Furthering their strength as the only geospatial solutions provider to own and operate a constellation of Earth observation satellites, RapidEye announced today that they have joined the ESRI® Business Partner Program.  Over 2000 worldwide organizations are ESRI Business Partners and RapidEye is the third European data provider to join.

“ESRI is a strong and highly respected force in the GIS community and has built a phenomenal network of partners,” comments John Ahlrichs, Vice President at RapidEye. “Together with these partners, ESRI has developed many innovative solutions for global remote sensing data users. Our attendance at the ESRI User Conference over the last several years has given us an opportunity to meet others in this circle, and we anticipate building on these relationships to develop new image-based solutions.”

The ESRI Business Partner Program is an extensive network of domestic and international developers, consultants, data partners, value-added resellers, authorized instructors, and authorized partner education centers that, utilizing ESRI technology, provide solutions and training to meet the GIS needs of every industry. Working together, ESRI and its business partners solve business problems with new software applications, data, value-added services and training.