Saturday, June 27, 2009

IKONOS Satellite Imaging Technology used to Monitor Demonstrations in Tehran, Iran

On June 18, 2009 GeoEye acquired a 1m IKONOS Satellite Image over Tehran Iran providing a better insight of the activities in the downtown area were pro democracy demonstrations continued in response to potential electoral fraud.

Houston, Texas (Vocus/PRWEB ) June 27, 2009 -- Satellite Imaging Corporation , an official value-added reseller (VAR) for GeoEye geospatial data products, received a 1m IKONOS Satellite Image from GeoEye providing an aerial overview of Tehran, Iran, the country’s capital and site of numerous recent election protests. The 1-meter resolution satellite image, which depicts notable landmarks such as Lalen Park and Vali Asr Square, was acquired by the IKONOS satellite sensor on June 18, 2009.

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Eye on Iran

Shortly following the conclusion of the 2009 Iranian presidential election, supporters of reformist Iranian presidential candidate Mir-Hossein Mousavi defiantly took their message to the streets and the Internet. Many Iranians are involved in ongoing mass protests claiming election fraud and other abuses and quickly summoned the attention of the international community.

The government of Iran, seemingly uninfluenced by a growing unrest, officially upheld the contested victory of hardline incumbent candidate Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. In order to quell the uprising, they began to use tactics that involved censorship – including a total media blackout – and violence. The protesters, whose groups had once found success in communicating their message through social networking sites such as Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube, turned silent as those resources were made inaccessible to them. Armed Basij – members of a force controlled directly by Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and the Iranian Revolutionary Guards – were sent to raid universities and disperse the masses that had gathered on the streets of Tehran.

While many aspects of the situation remain uncertain, there have been at least 28 confirmed and 150 unconfirmed deaths resulting from the election protests and subsequent government response.

The Role of Satellite Imaging and Remote Sensing

When situations such as media blackouts occur and photographs cannot be reliably obtained, satellite images can provide an aerial perspective that is unmatched by any alternate medium. High-resolution satellite imagery, such as that which is produced by the GeoEye-1 , IKONOS, and QuickBird satellite sensors, is capable of revealing crucial details that might otherwise remain inaccessible or unnoticed. This critical imagery also enables interested parties, such as foreign state departments, to maintain a clear and objective overview of the event as it unfolds.

About Satellite Imaging Corporation;

Since the early 2000s, Satellite Imaging Corporation has served as a leader in the fields of remote sensing, satellite imagery and Geographic Information Systems (GIS), providing our global client base with intelligent high resolution 2D and 3D satellite imagery products featuring unparalleled precision and quality. In today’s increasingly sensitive political climate, our state-of-the-art image capturing and processing capabilities for Security, Intelligence and other geospatial applications -- combined with unrivaled experience -- enable us to address the unique security needs of the 21st century.

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Satellite Imaging Corporation
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