Civil Government

Federal, state, and local government agencies rely on DigitalGlobe satellite and aerial imagery to map projects that fulfill many essential public service projects. Towns, cities, and counties rely on our imagery to understand the makeup of their areas for tax assessment, public works, and public safety applications. Our imagery creates highly accurate base maps, classifies land use, and easily integrates into GIS applications for streamlined operations and shared use across multiple departments. From managing and overseeing industries which impact the infrastructure, transportation, urban development, environment, and homeland security, DigitalGlobe's geospatial imagery and information solutions have played a key role in the effectiveness and accuracy of these programs with its high-resolution imagery.

Using our imagery in combination with GIS technology enables agencies to make more informed spatial decisions in order to provide better public services, planning for sustainability and protecting our communities. DigitalGlobe offers civil government users an affordable beginning-to-end imagery solution that includes a full range of imagery products, an extensive and expanding ImageLibrary, and flexible tasking and delivery options. The following are some of the ways in which DigitalGlobe imagery helps civil government agencies enhance operations.

Our satellite and aerial images cover significant areas of the world. With our rapid collection capabilities of QuickBird and WorldView we can reach the widest geographic areas quickly and easily without the deployment of onsite surveying. Establishing an accurate base map is critical for state, local, and federal agencies worldwide. You can quickly create an accurate base map with our images and integrate them into GIS to enhance vector map layers and serve as the ground truth for other applications. For national mapping initiatives the accuracy and high-resolution content from our satellites provides the unique base layer for many federal and ministries programs.

Our multispectral imagery products provide a means to analyze and classify land use across coastal water areas, vegetation structure and composition, barren land and open soils, built up or paved surfaces. All of these can determine the potential for land use to support federal initiatives for agriculture, mining, transportation, telecommunications, and urban development. You are able to track community growth and development according to demographics, identify and plan land use in agricultural, commercial, industrial and residential areas and associate land ownership with parcels to calculate tax assessment.

Our vast library of earth imagery combined with our abilities to refresh imagery from our collection of satellites and flight programs provide vital tools for monitoring targeted environments and surrounding areas. Agencies are able to gather a greater understanding of its national resources and its abilities to protect, conserve and explore those assets over time. Our imagery determines strategies for future restoration which minimize risks and hazards and protect wilderness and national park areas.

In response to protecting nation's communities, federal agencies rely on DigitalGlobe's satellite and aerial imagery to set policies for emergency response, assist with emergency planning, and respond quickly in times of disaster. Imagery used during emergency planning ensures adequate emergency route and identifies areas of improvement prior to an actual event. Images taken following a natural disaster are critical in providing immediate assistance among different responding agencies and organizations while minimizing the dangers and hazards.

Our online imagery – served through your web portal – informs citizens about planned improvements, environmental issues, and local demographics of the community. Add our imagery to your web portal to educate the community and increase public participation. It is also a vital community assistance program for natural disaster planning for hurricanes, floods, and wildfires.

Our earth imagery also offers unbiased truth about conditions required to comply with State and Federal mandates.

Before disasters strike, governments and first responders rely on our imagery to evaluate infrastructure and ground conditions and plan how to react to a variety of emergencies that threaten life and property. Our detailed, high-resolution imagery and powerful online and offline delivery tools accurately present developed and undeveloped landscape, which allows careful planning for emergency response activities.

Whether you are mapping a potential fire, flood, hurricane, or earthquake path, you can use our imagery to prepare residents with evacuation routes and plan navigation for emergency responders. DigitalGlobe imagery is ideally suited to monitor cities, coastlines, borders, roads, utilities, and the possible outcome where disaster may occur. Combined with your existing transportation networks, hospital locations, and census data, our imagery reveals the detailed map needed for city managers and emergency personnel to understand the overall environment involved during a broad impact event. In addition, our archived imagery captured during or after other disasters in history help you build predictive models, establish early warning systems, and assess resource needs.

Knowing the probable impact, escape routes and response needed to protect life, homes and communities during a catastrophic event aids proper planning so that governments, insurance companies, responders, and rebuilders can organize and mobilize efficiently should it actually happen. DigitalGlobe products provide the accurate, high resolution and historical views needed to use and share the data and to coordinate emergency efforts.