DigitalGlobe, a leading global provider of high-resolution earth imagery solutions, today announced that NTT GEOSPACE (NTT KUUKAN JYOUHOU CORPORATION) has launched a new online geospatial intelligence service powered by DigitalGlobe. The service, named GEOSPACE CDS, features on-demand access to imagery sourced from DigitalGlobe’s suite of content services, including DigitalGlobe Global Basemap and DigitalGlobe FirstLook.
“On-demand access to the DigitalGlobe service suite allows us to offer our end-users a significantly higher level of content and service quality,” said Mr. Takashi Inose, CEO of NTT GEOSPACE Corporation. “Many of our customers require maximum accuracy and resolution, but most importantly the imagery must be current, and it must be delivered as quickly as possible. DigitalGlobe’s capabilities are unmatched in these areas, enabling us to provide our users more up-to-date imagery, faster.”
Using the web-based GEOSPACE CDS interface, users quickly find and begin using the images they need from the complete DigitalGlobe imagery archive of the region, which is the largest and most frequently refreshed library available today. The archive includes more than 80 million photo tiles, covering the majority of the Japanese landmass.
New images of the region are being consistently captured by DigitalGlobe satellites and added to the library, so users can be confident they are finding and accessing the most up-to-date imagery available.
“NTT GEOSPACE has created a comprehensive solution addressing the full spectrum of users’ imagery needs,” said Takayuki Odawara, head of DigitalGlobe’s North Asia commercial operations. “From land resource management, to communications network planning, to emergency planning and response, GEOSPACE CDS powered by DigitalGlobe gives users the content they need to quickly make the best decisions and take the most effective action.”
NTT GEOSPACE, a recently launched affiliate company of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone, operates in partnership with Hitachi Solutions in the region. The two companies recently signed an agreement establishing NTT GEOSPACE as an authorized provider of DigitalGlobe imagery.
“Hitachi Solutions is honored to develop this best-in-class service with DigitalGlobe and provide it to NTT GEOSPACE. We believe this is the beginning of continued mutual development among our three companies, working jointly to create innovative Location Intelligence services for customers,” said Masakazu Kuji, executive officer of Hitachi Solutions.
“The NTT partnership with Hitachi Solutions ultimately expands and strengthens our own long and successful reseller relationship with Hitachi,” added Odawara. “We look forward to many years of success in combining our efforts and capabilities. Together we can deliver higher value to our customers and end-users throughout the region.”