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G E O W O R L D / N O V E M B E R 2 O O 9 6 Government Special Issue WorldView-2 Successfully Launched DigitalGlobe successfully launched and deployed WorldView-2, the company's latest high-resolution, remote-sensing satellite, on Oct. 8, 2009. The satel-lite launched on a Boeing Delta II 7920 rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The DigitalGlobe ground station received a downlink signal confirming that the satellite successfully sepa-rated from its launch vehicle and automatically initial-ized its onboard processors. WorldView-2 currently is undergoing a calibration and check-out period. Imagery products and services from WorldView-2 are expected to be commercially available in early 2010. The successful launch of WorldView-2 is an impor-tant milestone for the industry and DigitalGlobe, said Jill Smith, chairman and CEO, DigitalGlobe. Once commissioned, WorldView-2 will effectively double DigitalGlobe's collection capacity. WorldView-2 will collect multispectral imagery at 1.8-meter resolution and panchromatic imagery at 0.46 meters. The additional band capability supports improved levels of feature identification and extraction. The satellite was built by Ball Aerospace, and the sen-sor was provided by ITT Corp.'s Space Systems Division. GIS, Data Companies Work to Reduce Carbon Emissions The city and county of San Francisco are working with ESRI and NAVTEQ to implement a pilot program that reduces greenhouse gas emissions. The project is part of a commitment with the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI), which also includes CGI University, a forum to engage college students in global citizenship; CGI Asia; and MyCommitment.org, an online portal where visitors can make their own Commitment to Action. The project is a result of ESRI, NAVTEQ and San Francisco's participation in CGI, with a goal to reduce carbon emissions. By using ESRI's ArcLogistics soft-ware, San Francisco will optimize its fleet operations and reduce its carbon footprint. NAVTEQ's map data, which are essential for efficient route planning, are built into the ESRI routing solution. At the CGI 2009 Annual Meeting in New York City, ESRI President Jack Dangermond announced the company's commitment to the CGI endeavor and described San Francisco's pilot program. This commitment includes a grant of ESRI's ArcLogistics route-optimization software to local governments in large metropolitan areas. ESRI's ArcLogistics software is being used in San Francisco's GreenRoutes pilot program, noted Gavin Newsom, San Francisco's mayor. It will cre-ate more-efficient routes for the city's fleet vehicles, thereby helping decrease municipal fuel costs and greenhouse-gas emissions. Prior to this project, San Francisco's fleet didn't use route-calculation technology. Now San Francisco fleet managers can organize work assignments into routes based on actual street drive time and miles. The route-scheduling function will further reduce fleet carbon emissions by suggesting an optimized stop sequence. The pilot project also includes an emissions analy-sis. Fleet managers will identify candidate fleets to be used in the project, and analysts will determine each fleet's current carbon-emission level. Then they will deploy ESRI's routing technology and, after one opera-tional year, calculate the realized emission reductions. San Francisco will publish its findings so government fleet managers nationwide can better assess the value of fleet-routing software for emission reduction. ESRI and NAVTEQ made a 10-year commitment to supply San Francisco with ArcLogistics Desktop and Navigator software, and NAVTEQ map data. NEWS LINK B IL L H A R TE N S TE IN , TH E B O E IN G C O . DigitalGlobe's WorldView-2 satellite successfully launched and deployed on Oct. 8, 2009. Imagery is expected to be available in early 2010.