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GeoEye partners up with Fugro

GeoEye satellite image showing the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant

The satellite imagery provider GeoEye announced an agreement with Fugro for online imagery dissemination through Fugro World, Fugro's global portal for delivery of data and solutions.

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Thu, 13/09/2012 - 08:00
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GeoEye
Processed on Sep 13th 2012

GIO EMS: New European GMES mapping service publishes user guide

GMES, the European Earth Monitoring programme, has published a user guide to its new, free of charge emergency mapping service, the GMES Initial Operations Emergency Management Service (GIO EMS-Map

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Thu, 23/08/2012 - 09:50
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GIO Portal
Processed on Aug 23rd 2012

UNOOSA activates International Charter for Earthquake in Iran

Iran Earthquake

UNOOSA/UN-SPIDER has activated the International Charter: Space and Major Disaster to provide satellite imagery for the two strong earthquakes that occurred in Iran on 11 August 2012.

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Thu, 16/08/2012 - 18:22
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International Charter Space & Major Disasters
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38.322
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46.888
Processed on Aug 16th 2012

Geoscience Australia makes Landsat imagery freely available

Geoscience Australia (GA) will soon publish free satellite images in near real time.

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Tue, 24/07/2012 - 11:55
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The Register
Processed on Jul 24th 2012

DigitalGlobe buys GeoEye

DigitalGlobe Inc has struck a deal to buy GeoEye Inc for $453 million, creating the world's largest provider of commercial satellite imagery.

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Tue, 24/07/2012 - 11:46
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Reuters
Processed on Jul 24th 2012

GeoEye-2: GeoEye's next generation

GeoEye's next-generation imaging system, GeoEye-2 has been delivered to its operator in California, Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company.

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Wed, 11/04/2012 - 08:27
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SatNews
Processed on Apr 11th 2012

Timely Upgrade of Weather Information Systems

The United States Department of Commerce’s National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), with funding support from the U.S.

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Tue, 21/02/2012 - 16:29
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Taimi Media Network
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-17.7134
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178.065
Processed on Feb 21st 2012

Philippines: Geo-hazard maps go public

The Philippine government has made geo-hazard maps, which outline areas prone to natural disasters, publicly available in a bid to reduce vulnerability at community level.

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Tue, 31/01/2012 - 16:03
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IRIN humanitarian news and analysis
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14.5995
longitude: 
120.984
Processed on Jan 31st 2012

Faster satellite data for more GMES users

Broader and improved access to satellite data is boosting the Global Monitoring for Environment and Security programme.

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Thu, 13/10/2011 - 15:04
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ESA
Processed on Oct 13th 2011

The use of satellite imagery to multi-event and event-specific flood hazard mapping

In recent years flood management has shifted from protection against floods to managing the risks of floods (European Flood risk directive).

Processed on Oct 4th 2011