GeoEye, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides imagery and imagery information products and solutions to the U.S. government, including the national security community, and international customers and North American commercial customers. The company develops IT infrastructure for capturing, receiving, processing, and distributing high and low resolution imagery, imagery information products, and image processing services. It offers GeoEye-1, a high-resolution commercial imaging satellite that enables customers to map, measure, and monitor the earth for various applications, including defense and intelligence, on-line and precision mapping, infrastructure planning and monitoring, and environmental monitoring. The company also offers satellite imagery products, such as Geo, a map quality image suitable for various applications; GeoProfessional, a product for feature extraction, change detection, base mapping, and other similar applications; and GeoStereo, a product that provides two images of the same location and is used by customers to provide a 3D image of a given location. In addition, it provides digital aerial imaging services that support missions for high resolution and geolocation accuracy; and light detection and ranging imaging services for measuring and recording elevation data, which is used in topographic mapping and three dimensional terrain/surface modeling. The company owns and operates the IKONOS high resolution and OrbView-2 low-resolution satellites; and two airplanes with digital and light detection radar cameras, as well as the central ground system that controls the satellites. GeoEye primarily serves customers directly, as well as through value-added resellers. The company was founded in 1991 and is based in Dulles, Virginia.
$22.36 (06/01/09)
