Special Announcement - Our Social Media Program Launches!

In an effort to keep up with the digital world, eMap has joined the social media community. As social media has become a commonly used marketing tool in the business world, we are pleased to announce that you can now find us on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and through the eMap blog RSS feed. We look forward to engaging and talking to the community about our products and services, industry trends, latest news and more. We encourage you to start a conversation with us around something that June be helpful and/or interesting to you. Please follow us online if you use any of these tools to start receiving information from eMap faster than ever before.

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In Focus - Colorado Shales - Xcel Energy and New LNG Plants

In recent months, there has been a concerted effort in the United States to develop new sources of reliable, domestic and in many cases renewable energy. Colorado, a state near and dear to those at eMap, is right in the middle of this energy boom. Take for example, the fledgling biofuel technology industry.

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Data In Transit - Retail Intelligence Using Satellite Imagery

Each month and quarter throughout the year, large publicly-traded retailers like Wal-Mart, Home Depot, Target, Lowes and many others go to great lengths to file detailed financial documents; and to host in-depth discussions over long conference calls in order to provide investors a glimpse into the health of their business. Often comparing various measurements and metrics captured over specific time periods, these retailers cite highly anticipated data such as percent change of same store sales, increase or decrease in average check size, growth or decline in total transactions as well as a view into more straight forward measurements such as top line revenue or earnings per share. These measurements are eagerly awaited by analysts and investors who make large investment decisions based at least in part on these company reports.

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WorldView-2, 8-Bands and Their Applications

Since its launch just over six months ago, WorldView-2 has acquired hundreds of thousands of square kilometers of high-resolution 8-band satellite imagery spread across the four corners of our globe. With the addition of 4 spectral bands, WorldView-2 is the first high-resolution satellite to offer more than the traditional suite of the Landsat RGB+NIR bands. The eMap team is developing several innovative products that utilize the additional multispectral bands WorldView-2 can offer and we are excited about the possibilities.

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Ordering Policy Change - Mixed QuickBird, WorldView-1 and WorldView-2 Now Possible

Effective immediately, eMap is pleased to offer a significant change to its ordering policies for high-resolution satellite imagery from the DigitalGlobe suite of satellites, i.e. QuickBird, WorldView-1 and WorldView-2, whereby we can now satisfy orders with a mix of data from any of these sensors. This policy change impacts both archive and tasking orders from DigitalGlobe satellites but does not impact the current list price for these products. Multi-sensor orders will give eMap customers the flexibility to order the DigitalGlobe archive data they need to cover their area of interest regardless of its source; as well as to fulfill their tasking orders in the timeliest fashion possible.

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SPOT Satellites Track Urban Development at World Expo 2010 in Shanghai

The central theme for the World Expo in Shanghai from May 1, 2010 through October 31, 2010 will be urban development, under the banner "Better City, Better Life". To mark this event, Spot Image and its Chinese subsidiary Beijing Spot Image presents a series of pictures to tell the story of Shanghai's growth with satellite imagery.

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The Speculative Tasking Program

Do you have an area of interest around the world for which you just can't seem to find imagery?

Or do you have a project on the near horizon which will require imagery?

If you answered yes to either of these questions, then eMap International is pleased to offer you the perfect free service*, our Speculative Tasking Program. Once you sign up for the eMap Speculative Tasking Program, we will communicate your area of interest to the appropriate imagery providers; periodically search for the data you need; and then alert you if and when it has been collected. Signing up is quick and easy so you can sit back and let eMap do the work for you!

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Word of the Month - Bit Depth

For the June edition of Word of the Month, we focus on a term associated with ordering high-resolution imagery, i.e. bit depth. Bit depth is a means to assess the radiometric resolution of imagery products, be they collected by a satellite from space or by a camera from your hand. For the duration of this article, we will focus on bit depth as it relates to aerial and satellite sensors, though many of these statements would apply to bit depth as it relates to your hand-held cameras and video recorders.

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Geospatial Freebie of the Month - GIS Data Depot

For this month's Geospatial Freebie we feature a website that is chuck-full of free GIS data including shapefiles, imagery and elevation data. Widely regarded as the most comprehensive website of its kind, the GIS Data Depot has both domestic and international data ready for immediate download.

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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. This section introduces all of the aerial and QuickBird imagery datasets released in the last month.

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GeoView Archive

If you missed a previous edition of GeoView, you will find a link to a web version of the newsletter below. For your convenience, we have summarized the key featured articles present in each edition.

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