Environmental applications for imagery range from habitat analysis and wetlands characterization to land management and change detection. Imagery from GeoEye satellite and aerial sources has a wide variety of environmental monitoring applications, including monitoring of agriculture and forestry resources, land use and ecosystems; land characterization; wetlands classification; and brownfield identification.

Hyperspectral image showing the potential for acid storm water runoff

GeoEye provides both government and private sector scientific and environmental organizations with satellite imagery useful for insurance risk evaluation, natural disaster assessment, global change studies, environmental impact studies, pollution monitoring and other applications.

OrbView-2 image useful for monitoring ocean conditions

OrbView-2 image facilitates location of sediment

Our OrbView-2 satellite, currently in service, provides multispectral imagery of the Earth valuable for several environmental monitoring applications. For example, OrbView-2's ability to measure phytoplankton and sediment concentration in oceans and inland lakes is useful for environmental applications such as coastal pollution monitoring and "red-tide" tracking.

The high-spatial resolution of the IKONOS satellite is useful in assessing the damage from natural disasters such as floods, forest fires, earthquakes and severe storms. This imagery may be useful in evaluating the environmental impact of industrial activities such as mining and also planning remediation efforts.

Benefits include:
 Environmental agencies will be able to monitor subtle changes in the health of land and ocean regions using OrbView-2's eight imaging channels
 The high-revisit frequency of IKONOS helps emergency response agencies assess a disaster site and plan rescue activities