DigitalGlobe Receives Contract from PSMA Australia for Continent-Scale Mapping Initiative
10 August 2016 - 10:00PM
Business Wire
DigitalGlobe, Inc. (NYSE: DGI), the global leader in earth
imagery and information about our changing planet, today announced
it has received a follow-on contract to deploy its Geospatial Big
Data platform (GBDX) to map the man-made environment and provide
easy access to the physical attributes of more than 15 million
structures across the continent of Australia for a new product
called Geoscape, offered by PSMA Australia.
DigitalGlobe delivered the first phase of the project in April.
For the continent-scale initiative, GBDX will be used to create a
massive amount of geospatial content and location information
derived from more than 7.6 million square kilometers of
high-resolution satellite imagery, proprietary DigitalGlobe and
ecosystem partner technologies, and crowdsourced data. Geoscape
will host valuable location and structural information on buildings
across Australia, including features such as building footprints
and heights, rooftop materials, solar panels, and swimming
pools.
PSMA Australia offers national geospatial datasets derived from
authoritative sources to support a range of public and private
business solutions. Geoscape will provide a comprehensive view into
the location, distribution, and characteristics of structures
around the entire continent with unprecedented fidelity. These
insights can be applied broadly for applications such as insurance
risk modelling, urban planning and services delivery, emergency
planning and management, business intelligence, research, and
policy development.
“DigitalGlobe developed GBDX and the partner ecosystem to enable
the world to be analyzed at scale and critical decisions to be made
with confidence,” said Shay Har-Noy, DigitalGlobe’s Platform
General Manager. “Geoscape is a massive endeavor for which we’re
bringing together our GBDX ecosystem, amazing imagery, and deep
learning technology to convert terabytes of imagery into precise
information about the built environment for the entire Australian
continent.”
“Information about the built environment is the missing link in
Australia’s otherwise excellent location data framework,” said Dan
Paull, PSMA’s Chief Executive Officer. “Working with DigitalGlobe,
we have been able to combine innovative technologies and techniques
to create Geoscape and develop an award-winning solution to the
challenges presented by Australia’s massive size.”
For more information, visit:
https://www.psma.com.au/geoscape.
About DigitalGlobe
DigitalGlobe is a leading provider of commercial high-resolution
earth observation and advanced geospatial solutions that help
decision makers better understand our changing planet in order to
save lives, resources and time. Sourced from the world's leading
constellation, our imagery solutions deliver unmatched coverage and
capacity to meet our customers' most demanding mission
requirements. Each day customers in defense and intelligence,
public safety, civil agencies, map making and analysis,
environmental monitoring, oil and gas exploration, infrastructure
management, navigation technology, and providers of location-based
services depend on DigitalGlobe data, information, technology and
expertise to gain actionable insight.
About PSMA Australia
PSMA Australia’s goal is to facilitate broad and sustainable
access to high-quality location data by offering foundation
national spatial information derived from the authoritative data
sources of Australia’s federal, state and territory governments.
PSMA was formed by the governments of Australia in 1993 to collate,
transform and deliver their location data as national datasets. An
unlisted company limited by shares, PSMA is owned by all the
governments of Australia. PSMA provides an independent and
self-funded means for Australian governments to collaborate on
national geospatial matters to provide fundamental infrastructure
for a digital world.
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