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Category Archives: World Events

Top Satellite Image of 2011 – You be the judge!

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As an industry leader in commercial satellite imagery, DigitalGlobe is pleased to announce our end-of-the-year top satellite image contest. Our satellite constellation has been busy traveling the globe and capturing incredible imagery, from natural disasters to natural wonders. We’ve selected our favorite 20 images from 2011 and need your help voting on the image you [...]

Capturing the Varyag: Stephen Wood, VP Analysis Center

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Last Tuesday, one of our analysts in the DigitalGlobe Analysis Center made an impressive discovery –finding the first Chinese aircraft carrier (known as the Varyag or the Shi Lang) underway in the middle of the Yellow Sea during its second sea trial , in the midst of fairly heavy cloud cover of one of our [...]

Satellite Imagery and Humanitarian Efforts

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Stephen Wood, Vice President, DigitalGlobe’s Analysis Center Last week, Steve Lohr wrote a piece in the New York Times titled “Online Mapping Shows Potential to Transform Relief Efforts” about the powerful role satellite imagery plays in humanitarian efforts. I found this article to be particularly insightful and relevant, as recent events have demonstrated how satellite [...]