Agreement
between GlobeXplorer and ESRI gives MapShop users access to high-resolution
images of almost all major U.S. cities as well as many cities in
Europe. Users can also add vector layers to their images, resulting
in highly informative and attractive maps for their readers.ESRI, the world’s leading developer of geographic
information system (GIS) software, has added the first premium service
to MapShop from GlobeXplorer. GlobeXplorer partners with the leading
providers of aerial imagery worldwide to provide online access to
their imagery. The new GlobeXplorer Premium Imagery Service includes
high-resolution aerial imagery of major metropolitan areas in the
United States and Europe as well as 3,000 square kilometers in and
around Baghdad, Iraq. The addition of this detailed imagery can
dramatically enhance the maps created by users of MapShop.
MapShop media, Associated Press, Homeland Security, and other business
market subscribers have access to online mapmaking applications
that are useful for the editorial and business sides of an organization.
The service allows graphic artists to create sophisticated, data-rich
maps or download MapShop data to marry with local data sets in ArcView
to create unique maps. With the addition of the GlobeXplorer Premium
Imagery Service to MapShop, subscribers will have timely access
to satellite imagery from Digital Globe, GlobeXplorer’s own
Citipix imagery. This imagery includes satellite maps of Iraq and
extensive U.S. aerials from AirPhoto USA.
“The combination of the powerful tools in ESRI’s MapShop
with GlobeXplorer’s unique and comprehensive high-resolution
imagery gives the news media an unprecedented ability to create
the most powerful and informative maps possible,” says Robert
C. Shanks, GlobeXplorer president. “This agreement represents
a significant step forward in the long-standing partnership between
our companies.”
