GeoEye Overview GIS Capabilities for Civil Government Agencies

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GeoEye Overview GIS Capabilities for Civil
Government Agencies

• Matthew OConnell
• President CEO

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Introducing GeoEye

The largest commercial satellite imagery company
in the world
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Company 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

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GeoEye Constellation
GeoEye-1 Spring 2007
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GeoEye-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.
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Continuity of Imagery Through 2017
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Federal 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

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Homeland SecuritySept. 12, 2001
IKONOS
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Homeland Security
OV-3 US Mexico Border Crossing
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Airport Security
IKONOS Airport Mapping Database Application
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Marine and Port Security GIS
Galveston, TX
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Environmental Monitoring
OrbView-2 Southern CA Wildfires
OrbView-3 Santa Clarita Wildfires
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Environmental MonitoringCoral Reef Mapping MDA
Federal
Benthic Habitat Mapping Using IKONOS ImageryKure
Atoll, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands for NOAA
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Agriculture
IRS Southern California
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Energy
IKONOS Palm Springs, CA Wind Turbines
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Thank You.
Commercial satellite imagery is a cost effective
solution to many of the Federal Civil Agencies
geospatial information needs.