GeoEye & Google

GeoEye is proud to include Google among its valued customers, and we welcome Google Earth™ and Google Maps™ users who now recognize the GeoEye-1 satellite, owned by GeoEye, as the "eye in the sky" responsible for many of their favorite images.

The combination of GeoEye-1's high-resolution, map-accurate imagery and Google's search-and-display capabilities provides users with access to rich, interactive visual image maps of the Earth. GeoEye-1 provides Google with color geospatial imagery at half-meter ground resolution, the highest resolution commercially available.

For disaster situations, GeoEye and Google have worked together to ensure that current and accurate visual information is available to a worldwide community.

As a symbol of Google’s commitment to high-quality commercial satellite imagery sources, GeoEye was pleased to include the Google logo among others on the GeoEye-1 launch vehicle. The relationship between our companies, and our agreement to provide GeoEye-1 satellite imagery for Google platforms, has helped to educate and captivate a new audience for geography and mapping. It has changed the way people understand our planet.

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GeoEye Imagery and Data in Google Earth Builder

The links below will open example GeoEye imagery and data in Google Earth Builder through the Google Maps interface. For supported browsers please visit Google Earth Builder Help > Getting Started > Supported Browsers at the following link: http://www.google.com/support/earthbuilder/bin/answer.py?answer=1396318

EyeQ Map – GeoEye Foundation IKONOS Imagery of Mopti Mali Malaria Study

• View service in Google Maps

EyeQ Map – MJ Harden Imagery of Greensburg KS Tornado Damage and Recovery

• View service in Google Maps

EyeQ Map – MJ Harden Imagery of Joplin MO Tornado Damage

• View service in Google Maps

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GeoEye Featured Imagery in Google Earth™

Since the launch of the GeoEye-1 satellite in 2008, Google has added gigabytes of high-resolution GeoEye-1 and IKONOS imagery to Google Earth and Google Maps, such as a historic scene from the 2009 Presidential Inauguration, views of the pyramids in Egypt, and images showing urban expansion in China.

To highlight other broadly-interesting GeoEye-1 images, Google has a 'GeoEye Featured Imagery' layer in Google Earth. Included within this layer are Featured Imagery placemarks, including a thumbnail of the image, a link to view the image in full-resolution, and a wealth of information about the scene, including resolution, collection date, and a narrative about the location.

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Viewing the GeoEye Featured Imagery Layer

If you do not have Google Earth installed:

• Click here to download the latest version of Google Earth.

If you already have Google Earth installed:

• Expand the "More" folder within the Google Earth Layers panel and check the 'GeoEye Featured Imagery' layer.
• Once the GeoEye Featured Imagery layer is checked, GeoEye Imagery labels will display on the base globe indicating where featured imagery is available.

        

• Double-click one of GeoEye's Featured Imagery Labels to view specific information about the image, display the full-resolution imagery on the base globe, or explore other GeoEye site links from within Google Earth.

        

• If you would like to save the GeoEye Featured Imagery KML Layer to a local file system, click here to Save the layer file.
• Once the GeoEye Featured Imagery KML Layer file is saved to your local file system, you are able to double-click the file to open the KML Layer in Google Earth Temporary Places panel.

The Google logo on the GeoEye-1 launch vehicle. Click to enlarge and view.