RapidEye imagery for Concepción - at no cost to governmental and non governmental help organizations and institutions
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RapidEye is concentrating on delivering these and future images of the
region at no cost to governmental and non governmental help
organizations and institutions in need of the most current Earth
Observation information available for this region. If your
organization is involved in emergency efforts for this devastating
event, please contact sa...@rapideye.de. sa...@rapideye.de.
RapidEye Delivers Satellite Images of Chile's Damaged City of
Concepción
Written by RapidEye
01 March 2010
Brandenburg / Havel, Germany, March 1st, 2010 – RapidEye, the only
geospatial solutions provider to own and operate a constellation of
five identical Earth Observation satellites, announced today that it
has imaged the area next to the epicenter of Saturday's heavy 8.8-
magnitude earthquake in Chile. The images cover a total area of 13,125
km² and show the most damaged area around the city of Concepción. They
were taken on Saturday, February 27th, 2010 at around 11:00 a.m. local
time, only a few hours after the earthquake hit the area at 3:34 a.m.
in the morning local time. In order to be able to run change detection
analyses, RapidEye also has images available of the very same area
take a couple of days before the event.
RapidEye is concentrating on delivering these and future images of the
region at no cost to governmental and non governmental help
organizations and institutions in need of the most current Earth
Observation information available for this region. If your
organization is involved in emergency efforts for this devastating
event, please contact sa...@rapideye.de. sa...@rapideye.de.
Additionally, RapidEye makes the imagery available for purchase on the
Geodata Kiosk at www.geodatakiosk.com. General inquiries for the
imagery can be sent tos...@rapideye.de. sa...@rapideye.de. More
information on RapidEye Products and Services can be found at the
company’s website www.rapideye.de.
About RapidEye AG
RapidEye is an ISO-certified geospatial information provider focused
on integrating customized and industry specific solutions into the
workflow of global customers in agriculture, forestry, energy,
infrastructure, government, security and emergency. RapidEye experts
and the satellite system – a constellation of five satellites capable
of downloading over 4 million km² of high resolution, multi-spectral
imagery per day, and a ground segment for processing and archiving
data – allow for cost-effective customized services. The unique
combination of large area coverage, high spatial resolution and the
possibility of daily revisit to an area provide for superior
management information solutions. Currently, more than 120 experts
from more than 20 countries are employed by RapidEye, with plans to
grow the team to 130 in 2010.
brian.schimmel
German company RapidEye AG published a 5000x5000 pixel JPEG of
Concepcion and its surrounding area. They announced to publish future
images and a reference from before the earth quake soon. See
http://www.rapideye.de for more information.
The resolution seems to be 6.5m (high enough to see larger roads, but
too low to actually see any damages). And, sadly, the image suffers
from heavy JPEG compression artifacts. This seems to be tile 1822122
which is (along with other tiles) available from the geodata kiosk at
http://kiosk.rapideye.de/DataDoorsWeb/Order.aspx in diverse formats
(GeoTIFF, etc.) but at the same resolution, priced about 186 Euro
(approx. 250 US-Dollar. Maybe there is a way to get it for free, but
following the usual checkout process, that amount would be billed.)
> Geodata Kiosk atwww.geodatakiosk.com. General inquiries for the
> imagery can be sent tosa...@rapideye.de. sa...@rapideye.de. More