Title: GeoEye Overview GIS Capabilities for Civil Government Agencies
1GeoEye Overview GIS Capabilities for Civil
Government Agencies
- Matthew OConnell
- President CEO
2Introducing GeoEye
The largest commercial satellite imagery company
in the world
3Company SummaryNASDAQ GEOY
- Largest global provider of satellite imagery
products and services - high-resolution and low-resolution imagery
- imagery-derived products and image processing
services - Currently operates three satellites
- IKONOS and OrbView-3 (high res) and OrbView-2
(low res) - Primary customers are defense and intelligence
agencies of U.S. Government and foreign allies - Awarded NextView contract by U.S. Government for
new satellite, GeoEye 1, to be launched next
year - 435 Million contract program
- Image processing production center Dulles/St.
Louis - only satellite operator that is source agnostic
processor - Worldwide Network
- GeoEye has regional ground stations around the
world
4GeoEye Constellation
GeoEye-1 Spring 2007
5GeoEye-1 Our Next-Generation Satellite
- Launch Scheduled for Spring 2007 with 7 Year
Design Life - GeoEye-1 Incorporates Next Generation Technology
with Proven IKONOS and OrbView-3 Architecture - Simultaneous 0.41 meters Panchromatic and 1.64
meter Multispectral Imagery - Geolocation lt3m Accuracy Best Possible for
any Remote Sensing Satellite - Ground Infrastructure Already in Place
- Collect up to 700,000 sq km/day (size of Texas)
in panchromatic mode
On Schedule and on Budget.
6Continuity of Imagery Through 2017
7Federal Civil Applications
- Homeland Security
- Marine/Port Security
- Damage Assessments
- Relief Operations
- Critical Infrastructure
- Urban Search and Rescue
- Emergency Response Recovery
- Mapping
- USGS
- Dept of Agriculture
- Environmental Monitoring
- Energy
- Pipelines
- Alternative Energy
- Transportation
8Homeland SecuritySept. 12, 2001
IKONOS
9Homeland Security
OV-3 US Mexico Border Crossing
10Airport Security
IKONOS Airport Mapping Database Application
11Marine and Port Security GIS
Galveston, TX
12Environmental Monitoring
OrbView-2 Southern CA Wildfires
OrbView-3 Santa Clarita Wildfires
13Environmental MonitoringCoral Reef Mapping MDA
Federal
Benthic Habitat Mapping Using IKONOS ImageryKure
Atoll, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands for NOAA
14Agriculture
IRS Southern California
15Energy
IKONOS Palm Springs, CA Wind Turbines
16Thank You.
Commercial satellite imagery is a cost effective
solution to many of the Federal Civil Agencies
geospatial information needs.