DigitalGlobe to Provide Satellite Imagery to State of Hawaii

LONGMONT, Colo., Aug. 12/Satnews Daily/ — The State of Hawaii has contracted DigitalGlobe  for the creation of Hawaii's first publicly available state-wide Digital Ortho Quarter Quadrangles (DOQQ) and updated public image base using QuickBird satellite data.

The high-resolution images from DigitalGlobe and DOQQs will assist state officials with more precise planning for property assets, roads, homeland security assets, public safety and accessibility to remote areas, Emergency 911 initiatives and environmental and agricultural monitoring.

Due to the rainy nature of the Hawaiian islands and the associated cloud cover, comprehensive, state-wide aerial data collection efforts have often failed and the state's existing DOQQ has many gaps in its coverage. However, since early 2002, DigitalGlobe has been collecting QuickBird satellite imagery of the normally challenging terrain and topography of Hawaii. QuickBird's ongoing rotation around the Earth allows DigitalGlobe to revisit areas frequently, successfully overcoming cloud cover issues.

“Working with DigitalGlobe allows us to conveniently and easily update our land base maps with highly accurate, high-resolution QuickBird data,” said Craig Tasaka, of the state of Hawaii's Office of Planning. He added DigitalGlobe's QuickBird imagery, and the resulting DOQQs, offer unparalleled image quality and feature recognition.

The state of Hawaii acquired from DigitalGlobe a set of DOQQs with 4-band orthorectified data. This purchase enables different state users to gain access to both the color infrared imagery for environmental monitoring and vegetative management applications, and the more familiar natural-color imagery for visualization and analysis.

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