today announced that it has signed an agreement with Microsoft Corp. for a multi-year contract under which DigitalGlobe will provide Microsoft’s Virtual Earth with its premium, high-resolution satellite and aerial imagery.
Under the terms of the agreement, Microsoft will have access to DigitalGlobe’s vast ImageLibrary, which contains over 460 million square kilometers of premium earth imagery, as well as new images being collected every day by its growing constellation of satellites.
“DigitalGlobe’s strategic approach to collecting earth imagery allows us to provide our customers with the high-resolution content they need,” said Erik Jorgensen, corporate vice president of Virtual Earth at Microsoft. “With its growing constellation of satellites, large network of aerial partners and a proven track record for delivering a large volume of new earth imagery, DigitalGlobe will be a key content partner for the Virtual Earth Platform.”

DigitalGlobe has been the pioneer in making earth imagery available worldwide for web portals and mobile mapping applications.* Its high-resolution satellite constellation and aerial program collect nearly 1 million square kilometers of earth imagery each day, with much of this imagery available via its online services.

“We are proud to partner with one of the world’s great technology companies,” said Marc Tremblay, senior vice president and general manager of DigitalGlobe’s Commercial Business Unit. “We look forward to working with the Virtual Earth team in the years to come as they continue to expand this powerful geospatial platform.”*
Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed.

About DigitalGlobe Longmont, Colo,-based DigitalGlobe (http://www.digitalglobe.com) is a leading global content provider of high-resolution world imagery solutions. Sourced from our own advanced satellite constellation and aerial network, our imagery solutions deliver real world perspective to governments, businesses, technology developers and humanitarian associations worldwide.* The company’s imagery solutions consist of one of the world’s largest image libraries, growing at a rate of up to 1 million square kilometers per day and distributed and accessed through online search and retrieval, production ready image layers, development tool-kits for internet enabled applications and devices, and software solutions for integration with GIS products and services. DigitalGlobe currently operates the highest-resolution commercial satellite constellation with QuickBird and the first of two next-generation satellites, WorldView-1.* The company plans to launch its second next-generation satellite, WorldView-2 in Q3 2009.

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