Escalating Orders from Asia for High-Resolution Satellite Image Data for Environmental Protection
- The world's highest 61 cm resolution, pricing seen as competitive -
Orders for high-resolution satellite image data captured by the commercial high-performance observation satellite QuickBird launched by U.S. DigitalGlobe (Longmont, Colorado) have been escalating in Asian countries since Hitachi Software Engineering Co., Ltd., (President: Hiroyuki Kanekiyo, headquartered in Yokohama Naka-ku, abbr.: Hitachi Software) began marketing it on a full scale.
This image data features:
(1) The world's highest commercial resolution of 61 cm ever from QuickBird, orbiting at a 450 km altitude
(2) Wide imaging width of 16.5 km, offering the largest scene size for high-resolution imaging
(3) Short revisit intervals (1 to 3 days) and mass-storage memory to meet efficient, bulk imaging needs
(4) Stereographic imaging to collect height information vital to mapping
As an exclusive distributor in Japan and Asia of the high-resolution satellite image data captured by U.S. DigitalGlobe (EarthWatch Incorporated), Hitachi Software has begun selling the image data, and has also concluded sales outlet contracts in key Asian countries, including China, Indonesia, and Malaysia, to promote image data-based system implementations. Recently, the company has been awarded orders for high-resolution satellite image data by Malaysia and Mongolia. A summary description of these orders is as follows:
