In a meeting today with DigitalGlobe, there was a reminder of their partnership with Microsoft on the Clear30 program that was launched this past October. The companies are using Microsoft’s Vexcel UltraCam digital aerial camera to collect 30-cm aerial imagery of the entire contiguous United States and Western Europe. This huge high-resolution imagery collection project is well underway, promising orthophoto mosaics available through Microsoft’s Bing Maps and for purchase through DigitalGlobe channels. The quality of these images, and the contiguous national data collection effort, will provide an amazing repository of information at an international scale. This consistent quality and resolution should raise the bar in terms of what we expect from an online mapping experience. There was no clear indication of when the data would be available, but the data collection and processing of this imagery store are well underway.
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For more information related to Clear30 GeoTIFF data products and availability, please contact:
Brett Thomassie
Director – Civil Governement Program Sales
DigitalGlobe Incorporated
(303) 588-4129
bthomassie@digitalglobe.com