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Google GeoEye-1 satellite sends back its first image

The world's most accurate commercial imaging satellite will enhance Google Maps exclusively.

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Imaging | by Barb Dybwad | Sat Oct 11, 2008 2:52PM | 0 comments

The GeoEye-1 high-resolution satellite started taking its first photographs this week, with the very first of Pennsylvania's Kutztown University shown above. The craft, travelling at 4.5 miles per second in a 423-mile high orbit, can take images up to a 41cm resolution, "close enough to zoom in on the home plate of a baseball diamond" according to GeoEye's VP Mark Brender. The GeoEye-1, considered the world's most accurate commercial imaging satellite, is a $502 million project with two major investors: the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency and Google, the latter of whom will only receive images at 50cm resolution due to government restriction. The search engine giant plans to use the images in its Google Earth and Google Maps products, and its exclusive license with GeoEye means it will be the only online mapping site with clearance to use the images.

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