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Lending Eyes for Moore Oklahoma

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As the tornados touched down in Oklahoma a few weeks ago, first responders jumped into action. In support of these brave and motivated people and organizations, DigitalGlobe tasked its satellite constellation to capture imagery of the area as part of its FirstLook service, collectingt high resolution panchromatic WorldView-1 satellite imagery as well as color GeoEye-1 [...]

DigitalGlobe Twitter Chat – April 8, 4 P.M. EDT

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DigitalGlobe is hosting its first Twitter chat while attending the 29th National Space Symposium. This first #DGchat will feature Tomnod’s Shay Har-Noy as we discuss analytics and the future of the commercial satellite industry. Join the Twitter chat on April 8, 4 P.M EDT, by asking questions and contributing to the dialogue about analytics, GIS [...]

Top Satellite Image of 2012 – And the Winner is…

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Burning Man! This was DigitalGlobe’s second annual Top Image of the Year contest. Voting opened on December 10, and we received over 2,900 votes from our followers via Facebook, Pinterest, Google+, and Twitter. We also kept things exciting this year by offering participants extra votes during the second round if they repinned, retweeted, and/or +1ed [...]