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January 17th, 2011

RapidEye Blinks And Adds East View


[SatNews] RapidEye, the only geospatial solutions provider to own and operate a constellation of five identical Earth Observation satellites, announced today that East View Cartographic has signed a distributor agreement with RapidEye and will join its distribution team.

John Ahlrichs, Vice President of RapidEye commented, “We are pleased to add East View Cartographic to our U.S. distribution network. East View's global network of customers and the expansion of their product line to include RapidEye imagery will result in new opportunities for both of our businesses.”

Kent Lee, CEO of East View Cartographic said, “East View Cartographic has customers all over the world from more than a dozen major industries whose geospatial production needs are highly variable.  RapidEye gives us a very flexible medium-resolution imagery option with quick order fulfillment and the ability to cover very large areas of interest. Joining the RapidEye distribution team was a 2010 priority and we are pleased to formally be able to offer this option to our customers.”