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Digital Data Services, Inc., through a partnership with
GEOEYE, provides low resolution satellite imagery and
two high resolution imagery solutions. These three
solutions, OrbView-2, IKONOS and GeoEye-1, all
facilitate different specifications and applications for
geospatial use. OrbView-2 provides a resolution of 1.1
kilometers per pixel, and the primary applications are
in the agriculture and offshore fishing industries. The
imaging channels are six visible and two near infrared
bands.
IKONOS on the other hand shares similar specifications
and is useful for many of the applications that the
recently launched GeoEye-1 does. IKONOS’s resolution is
sampled to .82 meters per pixel. The offered
deliverables are pan-sharpened (natural color),
panchromatic (grayscale) and near infrared bands.
GeoEye-1 is now the highest resolution commercial
satellite that orbits the earth at .4 meters per pixel.
However, it is sampled to half a meter to meet NOAA,
NIMA and CIA regulations. The following overlapping
applications for these two satellites are most often
utilized as a geospatial solution for national security,
government, natural resources, oil and gas, alternative
energy, mining and exploration, utilities, internet
mapping, infrastructure management, insurance, emergency
preparedness, real estate, visual simulation, and
transportation.
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