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    Google Leans on GeoEye-1 Satellite for Celestial Views

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    Clint Boulton
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    January 29, 2010
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      1Google Leans on GeoEye-1 Satellite for Celestial Views

      1

      by Clint Boulton

      2GeoEye

      2

      GeoEye is the company that makes the satellites that help Google Earth and Google Maps chart the world from space.

      3GeoEye-1

      3

      GeoEye launched GeoEye-1 in September 2008, with Google joining as a partner not long after to use the satellite’s imagery.

      4GeoEye-1 Spies Pyramids in Egypt

      4

      In March 2009, Google unveiled its partnership with GeoEye, promising that “you will start seeing stunning GeoEye-1 imagery blended into our database and viewable through Google Earth, Maps and Google Maps for Mobile.”

      5GeoEye-1 Captures the Inauguration

      5

      Last week, Google served up this and other presidential inauguration images.

      6Google Haiti

      6

      Google and GeoEye-1 capture how Port-au-Prince was leveled by the force 7.0 earthquake.

      7GeoEye Featured Imagery Layer in Google Earth

      7

      The new “GeoEye Featured Imagery” layer in Google Earth features placemarks, including a thumbnail of the image, a link to view the image in full resolution and information about the scene, including resolution, collection date and a narrative about the location.

      8Geo-Las Vegas

      8

      Google offers some favorite featured imagery pics from GeoEye-1, beginning with Las Vegas.

      9Oh, Canada

      9

      GeoEye-1 tracks Vancouver, British Columbia.

      10Mount Kilimanjaro

      10

      This is a view of Mount Kilimanjaro, the notorious mountain that has claimed the lives of many who tried to conquer it.

      11Burning Man Festival

      11

      On the lighter, social side, Google also enlists GeoEye-1 for event images from the heavens.

      12Google Earth and GeoEye-1

      12

      Google invites users to download Google Earth to see their own GeoEye-1 satellite images here.

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