[Sdi-northamerica] USGS awards satellite imagery contracts: enhancing access to users

[Kate Lance]

http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?ID=1929
USGS Awards Satellite Imagery Contracts: Enhancing Access to Users
The United States Geological Survey (USGS) announced the award of three multi-year acquisition contracts for high and moderate-resolution satellite imagery to GeoEye of Dulles, VA, DigitalGlobe of Longmont, CO and SPOT Image Corporation of Chantilly, VA. 
The contracts will to provide the USGS and other Federal agencies access to commercial satellite data from the U.S. and international marketplace for use in environmental monitoring, land management, energy development, natural hazards mitigation and many other purposes.  USGS makes this data electronically accessible to any Federal agency or other user group that falls within the data licensing agreements. 



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