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GeoEye-1 Half Meter ImageryGolden Gate Bridge, California – Collected Oct 2008
GeoEyeConstellation
Gene DialChief Scientist
GeoEyeASPRS 2010
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Aerial Sensors
2x Digital Mapping Camera
• 3 cm resolution Pan
• MSI: Blue, Green, Red, NIR
LiDAR (Laser Sensor)
• Light Detection and Ranging
• Deploys to project
OrbView-2
• 1 km resolution, 8 bands
• Global, daily coverage
IKONOS
• 82 cm resolution Pan
• MSI: Blue, Green, Red, NIR
GeoEye-1
• 41 cm resolution Pan
• MSI: Blue, Green, Red, NIR
GeoEye-2
• 25 to 40 cm resolution
• MSI: Blue, Green, Red, NIR
Satellite Sensors
Constellation
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45 6IKONOS collected 13,000 sq km image on one
orbital pass after Hurricane Katrina.
Before After
IKONOS
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GeoEye-1 Half Meter Imagery
Kutztown University – Collected Oct. 6, 2008
GeoEye-1
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GeoEye-2
• Under construction, internal funds• Lockheed-Martin Bus, ITT Payload• Resolution: 25 cm to 40 cm• Orbit: 500 km to 800 km• Bands: Pan, Blue, Green, Red, NIR• Launch: 2012 to 2013
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Educate Innovate Inspire
• The Foundation awards imagery grants from the GeoEye archive to students and researchers
– Over 100 imagery grants since March 2007• World Wildlife Foundation, University of Rome, Penn
State University, University of Edinburgh, Harvard
– Over 100,000 sqkm of imagery
– Scholarships• George Mason University
• University of Missouri
Harvard is researching this high count malaria zone where the Bani and Niger Rivers converge into the town of Mopti, Mali.
“We are proud that we can use our technology to help inspire and educate young people and to help them use the world’s best imagery to solve real world problems.”
-Matt O’Connell, GeoEye President & CEO
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Thank You!
GeoEye-1 image of Burning Man Festival, Black Rock Desert, Nevada, Sept. 1, 2009
