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DigitalGlobe's Images Prove Useful for Emergency Response, Economic
Development and Community Outreach Visit DigitalGlobe at the ESRI User Conference in Booth #1721 San Diego Convention Center, July 7-11, 2003
SAN DIEGO, July 8 /PRNewswire/ -- DigitalGlobe(R) today announced that the State of Alaska Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is using QuickBird satellite imagery for a number of mapping applications supporting emergency response services, economic development, and community outreach efforts. The DNR uses the imagery to fulfill two different contracts: one serving Fairbanks and North Pole area, funded by the National Fire Plan, and the other serving the 15 other communities in the Tanana Valley, funded by a NASA grant awarded to the State of Alaska in 2001.
According to Marc Lee, Fairbanks area forester for the State of Alaska DNR, the DNR contracted for the following QuickBird image collections:
* February 2002: The DNR contracted for the acquisition of 800 square miles of QuickBird data for Fairbanks. Over 500 square miles, or five satellite image scenes, were collected in May and August 2002. The remaining 300 square miles, or three scenes, were collected in May 2003. * May 2002: The DNR contracted for the collection of 1,500...
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