GlobeXplorer(R)'s ImageAtlas Lets Users Step Back Through Time From Above; Aerial & Satellite Web Viewer Adds Multi-Date Image Selection Feature, Revealing Entire Archive.WALNUT CREEK Walnut Creek, residential city (1990 pop. 60,569), Contra Costa co., W Calif., in the San Francisco Bay area; inc. 1914. It is the trade and shipping center of an extensive agricultural area where walnuts are among the major product. , Calif. -- GlobeXplorer has announced the latest functionality addition to their ImageAtlas aerial/satellite/map viewer: the ability to instantly pick, compare, and purchase images from multiple dates. Users simply zoom to their area of interest and then click on a pull-down menu Also called a "drop-down menu" or "pop-down menu," the common type of menu used with a graphical user interface (GUI). Clicking a menu title causes the menu items to appear to drop down from that position and be displayed. to select from all of the versions of imagery GlobeXplorer carries at that location and zoom level. Multi-date picking gives ImageAtlas users full access to GlobeXplorer's industry-leading catalog of imagery spanning back 15 years, and in some areas, much further. Users now have the ability to instantly select a version with the date, color balance In photography and image processing, color balance (sometimes gray balance, neutral balance, or white balance) refers to the adjustment of the relative amounts of red, green, and blue primary colors in an image such that neutral colors are reproduced correctly. , and resolution that best suits their needs, and easily see change in their areas of interest over time. Up to 12 different image versions can be accessed in many major metropolitan areas, dating back to the early 1990s. Users can instantly purchase large digital files and prints of the images, and subscribers have the ability to right-click and copy unwatermarked images directly from the viewer. "We're excited to finally give our ImageAtlas users the functionality that's been in our programmers' toolkits and our GIS extensions for some time: the ability to access our entire archive, not just the 'latest and greatest,'" said Paul Smith, GlobeXplorer's COO. "Our archive generally extends back about 10 to 15 years, but a few areas go back much further. For example, we have some downtown London imagery shot during World War II, from Cities Revealed. "For the past seven years, GlobeXplorer has been steadily compiling the largest commercial archive of imagery in the business, and we're excited to finally make its full depth available to our ImageAtlas customers," added Smith. "Our partnerships with most of the world's leading aerial and satellite imagery Satellite imagery consists of photographs of Earth or other planets made from artificial satellites. History The first satellite photographs of Earth were made August 14, 1959 by the US satellite Explorer 6. firms have allowed us to build this archive to be one of the most extensive resources of its kind. We're currently at about 600 terabytes of image and map data, and we add about a terabyte of imagery a week. As our collection grows, so does the number of imagery versions available over most domestic and many international locations." GlobeXplorer's ImageAtlas imagery and map viewer can be accessed at http://www.globexplorer.com. About GlobeXplorer GlobeXplorer LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control is a leading geographic data Geographic data is about much more than electronic pictures of maps. The geographic data that describes our world allows for city planning, flood prediction and relief, emergency service routing, environmental assessments, wind pattern monitoring and many other applications. integration and publishing company providing online access to the world's largest commercial library of aerial photos, satellite imagery, geographic maps, and real property information. The company's imagery, map, and database content is distributed over the Internet using a proprietary platform that dynamically searches, retrieves, compacts, and delivers high-quality images from an online database within seconds. GlobeXplorer provides fast and affordable access to geographic content to thousands of businesses and consumers on a daily basis. GlobeXplorer owns AirPhotoUSA, the nation's largest, high quality aerial imagery provider. Through dynamic Web applications, Web services (1) Loosely, any online service delivered over the Web. Such usage appears in articles from non-technical sources, but not in IT-oriented publications, because definition #2 below describes the correct use of the term. , API's, Internet portals, and Internet-aware devices, GlobeXplorer distributes interactive geographic content via flexible subscription services. For further information, contact GlobeXplorer at info@globexplorer.com or visit www.globexplorer.com and www.airphotousa.com. GlobeXplorer is a 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. of Stewart Information Services See Information Systems. Corp (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :STC STC Supplemental Type Certificate (FAA) STC Society for Technical Communication STC Subject to Change STC Surf the Channel (website) STC Sound Transmission Class STC Singapore Turf Club ). 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