[SatNews[ DigitalGlobe has officially announced that the Company has acquired crowdsourced intelligence pioneer...
...Tomnod. While the transaction is not material to the firm's financials, it does support their vision of being the indispensable source of information about our changing planet. Tomnod has been at the forefront of innovation in the growing field of crowdsourcing of Earth observation imagery analysis, combining their unique and novel algorithms with deep GIS and imagery knowledge.
Tomnod’s rapid information capture and validation services will continue to be offered directly to customers. In addition, information gained by the service will increasingly act as a key data source for DigitalGlobe's in-house analytics teams, enabling them to provide more accurate insight and analysis to our customers faster. The Tomnod team now has a new home at the headquarters in Longmont, Colorado.

