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EarthMap Solutions, Inc. is a Delaware corporation formed in late 2004 and headquartered in Longmont, Colo. EarthMap Solutions has developed the industry s strongest range of proprietary technology processes and products that are unrivaled for their calibration (for atmospherics), accuracy and consistency.

Two predecessor companies provided the genesis of EMS's proprietary technology and intellectual property. RESOURCE21, LLC, was a satellite and information company (formerly owned by Boeing, Farmland Industries, BAE Systems and ITD) that invested $100 million over eight years developing information systems. DigitalGlobe is a Longmont, Colo., company that owns and operates QuickBird, the world's highest resolution (61-cm) commercial imaging satellite. DigitalGlobe funded the development, automation and commercialization of products targeted to civil government, natural resources, and oil and gas markets.

In late 2004, former employees of DigitalGlobe made the decision to establish a natural resources company. That company became EarthMap Solutions, to which all operations, infrastructure and intellectual property were licensed.

Today, EMS holds intellectual property rights to the relevant information from its two predecessor companies and to all data processing capabilities from DigitalGlobe. Those assets combine with EMS's unique ability to create relevant time series and data sets, based on more than 10 years in the marketplace. EarthMap Solutions executive team knows the marketplace, knows the customers and understands the intricacies of bringing remote sensing applications to users in the environmental, agricultural and forestry markets - something no one else in the industry has yet mastered.

Our Products

EMS information products have been refined through commercial sales and use over the past three years and are now stable and accepted in the marketplace. Together, these products uniquely solve the industry’s historical limitations:

• Comprehensive imaging. Many customers seek information solutions that comprise repetitious review of land holdings spread over large production areas. For these valuable customers, partial coverage is unacceptable. EMS can meet their data needs, with all data available online for customers to preview and select.
• Whole-scene strategy. High-resolution imagery providers (DigitalGlobe and Space Imaging) currently take orders only for a contiguous polygon of data within a scene. Agricultural users, however, have many small polygons of data scattered throughout a whole scene but are priced out by whole-scene purchase requirements. EMS, knowing this customer base, has designed software to provide a whole scene of data at the minimum order price.
• Data processing. EMS's proprietary AgroWatch calibration and interpretation methods provide several levels of orthorectification that can be used directly by customers or incorporated into forecasting models or other value-added services. These proprietary methods allow statistical comparisons over time, even when using different data acquisition systems or under conditions that prove problematic to competitive systems, including low or very high amounts of vegetation.
• Delivery. EMS gives customers numerous options to obtain data, including direct delivery via FTP site, DVD or FireWire, or access to third-party data archives (i-cubed and AgFleet).
• Customer Service. EMS customer service manages the customer experience from the order process to the acceptance of products and customer feedback. The customer service group is an advocate for the customer, as EMS puts a very high premium on customer satisfaction and retention.