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3Di Technologies Inc.

28969 Information Lane
Easton, MD 21601
410-770-6000
www.3dicorp.com
With more than 100 professionals and worldwide production centers, 3Di’s Mapping and Remote Sensing units work together to provide specialized geographic data from a single source.

3DNature LLC

5740 Olde Wadsworth Blvd., Suite C
Arvada, CO 80002
303-659-4028
www.3Dnature.com
3D Nature develops and supports World Construction Set and Visual Nature Studio, photorealistic terrain modeling, visualization, rendering and animation software.

Able Software Corp.

5 Appletree Lane
Lexington, MA 02420-2406
781-862-2804
www.ablesw.com
Able Software is a leading software developer for raster-to-vector conversion, 3-D image processing and rendering applications.

Active Knowledge

Kirchenstr 88 D-81675
Munich, Germany
49-89-458-6773-0
www.active-knowledge.de
Active Knowledge develops Rasdaman, a Web-based database server for raster data.

ADAM Systems Group

Advanced Software Resources Inc.
70 Bonaventura Drive
San Jose, CA 95134
408-526-0500 ext. 226
www.adamsystems.com
The ADAM Systems Group of Advanced Software Resources Inc. provides customized hardware/software solutions to receive, process, archive, manage and distribute complex digital imagery, voice and text. In 2003, the company unveiled its GeoProcessor, a standalone Solaris-based application for satellite and aerial imagery data processing.

Advanced LiDAR Technology Inc.

10645 Richmond Ave., Suite 170
Houston, TX 77042
713-278-8000
www.advLiDAR.com
Advanced LiDAR Technology provides airborne laser mapping services. The company’s ATLAS-SL airborne LiDAR mapping system is a low-altitude, high-resolution system with an absolute elevation accuracy of 15 centimeters. The system can collect more than 7 million data points per square mile.

Aerial Data Service Inc. (ADS)

8301 E. 51st St., Suite 100
Tulsa, OK 74145
918-622-4144 or 800-888-9163 (toll free)
www.aerialdata.com
ADS is a full-service aerial photography and photogrammetric mapping company. ADS specializes in collecting geospatial data and converting the information into precise digital maps and orthophotos.

AeroMap U.S.

2014 Merrill Field Drive
Anchorage, AK 99501-4116
907-272-4495
www.aeromap.com
AeroMap offers aerial photography with airborne GPS and Applanix Inertial Measurement Unit positioning; remote sensing data acquisition; satellite and airborne sensor image processing; digital orthophotos and topographic mapping; LiDAR development; GIS services, including analysis and data population; geodetic surveying; historical film reproduction; and custom software development.

Airborne 1

300 N. Sepulveda Blvd., Suite 1060
El Segundo, CA 90245
310-414-7400
www.airborne1.com
Airborne 1 is a leading laser mapping service provider. The company is the offspring of a consulting engagement with the Center for Technological Innovation, a joint venture between the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and IC2, a leading U.S. business incubator and technology transfer program.

Airborne Data Systems Inc.

25338 290th St.
Wabasso, MN 56258
507-984-5419
www.airbornedatasystems.com
Since 1992 Airborne Data Systems has been manufacturing Spectra-View, an airborne multispectral digital imaging system that integrates differential GPS and an inertial measurement unit to provide georeferenced digital images in a spectral range from visual to thermal infrared.

AirPhotoUSA

7122 N. 27th Ave., Suite 500
Phoenix, AZ 85051
602-864-3417 or 866-278-2378 (toll free)
www.airphotousa.com
AirPhotoUSA provides innovation and technology to bring value-priced, prepackaged and custom aerial information solutions to GIS software. AirPhotoUSA's award-winning interface, PhotoMapper, allows users to manipulate thousands of square miles of high-resolution imagery (many gigabytes of aerial information) in real time on low-end computer systems.

Alcatel

54, rue La Boétie
75008 Paris
France
www.alcatel.com/space
Alcatel Space, a wholly owned subsidiary of Alcatel, is the world's third largest satellite manufacturer and the largest in Europe. Deploying extensive dual expertise in civil and military applications, Alcatel Space develops satellite solutions for telecommunications, navigation, radar and optical observation, meteorology and science.

Analytical Graphics Inc. (AGI)

40 General Warren Blvd.
Malvern, PA 19355
610-578-1000 or 800-220-4785 (toll free)
www.stk.com
AGI offers analysis and visualization software to 28,000 aerospace, defense and intelligence professionals through the Satellite Tool Kit (STK) software suite.

Apic SA

113, avenue Aristide Briand
94117 Arcueil Cedex
France
33 (0) 1 49 08 83 00
www.apic.fr
Apic is a leading European supplier of GIS and software products for exploiting geospatial information. Working with business partners that have specific industry expertise, Apic provides custom solutions to increase efficiency and deliver business benefits.

Applanix

85 Leek Cresent
Richmond Hill, ON L4B 3B3
Canada
905-709-4600
www.applanix.com
Applanix, a wholly owned subsidiary of Trimble Navigation, develops, manufactures, sells and supports precision products that accurately measure the position and orientation of vehicles in dynamic environments. Applanix Position and Orientation Systems (POSs) are used in a variety of applications, including road profiling, GIS data acquisition, aerial survey and mapping, railroad track maintenance and seafloor mapping.

Applied Analysis Inc. (AAI)

630 Boston Road, Suite 201
Billerica, MA 01821-3733
978-663-6828
www.discover-aai.com
Since 1984, AAI has helped expand the boundaries of remote sensing by creating advanced automated data analysis tools for practical applications.

Applied Geo Technologies Inc. (AGT)

390 Industrial Road
Choctaw, MS 39350
407-273-4114
www.choctawgeo.com
AGT is an enterprise of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians focused on “on-shore” data content processing, conversion, attribution and high-volume image processing.

Arianespace

Boulevard de l'Europe, 91006 Evry
France
+33 (0) 1 60 87 60 13
www.arianespace.com
Arianespace is a leading commercial launch services provider, holding more than 50 percent of the world market for satellites to geostationary transfer orbit. Created as the first commercial space transportation company in 1980, Arianespace has signed contracts for more than 250 satellite payloads, including many Earth imaging satellites.

Atlantis Scientific Inc. (ASI)

20 Colonnade Road, Suite 110
Nepean, ON K2E 7M6
Canada
613-727-1087 or 800-265-3894
www.atlantis-scientific.com
ASI offers radar software products, hyperspectral data processing and related Earth observation services.

Avineon Inc.

4825 Mark Center Drive, Suite 700
Alexandria, VA 22311-1846
703-671-1900
www.avineon.com
Avineon's photogrammetric services include ground control survey, fully analytical and digital aerial triangulation, stereo compilation, digital terrain modeling, digital elevation modeling, planimetric mapping and digital orthophoto production.

BAE SYSTEMS ADR

9285 Commerce Highway
Pennsauken, NJ 08110
800-257-7960 (toll free)
www.adr.na.baesystems.com
BAE SYSTEMS ADR has created solution-driven products for its clients in the fields of photogrammetric mapping, GIS development, land-base compilation, digital orthophotography and data conversion.

Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp.

1600 Commerce St.
Boulder, CO 80301
303-939-6100
www.ball.com/aerospace
Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. provides aerospace and other high-technology products and services to governmental and commercial customers. It is a subsidiary of Ball Corp.

Blue Marble Geographics

345 Water St.
Gardiner, ME 04345
207-582-6747
www.bluemarblegeo.com
Image data sources, including scanned paper maps, aerial photos and satellite imagery, become powerful when reprojected as image maps for use as a background or base map upon which other spatial data are overlaid. Blue Marble’s Geographic Transformer allows users to establish an "image-to-world" relationship between image and map coordinates, and reproject an image into a georeferenced image map.

Boeing

100 North Riverside
Chicago, IL 60606
312-544-2000
www.boeing.com
The Boeing Company is one of the world's leading aerospace companies, with its heritage mirroring the history of flight. The company is the largest manufacturer of satellites, commercial jetliners and military aircraft. Boeing is also a global market leader in missile defense, human space flight and launch services. Many of the company’s remote sensing and related geospatial products and services are provided by Boeing Autometric, a unit of Boeing’s Integrated Defense Systems business.

Boeing Autometric

7700 Boston Blvd.
Springfield, VA 22153
703-923-4000
www.autometric.com
Boeing Autometric's Imagery Applications Division develops and delivers a variety of integrated solutions for imagery and geospatial systems. The company offers visualization and analysis software; spatial data production capabilities; and data retrieval, cataloging and dissemination services.

Clark Labs

Clark University
950 Main St.
Worcester, MA 01610-1477
508-793-7526
www.clarklabs.org
Clark Labs offers an extensive set of GIS and image processing tools in a single, integrated package: IDRISI. The latest version of IDRISI is known as IDRISI Kilimanjaro, a 32-bit release designed for Windows NT.

CompassCom Inc.

6770 S. Dawson Circle, Unit 1A
Centennial, CO 80112
303-680-3221
www.compasscom.com
CompassCom supplies aerial and satellite imagery for homeland security use. Working with an extensive lineup of imagery suppliers, the company helps users decide the resolution, accuracy and color depth necessary for numerous applications.

ComputaMaps

Private Bag X20
Constantia 7848
South Africa
+27-21-794 0799
www.computamaps.com
ComputaMaps manufactures high-resolution 3-D digital map databases, primarily for use in wireless network planning, and terrain visualization for flight safety and weather forecasting applications.

Core Software Technology

133 Altadena Drive
Fourth Floor, Suite 420
Pasadena, CA 91107
626-796-9155
www.coresw.com
Core Software Technology produces TerraSoar, a spatial data access management software product, and ImageNet.com, a one-stop, online "shop" for geospatial information. The ImageNet service, launched in April 1993, was the first commercial source of satellite Earth imagery and map information on the Web.

DAT/EM Systems International

8240 Sandlewood Place, Suite 101
Anchorage, AK 99507-3122
907-522-3681 or 800-770-3681 (toll free)
www.datem.com
DAT/EM Systems International produces precision mapping systems that provide the ability to view aerial or satellite imagery in true 3-D stereo connected directly to GIS software.

Definiens Imaging

Trappentreustrasse 1
80339 Munich
Germany
49-89-2311800
www.definiens-imaging.com
Definiens’ eCognition products are designed to make image classification more intelligent, more accurate and more efficient. The company’s award-winning software offers a unique approach to image classification: object-oriented image analysis.

DeLorme

Two DeLorme Drive
PO Box 298
Yarmouth, ME 04096
207-846-7025 or 800-561-5105 (toll free)
www.delorme.com
DeLorme provides mapping software, hardware and a series of atlas and gazetteer maps for all 50 U.S. states. In addition, in 2003 the company announced a digital aerial imagery platform called TopoBird.

DigitalGlobe

1900 Pike Road
Longmont, CO 80501-6700
303-682-3800 or 800-655-7929 (toll free)
www.digitalglobe.com
DigitalGlobe provides a wide variety of imagery and derivative information products from its QuickBird high-resolution satellite, including the company’s 61-centimeter panchromatic and 2.4-meter multispectral imagery.

EarthData International

45 West Watkins Mill Road
Gaithersburg, MD 20878
301-948-8550
www.earthdata.com
EarthData uses conventional, advanced and emerging technologies to provide clients worldwide with a full range of high-quality aerial data acquisition, photogrammetric and GIS services and products for domestic and international programs.

Earth Resource Mapping

13400 Sabre Springs Parkway, Suite 150
San Diego, CA 92128
858-391-5638
www.ermapper.com
Earth Resource Mapping is a leading desktop image processing software developer. The company’s ER Mapper image processing package features orthorectification, automatic mosaicing and color balancing, Enhanced Compressed Wavelet (ECW) compression technology and more.

Earth Satellite Corp. (EarthSat)

6011 Executive Blvd., Suite 400
Rockville, MD 20852
301-231-0660
www.earthsat.com
EarthSat, a subsidiary of www.mda.ca MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates, is an international professional services firm that specializes in the development and application of remote sensing and GIS. The company’s projects focus on the exploration, sustainable development and management of Earth's resources and environmental monitoring. EarthSat has undertaken some of the largest satellite image processing tasks in the history of the industry, processing more than 25,000 satellite images during the past four years.

Earth Search Sciences Inc.

1729 Montana Hwy. 35
Kalispell, MT 59901
406-751-5200
www.earthsearch.com
Earth Search Sciences is a leading collector of airborne hyperspectral data. The company operates the Probe-1 hyperspectral airborne instrument from a Turbo Commander aircraft.

East View Cartographic

3020 Harbor Lane N.
Minneapolis, MN 55447
763-550-0965
www.cartographic.com
East View Cartographic is a major producer and distributor of international map and geospatial datasets at large scales for remote regions of the world, including high-resolution satellite imagery.

eMapSite.com Ltd.

MASDAR House
No. 1 Reading Road, Eversley
Hants RG27 0RP United Kingdom
+44 (0) 118 973 6883
www.emapsite.com
eMapSite is the United Kingdom’s first seamless online digital mapping service. eMapSite allows users to browse, access, view, print, download or link via URL to digital maps online.

Emerge

800 Federal St., Second Floor
Andover, MA 01810
978-557-7000
www.emergeweb.com
Emerge provides affordable high-resolution direct digital orthorectified mosaic imagery products in either natural color or color infrared for use in land management, remote sensing, mapping and GIS applications.

ESRI

380 New York St.
Redlands, CA 92373-8100
909-793-2853
www.esri.com
For more than 30 years, ESRI has been the leading developer of GIS and related software, with more than 300,000 clients worldwide. ESRI software is used in all 200 of the largest cities in the United States and in more than 60 percent of counties and municipalities nationwide. The company also hosts and maintains The Geography Network, a global network of geographic information users and providers.

Euromap

Satellitendaten- Vertriebsgesellschaft mbH
Kalkhorstweg 53
D-17235 Neustrelitz
Germany
+49 3981 4883 88
www.euromap.de
Euromap is the first commercial company in Europe to successfully receive, archive and market satellite Earth observation data. The company was founded in 1996 as a subsidiary of GAF AG to provide data that cover Europe from the fleet of Indian Remote Sensing (IRS) satellites.

European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company (EADS)

37, boulevard de Montmorency
75781 Paris, Cedex 16
France
+33 1 42 24 24 24
www.eads.com
EADS is the largest aerospace company in Europe and the second largest worldwide. The company is active in the fields of civil and military aircraft, space, defence systems and services. The company came into being on 10 July 2000, emerging from the link-up of the German DaimlerChrysler Aerospace AG, the French Aerospatiale Matra and CASA of Spain.

Evans & Sutherland

600 Komas Drive
Salt Lake City, UT 84108
801-588-1000
www.es.com
Evans & Sutherland produces professional hardware and software to create highly realistic visual images for simulation, training, engineering and other applications throughout the world. The company’s visual systems are used in military and commercial systems, as well as planetariums and interactive theaters.

GCS Research

PO Box 9457
Missoula, MT 59807
406-721-6744
www.gcs-research.com
GCS Research specializes in geospatial information technology. Using industry-leading GIS, compression and image processing platforms, GCS Research constructs customized Geographic Communication Systems that connect people with spatial information through the Internet.

Geographic Resource Solutions (GRS)

1125 16th St., Suite 213
Arcata, CA 95521
707-822-8005
www.grsgis.com
GRS offers total GIS solutions, including GIS consulting, data processing, image processing and classification, satellite data distribution, application development and system sales. The company has extensive experience designing and developing superior solutions for a wide range of applications, users and organizations.

GlobeXplorer

3021 Citrus Circle, Suite 150
Walnut Creek, CA 94598
925-280-8765 or 800-417-7808 (toll free)
www.globexplorer.com
GlobeXplorer provides instant access to hundreds of terabytes of Earth imagery from leading providers through dynamic Web applications, Web services, GIS portals and Internet-aware devices.

Golden Software Inc.

809 14th St.
Golden, CO 80401-1866
303-279-1021
www.goldensoftware.com
Golden Software has been producing scientific graphics software for scientists and engineers since 1983. The company’s products include Surfer, a full-function 3-D surface modeling package, and Didger, which precisely transforms points, lines or areas from paper maps, graphs, aerial photos, scanned raster images, imported vector files or GeoTiff images to a versatile digital format for use with other software.

Harris Corp.

1025 West NASA Blvd.
Melbourne, FL 32919
321-727-9100
www.harris.com
Harris is an international communications equipment company focused on providing product, system and service solutions for commercial and government customers. The company’s Government Communications Systems Division specializes in state-of-the art image processing and dissemination systems and technology development.

Hewlett-Packard Company (HP)

3000 Hanover St.
Palo Alto, CA 94304-1185
650-857-1501
www.hp.com
HP is a leading global provider of products, technologies, solutions and services to the geospatial community. The company’s offerings span IT infrastructure, personal computing and access devices, global services, and imaging and printing.

Hitachi Software Global Technology (HSGT)

10355 Westmoor Drive, Suite 250
Westminster, CO 80021
303-466-9255
www.hsgt.com
HSGT is a leading software and data provider whose GIS solutions combine imagery and vector data products, award-winning automatic vectorization software and Open GIS Consortium standards.

HJW GeoSpatial Inc.

8407 Edgewater Drive
Oakland, CA 94621-1403
510-638-6122 or 800-383-2991 (toll free)
www.HJW.com
HJW offers an integrated suite of professional mapping and GIS services. The company has been providing geospatial solutions for municipalities, federal agencies and private engineering firms for more than 50 years.

Honeywell

101 Columbia Road
Morristown, NJ 07962
973-455-2000
www.honeywellaerospace.com
Honeywell is a leading global provider of integrated avionics, engines, systems and service solutions for aircraft manufacturers, airlines, business and general aviation, military, space and airport operations.

Horizons Inc.

3600 Jet Drive
Rapid City, SD 57709-3134
605-343-0280
www.horizonsinc.com
Horizons is a leader in photogrammetry and remote sensing. Operations use the latest in navigation systems, photogrammetric control and computer-aided mapping.

ImageLinks

4450 West Eau Gallie Blvd., Suite 164
Melbourne, FL 32934
321-253-0011
www.imagelinks.com
ImageLinks is a multifaceted geosolutions technology company that offers many types of geospatial data and image processing services and related software. ImageLinks products and services range from creating custom image-based data products such as TrueTerrain for fight simulations to RasterWare Appliances for storing, processing and delivering raster-based data. ImageLinks also offers professional services for custom development, installation and support.

ImageSat International N.V.

2 Kaufman St.
Tel Aviv 61500
Israel
+972-3-796-0600
www.imagesatintl.com
ImageSat International N.V. provides Earth imagery from its EROS A high-resolution satellite, principally for national security, intelligence and homeland defense applications worldwide. The company also offers imagery to customers for a wide range of dual-purpose applications, including mapping, infrastructure planning, resource management, agricultural monitoring, environmental monitoring, and training and simulations.

Independent Mapping Consultants

8037 Corporate Center Dr. Suite 300
Charlotte, NC 28226
Tel: (704) 540-0087
http://www.imcmapping.com
paul@imcmapping.com
Independent Mapping Consultants offers aerial mapping solutions for private and public sector clients. We utilize the latest in technology including digital photogrammetry, ABGPS and Lidar. IMC serves the Southeastern U.S., including North and South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, Georgia and Florida.

Integral GIS

1912 N.W. Dock Place
Seattle, WA 98107
206-782-7600
www.integralgis.com
Integral GIS provides powerful GIS and visualization tools. The company’s understanding of the latest in spatial technologies, including GPS, LiDAR, aerial photography and satellite imagery and how they can interface, helps it develop fully integrated spatial applications and solutions in a wide variety of planning, decision, implementation and management areas.

Intelsat

3400 International Drive, N.W.
Washington DC 20008
202-944-6800
www.intelsat.com
Intelsat develops a broad range of capabilities, covering every facet of the satellite lifecycle—from defining specifications and procurement needs, to launch and in-orbit support, to complete end-to-end operations and performance monitoring.

Intergraph Mapping and Geospatial Solutions

170 Graphics Drive
Madison, AL 35758
256-730-7191 or 800-791-3357 (toll free)
www.intergraph.com/gis
Intergraph Mapping and Geospatial Solutions is a leading geospatial solutions provider for the following markets: local, state and federal government; transportation; utilities; communications; location-based services; photogrammetry; remote sensing; cartography; and military and intelligence. Z/I Imaging Corp., an Intergraph company, is one of the world’s largest companies dedicated to developing and supporting Earth Imaging tools.

Intermap Technologies Inc.

400 Inverness Parkway, Suite 330
Englewood, CO 80112-5847
Phone: 303-708-0955
www.intermaptechnologies.com
Intermap Technologies provides low-cost, high-accuracy terrain and image data through its elevation data store, GLOBAL Terrain, as well as offers custom mapping services.

International Systemap Corp. (ISM)

1188 W. Georgia St., Suite 1800
Vancouver, BC V6E 4A2
Canada
604-684-3750
www.askism.com
ISM produces the Digital Image Analytical Photogrammetry system, which provides a comprehensive digital photogrammetric package based on analytical phtogrammetry and soft-copy technology, emulating the functions of an analytical plotter.

ISTAR SA

2600 Route des Crêtes, BP 282 06 905 Sophia Antipolis
France
+33 (0) 497 23 23 23
www.istar.fr
ISTAR’s unique data processing technology is designed to optimize digital aerial images acquired using the latest airborne scanners and spatial data captured using high-resolution satellite sensors. In 1999, ISTAR became a subsidiary of the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company, the largest aerospace company in Europe. ISTAR’s U.S. subsidiary, ISTAR Americas, was acquired by EarthData in 2003.

James W. Sewall Company

136 Center St., PO Box 433
Old Town, ME 04468-0433
207-827-4456
www.jws.com
James W. Sewall Company provides comprehensive services in geographic information management for municipal government, utilities and the natural resource industry. The company specializes in aerial photography, surveying, photogrammetry, cadastral mapping, software development, forestry and engineering.

Keigan Systems Inc.

633 Colborne St., Suite 250
London, ON N6B 2V3
Canada
519-433-0077
www.keigansystems.com
Keigan Systems has been creating powerful spatial analysis tools since 1987. The company’s products include MFworks, a standalone grid processing toolkit; GeoMedia Grid, a complete set of grid analysis tools embedded in GeoMedia 5 from Intergraph; and Keigan Grid, a full set of COM-compliant grid processing objects.

KLT Associates Inc.

100 Corporate Place
Peabody, MA 01960
978-536-9100
www.kltassoc.com
KLT Associates develops software and hardware specifically for photogrammetric data collection. ATLAS , the kernel for several products now available from KLT Associates, was designed specifically for high-volume map data collection and analysis.

Laser-Scan

Cavendish House
Cambridge Business Park
Cambridge CB4 0WZ
United Kingdom
+44 (0) 1223 420414
www.laser-scan.com
Laser-Scan offers a variety of GIS solutions, including Radius Topology, an advanced spatial processing environment that extends the Oracle9i database and improves the speed and consistency of spatial data handling. The development of Laser-Scan's solutions is driven by the company’s work with a wide variety of organizations, including national mapping and charting agencies (land, sea and air), to manage large datasets.

Leica Geosystems GIS and Mapping

2801 Buford Highway, N.E.
Atlanta, GA 30329-2137
404-248-9000 or 877-463-7327 (toll free)
www.gis.leica-geosystems.com
Leica Geosystems offers GIS and mapping solutions from LH Systems and ERDAS. Its aerial cameras, workstations, and imaging and photogrammetry software benefit professional engineers/photogrammetrists and novices alike.

Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company

12999 Deer Creek Canyon Road
Littleton, CO 80127-5146
303-977-3000
www.ast.lmco.com
Astronautics Operations is one of the operating elements of Lockheed Martin's Space Systems Company. Astronautics Operations designs, develops, tests and manufactures a variety of advanced technology systems for space and defense. Chief products include planetary spacecraft and other space systems, space launch systems and ground systems.

LizardTech Inc.

The National Building
Second Floor
1008 Western Ave.
Seattle, WA 98104
206-652-5211
www.lizardtech.com
LizardTech makes mission-critical satellite imagery and aerial photography "network-ready" for rapid distribution and access with efficient storage. The company’s MrSID wavelet-based imaging technology dramatically increases the value of geospatial data by making it more accessible and useful while maintaining a high level of quality and accuracy.

MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates (MDA)

13800 Commerce Parkway
Richmond, BC V6V 2J3
Canada
604-278-3411
www.mda.ca
MDA offers a growing range of geographic information products through several subsidiaries, including RADARSAT International, EarthSat and the Mapping Group. (MDA’s Mapping Group operates as MD Atlantic Technologies in the United States and as Triathlon Mapping elsewhere in the world.) MDA’s RADARSAT-2 program is at the forefront of commercial Earth observation. It’s a follow-on mission to RADARSAT-1, launched in 1995. When RADARSAT-2 is operational in space, it will be the world’s most advanced commercial high-resolution radar satellite. MDA also has developed numerous Earth Observation Centres around the world to collect, record, catalogue, process and store image data of Earth's surface, and convert the data into visual information.

Merrick and Company

2450 S. Peoria St.
Aurora, CO 80014
303-751-0741
www.merrick.com/gis
Merrick provides client-focused land information services, including image acquisition, GPS surveying, digital photogrammetry, digital orthophotography, LiDAR and GIS application programming.

MicroImages Inc.

11th Floor, Sharp Tower
206 S. 13th St.
Lincoln NE 68508-2010
402-477-9554
www.microimages.com
Since 1986, MicroImages has been providing advanced software for GIS, desktop cartography, image processing and geospatial analysis through its TNT product line. TNT products are available for Windows, LINUX/Unix and Macintosh. The company also offers TNTlite, a free version of the professional TNT products.

MultiGen-Paradigm Inc.

2044 Concourse Drive
San Jose, CA 95131
408-965-8500
www.multigen.com
MultiGen-Paradigm provides commercial-off-the-shelf, real-time 3-D simulation software tools and solutions to interactively create and run visual and sensor simulation, simulation-based training, urban simulation and 3-D GIS visualization applications.

Northrop Grumman Corp.

1840 Century Park East
Los Angeles, CA 90067-2199
310-553-6262
www.northropgrumman.com
Northrop Grumman is a $25 billion global defense enterprise that provides technologically advanced, innovative products, services and solutions in defense electronics, systems integration, information technology, advanced aircraft, shipbuilding and space technology.

North West Group

5438 11 St. N.E., Suite 212
Calgary, AB T2E 7E9
Canada
403-295-0694
www.nwgeo.com
North West Group is comprised of several employee-owned companies specializing in aerial photography and related services in Canada and the international market. North West Geomatics Ltd. is responsible for aerial photography acquisition, and North West Reprographics Ltd. provides film processing and aerial photography reproduction for North West and others.

NVision Solutions Inc.

Suite 146J, Building 1103
NASA Stennis Space Center
Bay Saint Louis, MS 39529
228-688-3951
www.nvs-inc.com
NVision creates unique, innovative geospatial solutions for small and large organizations. The company provides a full range of GIS, remote sensing, and database services and application development.

Orbisat da Amazônia S.A.

Remote Sensing Division
Av. José de Souza Campos, 1815
Executive Center - Cj 308/310
13025-320 - Campinas, SP, Brasil
+ 55 -19-3295 8844
www.orbisat.com.br
Orbisat’s Remote Sensing Division was founded in 2002 to supply interferometric synthetic aperture radar (InSAR) system data and solutions to meet the needs of private sector and government agencies worldwide. The company’s airborne SAR/InSAR system (OrbiSAR -1) was designed and manufactured by Orbisat.

Opto-Knowledge Systems Inc. (OKSI)

4030 Spencer St., Suite 108
Torrance, CA 90503
310-371-4445
www.oksi.com
OKSI offers a variety of sensors and remote sensing services, including flight data collection; hyperspectral, multispectral and thermal infrared data capture; and data processing.

Orbital Sciences Corp.

21839 Atlantic Blvd.
Dulles, VA 20166
703-406-5000
www.orbital.com
Orbital develops and manufactures small space systems for commercial, civil government and military customers. The company’s primary products are satellites and launch vehicles, including low-orbit, geostationary and planetary spacecraft for communications, remote sensing and scientific missions; ground- and air-launched rockets that deliver satellites into orbit; and missile defense boosters that are used as interceptor and target vehicles.

Orbital Imaging Corp. (ORBIMAGE)

21700 Atlantic Blvd.
Dulles, VA 20166
703-480-7500
www.orbimage.com
ORBIMAGE is a leading global provider of Earth imagery products and services, with a planned constellation of four digital remote sensing satellites complemented by data from other optical, aerial and radar sources.

PCI Geomatics

50 W. Wilmot St.
Richmond Hill, ON L4B 1M5
Canada
905-764-0614
www.pcigeomatics.com
PCI Geomatics develops geomatics software (geographic modeling, measurement, analysis and output) and solutions based on its remote sensing, digital photogrammetry, spatial analysis and cartographic editing programs.

Photon Research Associates Inc. (PRA)

5720 Oberlin Drive
San Diego, CA 92121
858-455-9741
www.photon.com
PRA provides products and services to support U.S. national defense missions. Business areas span several applications of remote sensing technologies, products and services, including missile defense, surveillance/reconnaissance, spectral analysis and stealth system design.

Photo Science Inc.

2670 Wilhite Drive
Lexington, KY 40503
859-277-8700
www.photoscience.com
Founded in 1974, Photo Science is a full-service photogrammetric, computer mapping and GIS services company. Photo Science’s fleet of five aircraft are equipped with precision cameras and state-of-the-art navigation equipment, including computer-based flight-management systems and airborne GPS. In addition, the company is a satellite imagery distributor for Space Imaging Inc.

Pictometry International Corp.

100 Town Centre Drive, Suite A
Rochester, NY 14623-4260
585-486-0093 or 888-771-9714 (toll free)
www.pictometry.com
Pictometry combines aerial imaging with a state-of-the-art software system. While Pictometry libraries contain orthogonal (straight down) images like ordinary aerial imaging, more than 80 percent of Pictometry's images are oblique (taken from angles) so features can be easily seen in their entirety. Using Pictometry's Electronic Field Study software, a user can view features from at least three different directions. The images are in a full-color, high-resolution, digital format.

Pixoneer Geomatics Inc.

703-852-2162 or 866-PIXONEER
7777 Leesburg Pike, Suite 7LS
Falls Church, VA 22043
www.pixoneer.com
Pixoneer Geomatics is a premier provider of image processing software and geospatial services for educational and research institutions, government and military agencies, and commercial entities. PG-STEAMER (formerly known as Earth), the company’s image processing software, offers several robust tools integrated into one geospatial data analysis package.

Pixxures Inc.

15000 W. 64th Ave.
Arvada, CO 80007
303-302-8600
www.pixxures.com
Pixxures is an established online mapping industry leader in the storage, management and delivery of imagery and digital mapping information for critical decision support.

RADARSAT International

13800 Commerce Parkway
MacDonald Dettwiler Building
Richmond, BC V6V 2J3
Canada
604-231-5000
www.rsi.ca
RADARSAT, a subsidiary of MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates, offers a broad range of Earth observation satellite-derived products and information for geographic and environmental applications. Products include geocorrected imagery, digital elevation models, and GIS data and services.

Raytheon Company

141 Spring St.
Lexington, MA 02421
781-862-6600
www.raytheon.com
Raytheon is a global technology leader that provides products and services in the areas of commercial and defense electronics, and business and special mission aircraft. The company’s Santa Barbara Remote Sensing operation in Goleta, Calif., is a leading manufacturer of remote sensing instruments for use in atmospheric, planetary and land research science.

Research Systems Inc. (RSI)

4990 Pearl East Circle
Boulder, CO 80301
303-786-9900
www.rsinc.com
RSI provides complete high-performance data visualization and analysis solutions, including software, consulting and training that turn complex data into useful information.

RMSI Private Limited

A-7 Sector 16
NOIDA 201 301
India
Tel +91 120 251 1102, 251 2101
www.rmsi.com
RMSI provides GIS and spatial solutions to clients worldwide. RMSI's service offerings range from database development and update to geocoding, image processing, remote sensing, application development and consulting.

Sanborn Map Company Inc.

1935 Jamboree Drive, Suite 100
Colorado Springs, CO 80920
719-593-0093
www.sanbornmap.com
With a rich tradition of mapping dating back to 1866, Sanborn offers end-to-end spatial solutions to GIS and photogrammetric mapping customers. The company’s combined product and service offerings include consulting; off-the-shelf products; analog, digital and LiDAR data acquisition; photogrammetric mapping; and data conversion. Sanborn offers solutions for numerous government and commercial industries.

Sidwell Company

675 Sidwell Court
St. Charles, IL 60174
630-549-1000
www.sidwellco.com
Sidwell Company specializes in GIS development and implementation, including database development, aerial photography, digital orthophotography, data integration and Web hosting for GIS.

Silicon Graphics Inc. (SGI)

1600 Amphitheatre Pkwy.
Mountain View, CA 94043
650-960-1980
www.sgi.com
SGI customers use the SGI Origin line of servers, SGI workstations, SGI storage, SGI CXFS and SAN architecture solutions to process, store and visualize numerous types of geospatial data sets. In the research community, high-performance graphics, including SGI Reality Center technology, is employed in the study of such phenomena as climate change, ozone depletion, environmental impacts in urban planning, groundwater pollution, and the improvement of severe event and climate forecasting.

Solid Terrain Modeling Inc. (STM)

340 Fillmore St.
Fillmore, CA 93015
805-524-7307 or 800-548-7621 (toll free)
www.stm-usa.com
STM provides an automated service that creates 3-D physical models from digital elevation and image data sources.

Space Imaging

12076 Grant St.
Thornton, CO 80241
303-254-2000 or 800-232-9037 (toll free)
www.spaceimaging.com
Space Imaging is a leading supplier of high-resolution Earth imagery, creating information-rich products and decision-support tools with imagery captured from its own IKONOS satellite. The company also offers imagery from other satellite and aerial sources.

Spacemetric AB

Tingsvägen 19
19161 Sollentuna
Sweden
+46-8-594 770 80
www.spacemetric.com
Spacemetric produces SIP/Ortho, an integrated satellite orthoimage production suite. SIP/Ortho generates ortho-corrected image products from a wide range of commercial satellite imagery data sets, including IKONOS, Eros, QuickBird and Spot 5.

Space Systems/Loral

3825 Fabian Way
Palo Alto, CA 9 4303
650-852-4000
www.ssloral.com
Space Systems/Loral, a subsidiary of Loral Space and Communications, has become a premier producer of reliable communications and weather satellites. The company designs, builds and tests satellites, subsystems and payloads; provides orbital testing; procures insurance and launch services; and manages mission operations.

SPOT Image Corp.

14595 Avion Parkway, Suite 500
Chantilly, VA 20151
703-715-3100 or 800-ASK-SPOT (toll free)
www.spot.com
SPOT Image is a subsidiary of SPOT Image S.A., one of the world's leading commercial providers of Earth observation image data and related geospatial products. The company’s range of products include geocoded and orthocorrected images, digital elevation models and land-classification datasets.

Stewart Geotechnologies

7361 Armstrong Ave.
Irvine, CA 92614
949-784-4100 or 800-262-9040
www.stewartgeotech.com
Stewart Geotechnologies specializes in providing geospatial solutions, including geodata capture and analysis, GIS application development and consulting, image processing and analysis, LiDAR and Web publishing.

Surdex Corp.

520 Spirit of St. Louis Blvd.
Chesterfield, MO 63005
636-532-3427
www.surdex.com
Surdex serves federal, state, county, municipal and private agencies by providing aerial photography and LiDAR acquisition, ground and airborne GPS technology, fully analytical aerial triangulation, photogrammetric data compilation and digital orthophotography.

SenSyTech Inc. Imaging Group

PO Box 1869
Ann Arbor, MI 48106
734-769-5649
www.sensytech.com
SenSyTech produces electronic, communications, and high-technology products for defense and intelligence markets. The company’s Imaging Group provides airborne multispectral, thermal infrared, and hyperspectral scanners and digital cameras; remote sensor image processing, interpretation and analysis; and laser search and rescue systems.

Terra Remote Sensing Inc.

1962 Mills Road
Sidney, BC V8L 5Y3
Canada
250-656-0931
www.terraremote.com
Terra Remote Sensing offers digital airborne mapping, hydrographic charting, marine geophysics and GIS support services. The company capitalizes on its airborne digital imagery, scanning laser and data manipulation technologies.

TerraPoint

25216 Grogans Park Drive
The Woodlands, TX 77380
281-364-4080 or 877-999-7687 (toll free)
www.terrapoint.com
Using LiDAR technology, TerraPoint combines advanced research and patented optical technology to provide clients with an exceptional resource for digital Earth surface data. The company is the culmination of more than 15 years of research activities sponsored by NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center.

Tobin International

400 Pine St., Suite 1010
Abilene, TX 79601
915-677-6177
www.tobin.com
Tobin has created one of the largest mapping databases commercially available in the world. The company has expanded the offering with seamless satellite and aerial imagery as well as scanned maps. In addition, Tobin provides complete mapping services, including photogrammetric engineering, remote sensing and GIS conversion capabilities.

Towill Inc.

5099 Commercial Circle, Suite 100
Concord, CA 94520
925-682-6976
www.towill.com
Towill is a leader in land and hydrographic surveying, volumetric measurements and calculations, aerial photogrammetric mapping and GIS.

Triathlon Mapping

13800 Commerce Parkway
MacDonald Dettwiler Building
Richmond, BC V6V 2J3
Canada
604-233-5000
www.triathloninc.com
Triathlon offers a variety of data acquisition services, including LiDAR and radar; digital mapping and imaging services; and consulting services. The company is owned by MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates.

Trimble Navigation Ltd.

645 North Mary Ave.
Sunnyvale, CA 94086
408-481-8000 or 800-827-8000 (toll free)
www.trimble.com
Trimble is a leading innovator of GPS technology. In addition to providing advanced GPS components, Trimble augments GPS with other positioning technologies to offer a range of products.

VARGIS

208 Elden St., Suite 204
Herndon, VA 20170
703-834-0225
www.vargis.com
VARGIS manages the acquisition, quality assurance and delivery of digital orthophotography to government and commercial clients. The company also is one of the leading independent Earth imagery providers in the United States, and a top reseller for Space Imaging's ISTAR TrueOrtho products.

Vexcel Corp.

4909 Nautilus Court
Boulder, CO 80301
303-444-0094
www.vexcel.com
Vexcel’s capabilities are focused in remote sensing and related technical disciplines: radar signal processing, remote sensing ground systems, mapping and GIS services and systems, and photogrammetry.

Visual Intelligence Systems Inc.

1505 Hwy. 6 South, Suite 380
Houston, TX 77077
713-705-2123
www.visidata.com
Visual Intelligence Systems is a leading provider and developer of digital aerial orthophotography and proprietary aerial-based digital imaging hardware, software and processing technologies.

Visual Learning Systems Inc. (VLS)

PO Box 8226
Missoula, MT 59807
406-829-1384
www.featureanalyst.com
VLS provides software solutions and consulting services to the defense and intelligence, homeland security, environmental, educational, and local government GIS markets. The U.S. Department of Defense and NASA are providing ongoing funding to VLS to develop machine-learning applications in the field of GIS and image analysis.

Woolpert

PO Box 206
Englewood, OH 45322-02
513-836-6802
www.woolpert.com
Woolpert is a leading photogrammetric firm. The company offers aerial photography, digital orthophotos, LiDAR mapping and more.

Z/I Imaging Corp.

230 Business Park Blvd.
Madison, AL 35757
256-730-1590 or 888-538-0713 (toll free)
www.ziimaging.com
Z/I Imaging provides open Windows NT-based imaging solutions, including aerial cameras, workstations, analytic stereo plotters, photogrammetric scanners, and image management, processing and distribution software.

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