Specifics on the Q4 2009 FASS ParcelPoint Release

Officially released last month, the Q4 2009 ParcelPoint data layer features 7 new counties as well as updates to 9% of the counties currently available. Below you will find a breakdown of the counties that were added to the database and updated; as well as details on the counties that were added to the ParcelPoint expansion roadmap. Please contact the eMap Sales Team at bmccarty@emap-int.com or (720) 470-7988 for pricing requests and/or questions about the FASS US-wide ParcelPoint data layer.

To view counties that were added and updated as well as upcoming releases, read more here »

Tracking Changes in Our Constantly Updated US-Wide TaxRoll Plus+ Dataset - A Focus on the Marcellus Shale

In the past month, eMap has released exciting new products that expanded upon our popular US-wide ParcelPoint data layer. Specifically, we have added the ability to append constantly updated tax roll data to the parcel boundary shapefiles (i.e. to the ParcelPoint base product); and for those counties without shapefiles, we can deliver the tax roll data in spreadsheet format which can be queried by parcel address and identification number. We are particularly excited about the geographic extent and update frequency of the tax roll data as this standardized database contains every single county in the US (minus 15 extremely rural counties in Alaska); and ownership details are updated (or added when new parcels are created) on a daily basis!

Read more here »

GeoEye Responds to the Haiti Disaster

As soon as news broke that there was a major earthquake in Haiti, GeoEye mission planners directed the GeoEye-1 satellite to collect color, 0.41-cm ground resolution imagery over Port-au-Prince. On Jan. 13, from 423 miles in space, GeoEye-1 collected almost 3,000 square kilometers beginning at 10:27 a.m. EST. The imagery was downlinked to our ground station in Tromso, Norway and sent to our Dulles, Virginia production facility for processing. Sample pre- and post-earthquake imagery is featured in our online gallery at: www.geoeye.com. GeoEye-1 collected stereo pairs over Port-au-Prince on Jan. 16.

Read more about GeoEye and their response to the Haiti Crisis here »

DigitalGlobe – An Incredible Response to a Terrible Tragedy

There’s an old saying that “a crisis can bring out the best in people.” Judging from our company’s response to the aftermath of the Haitian earthquake, that certainly holds true at DigitalGlobe. Since the moment the news was reported last Tuesday that a massive 7.0 earthquake had struck near Port-au-Prince, our company immediately responded. Within hours, our first satellite access to Haiti had been planned, loaded on to WV-1 and less than 18 hours later we collected our first set of images of Haiti. Since then, our full satellite constellation including QuickBird, WorldView-1 and WorldView-2 have collected an incredible amount of high-resolution imagery over not just the capital city, but over the entire country.

Read more about DigitalGlobe and their response to the Haiti Crisis here »

Newly Released High Resolution Satellite and Aerial Orthomosaics

Each month, eMap has access to newly released digital orthomosaics of aerial imagery inside the United States and the European Union; and to orthomosaics of QuickBird satellite imagery in other international areas.

To see the aerial and QuickBird markets released this month as well as several sample images, read more here »

A Word from our CEO – New Satellites on the Horizon

Spot Image, based in Toulouse, France, has been in the commercial satellite imaging business for almost 20 years. For most of that time, they have been known for supplying medium resolution (2.5-m to 20-m) imagery; however, in 2010, that may all change. Spot Image’s Pleiades constellation, comprised of the Pleiades-1 and Pleiades-2 satellites, is set to bring you satellite imagery at a resolution of 50-cm and with a footprint of 20 km x 20 km. This footprint is about 25% larger than the footprint of any current high-resolution satellite. It is anticipated that Pleiades-1 will launch in Q4 2010 with Pleiades-2 to follow shortly in early 2011.

Read more from CEO David K. Nale »

Word of the Month – Tasking Policies

Following up on last month’s GeoView, for the February 2010 Word of the Month we will feature the Tasking Policies for both DigitalGlobe and GeoEye, who are eMap’s key high-resolution satellite imagery providers. While each company has slightly different policies, they are quite similar and appear to be converging as time goes on.

Read more about the Word of the Month here »

Geospatial Freebie of the Month – Global Mapper 11.0

For the February 2010 Geospatial Freebie of the Month, we are pleased to introduce the most robust and easy-to-use free imagery viewer we have run across, Global Mapper 11.0. One of the key features of Global Mapper is its ability to open a wide variety of raster, vector and elevation model formats – including GeoTIFFs, shapefiles and BIL elevation files. This freeware application also features tools for measuring distances, labeling items of interest, image rectification and feature digitization. For those of you seeking an extremely low-cost but powerful geospatial processing and editing software package, Global Mapper 11.0 can also be registered for ~$250, giving you access to a wide variety of additional functionality; if you are interested, eMap can assist you with purchasing a registered version of Global Mapper.

Download a free version of Global Mapper 11.0 here

Do you have an idea for a Freebie you would like to share with other newsletter readers? If so, drop us a line at bmccarty@emap-int.com.

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