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Space Imaging Middle East
Company typeRegional Affiliate of GeoEye
Founded1997
HeadquartersDubai, United Arab Emirates
Key people
Mohammed El-Kadi, Managing Director
WebsiteSpaceImagingME.com

Space Imaging Middle East LLC (SIME) is a regional affiliate of DigitalGlobe, the largest commercial remote sensing company in the world.

Established in 1997, SIME started off by introducing high-resolution satellite imagery to the

Eastern Africa and Central Asia
.

SIME's products and services include

aerial imagery
.

The company's profile was raised during the 2003

Bagdhad
.

In 2003 SIME supplied 1-meter resolution imagery of Afghanistan to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), as part of a survey to monitor the production of illicit crops.[1]

Remote sensing technology

SIME offers imagery collected from various

UAE. The Company also has an aircraft permanently stationed in the region to collect aerial imagery.[2]

Partners and subsidiaries

SIME is the main investor of European Space Imaging in

Sanborn Incorporated to provide aerial imaging products and advanced modeling solutions. In the Far East, the Company has teamed up with Mappoint Asia to provide vehicle and asset tracking systems.[4]

Satellite coverage area

Having direct access to two receiving stations in Germany and UAE, SIME’s satellite reach extensively covers an area extending from the Arctic Circle in the north to the Persian Gulf region in the south and from the Indian Ocean in the east to the Atlantic Ocean in the west. SIME has a substantial satellite and aerial imagery archive, and owns all the images in its database which contain multiple covers of the region spanning a period of several years.

Applications

SIME offers applications to a variety of industries in both the government and commercial sectors. These include:

  • Aviation
  • Environment Protection
  • Mapping
  • Military & Intelligence
  • Oil & Gas
  • Security & Relief
  • Telecommunications
  • Urban Planning & Infrastructure Development

References

  1. ^ "Space Imaging Middle East - Support" (PDF).
  2. ^ "Space Imaging Middle East - Sensors".
  3. ^ "About European Space Imaging". Archived from the original on 2007-07-08. Retrieved 2007-02-28.
  4. ^ "Technology Partners". Archived from the original on 2004-11-03. Retrieved 2007-02-28.

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