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Help Us Crown the Top Satellite Image of the Year 2012

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As 2012 comes to a close, we’re pleased to announce our end-of-the-year top satellite image contest. This year our constellation (Quickbird, WorldView-1, and WorldView-2) once again captured millions of square kilometers of imagery. Our experts have combed through the trillions of pixels and found 20 images that we think are especially amazing, and now it’s [...]

The DigitalGlobe Analysis Center – Keeping a Constant Eye on the World

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DigitalGlobe’s Stephen Wood, Vice President, Analysis Center gives an overview on the recently created group and discusses their capabilities. A picture may be worth a thousand words, but in the hands of an expert analyst who can provide context and insight it can be worth vastly more. Using direct access to DigitalGlobe’s satellite constellation, combined [...]

Natural Disasters and Nuclear Reactors – Responding to the Crisis in Japan

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Stephen Wood, Vice President, DigitalGlobe’s Analysis Center Even now, after we’ve imaged the entire earth’s surface many times over, I continue to be amazed at the unique, critical perspective satellite imagery offers to the pressing events of our time. In the last decade we’ve been involved in responding to many disasters. There has been nothing [...]