Boeing and Earth Search Form Strategic Alliance; Initial Project Will Yield First-of-its-Kind Data From Yellowstone.MCCALL, Idaho--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 16, 1999-- Initial Project Combines Earth Search Imaging Technology With Boeing Experimental Aircraft Earth Search Sciences, Inc. (OTC OTC See: Over-the-counter. OTC See over-the-counter market (OTC). BB:EDIS EDIS Emergency Department Information System (software) EDIS Emergency Digital Information Service (California) EDIS Electronic Data Information Source EDIS Edison National Historic Site ), today announced that the company has formed a strategic alliance with the Boeing company Phantom Works (http://www.boeing.com/) to develop new applications for their cutting edge imaging and aircraft technologies. "We believe Boeing and Earth Search each have technologies that are superior to our respective competitors," said John Peel, Earth Search chief executive officer. "By combining these technologies in a unified effort, we believe the future commercial potential for the Boeing - Earth Search team is significant." The partnership's initial commercial project, the first of a series of flights, will yield precise information to scientists on the unique riparian riparian adj. referring to the banks of a river or stream. (See: riparian rights) ecosystems of Yellowstone National Park Yellowstone National Park, 2,219,791 acres (899,015 hectares), the world's first national park (est. 1872), NW Wyo., extending into Montana and Idaho. It lies mainly on a broad plateau in the Rocky Mts., on the Continental Divide, c. . Data to be collected beginning next week is believed by Earth Search Sciences officials to be the world's first commercial one-meter hyperspectral imagery Term used to describe the imagery derived from subdividing the electromagnetic spectrum into very narrow bandwidths. These narrow bandwidths may be combined with or subtracted from each other in various ways to form images useful in precise terrain or target analysis. Also called HSI. from an airborne platform. Flying aboard Boeing's experimental heliocourier aircraft, Earth Search Sciences' Probe-1 remote sensor will collect hyperspectral data from the lands and waters of Yellowstone. Image pixels will be one meter apart -- the most sensitive and accurate remote sensing data format yet developed for commercial application. Under the agreement, Boeing becomes a partner in the NASA-funded Yellowstone Ecosystem Studies project with Earth Search Sciences and NASA-MSU Techlink. ESSI ESSI Ecole Supérieure en Sciences Informatiques (French) ESSI Eon Silicon Solution Inc ESSI Engineered Support Systems Inc. ESSI Education Statistics Services Institute ESSI European Systems and Software Initiative believes global revenue potential in the near term for analysis of environmental information may be substantial. The alliance of Boeing and Earth Search Sciences calls for: -- Earth Search Sciences to provide its Probe-1 sensor for surveillance flights with Boeing Phantom Works The Phantom Works division is the main research and development arm of The Boeing Company. Founded by McDonnell Douglas before the merger with Boeing, its primary focus had been development of advanced military products and technologies. as project partner; -- Boeing to provide an experimental aircraft, its C-MIGITS(tm) II and DGPS (Differential GPS) See GPS augmentation system. capabilities for global positioning, crews and technical support; -- Collection of hyperspectral data for agricultural and strategic purposes; -- Sharing of hyperspectral data obtained from the flights; -- Joint technical work to develop algorithms that will deliver the most accurate information possible to end users; -- Develop concepts for the evolution of new state of the art hyperspectral sensors; -- Foster a collaborative environment to promote the two companies' related interests. Larry Vance, founder and chairman of ESSI, said Boeing has agreed to employ the experimental heliocourier aircraft on data collection missions over other targets of interest in Montana, Wyoming, Idaho, and Washington. "The slow air speed capabilities of Boeing's heliocourier enables our Probe-1 system to produce highly detailed one-meter data that prevents information gaps in the mapping," Vance said. "That accuracy will give our customers a competitive advantage." Earth Search Sciences is the lead information provider for the Yellowstone Ecosystem Studies project. Earth Search will deliver hyperspectral images that scientists believe will yield much more in depth qualitative information than any previous environmental assessment of Yellowstone. The first Boeing - Earth Search project centers on two important watersheds in Yellowstone National Park's Upper Lamar Valley -- Soda Butte Creek and Cache Creek. ESSI's Probe-1 technology will help Yellowstone Ecosystem Studies scientists answer questions such as the long-term impacts of the 1988 Yellowstone fires on stream health and wildlife habitat. In the series of flights, the partnership will deliver five- to ten-meter data and what ESSI officials believe to be the world's first commercial one-meter data collection. Yellowstone is just one of a series of collections under the Memorandum of Agreement A memorandum of agreement (MOA) or cooperative agreement is a document written between parties to cooperatively work together on an agreed upon project or meet an agreed upon objective. The purpose of an MOA is to have a written understanding of the agreement between parties. with Boeing. Along with the aircraft, Boeing has agreed to provide all crews and support infrastructure for multiple missions. The missions will include data collection for various sites in Northern Idaho -- including Lake Coeur d'Alene The Lake Coeur d'Alene is 30 miles long, ranges from 1 to 3 miles wide and offers over 109 miles of shoreline for boaters and vacationers to explore and enjoy. The lake is fed by the Coeur d'Alene, St. Joe and St. , Kellogg, and Wallace; various sites in Idaho and Washington for University of Idaho The university was formed by the territorial legislature of Idaho on January 30, 1889, and opened its doors on October 3, 1892 with an initial class of 40 students. The first graduating class in 1896 contained two men and two women. and Washington State University Washington State University, at Pullman; land-grant and state supported; chartered 1890, opened 1892 as an agriculture college. From 1905 to 1959 it was the State College of Washington. agricultural and noxious weeds studies; a Wyoming site for the MSU-Techlink Geosat oil and natural gas deposits study; and portions of Idaho's Clark Fort River for a separate environmental research study. Earth Search hopes to make the images taken during the missions available to the public on the Internet through Earth Search's wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. , TerraNet, Inc., and its www.general-imaging.com web site. Currently under development, TerraNet is a direct-channel, multi-media imagery Internet supermarket offering detailed, objective and synoptic syn·op·tic also syn·op·ti·cal adj. 1. Of or constituting a synopsis; presenting a summary of the principal parts or a general view of the whole. 2. a. Taking the same point of view. b. earth resource mapping products. Earth Search's Probe-1 advanced hyperspectral imaging instrument creates ultra high-resolution images of the earth's surface. Analysis of these images can determine the presence of target minerals and hydrocarbons in geologic formations. This news release includes forward-looking statements that involve a number of risks and uncertainties, some or all of which may at times be beyond the control of the company. Thus, there can be no assurance that the forecasts will be achieved. Actual results will vary from those forecasted and the variations may be material. |
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