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DigitalGlobe Announces New Oil & Gas Offerings From Spatial Energy(Marketwire Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) LONGMONT, CO -- (Marketwired) -- 06/18/14 -- DigitalGlobe, Inc. (NYSE: DGI), a leading global provider of commercial high-resolution earth observation and advanced geospatial solutions, today announced the availability of the first in a series of new commercial offerings for the energy market from recently acquired Spatial Energy. The new DigitalGlobe Energy Suite includes online, subscription-based offerings available to enterprise oil and gas customers through Spatial on Demand, its market-leading cloud-based enterprise data management platform. The suite provides immediate access to information and insight that can be integrated with desktop workflows across the entire energy enterprise, which will become available to Spatial on Demand customers on July 1. The first set of products in the DigitalGlobe Energy Suite includes: Basemap +Energy Basemap +Energy is an online living globe tailored specifically for energy customer accuracy, update, and historical needs. It is the only source of constantly updated 50 cm imagery with supporting metadata and simple download capability, making it the single source of the best available data for use by global stakeholders. FirstLook +Energy FirstLook +Energy is delivered through the Spatial Energy Disaster Response and Preparedness subscription program. FirstLook +Energy provides proactive initiation of satellite imagery of disaster situations to allow oil and gas customers to engage their response plans quickly, without having to place tasking orders or search through the imagery archive. Landscape +Energy Landscape +Energy data sets are the first online countrywide assessment for new ventures and risk assessment. These data sets provide foundational GIS data for over 39 countries in which energy company professionals can conduct spatial analysis. Initial countries include much of Africa, South America and the Middle East, with more being added monthly. "With this new product suite, our customers will be able to meet their global enterprise requirements with access to more accurate, timely, and consistent data for prospect evaluations, drilling, seismic, pipeline and EHS decisions," said Bud Pope, President of Spatial Energy. "Rapidly accessible, high quality data delivered directly to the desktop will significantly reduce the cycle time for making better decisions." To learn more about the DigitalGlobe Energy Suite, sign up for a live webinar on the benefits of Basemap +Energy for oil and gas companies, to be held on Thursday, June 19, at 9 a.m. MT / 10 a.m. CT / 4 p.m. GMT. About DigitalGlobeDigitalGlobe is a leading provider of commercial high-resolution earth observation and advanced geospatial solutions that help decision makers better understand our changing planet in order to save lives, resources and time. Sourced from the world's leading constellation, our imagery solutions deliver unmatched coverage and capacity to meet our customers' most demanding mission requirements. Each day customers in defense and intelligence, public safety, civil agencies, map making and analysis, environmental monitoring, oil and gas exploration, infrastructure management, navigation technology, and providers of location-based services depend on DigitalGlobe data, information, technology and expertise to gain actionable insight. DigitalGlobe is a registered trademark of DigitalGlobe. About Spatial Energy, a DigitalGlobe companySpatial Energy was founded in Boulder, Colo., in 2005 to help energy companies reduce the cost, time and effort associated with acquiring and analyzing complex geospatial information. Spatial Energy's robust geospatial solutions enable its customers, which include 12 of the top 20 largest oil and gas companies, to more effectively manage their workflows throughout the exploration and production lifecycle. The company provides more than 50 different geospatial data sets, allowing its customers to tailor information solutions to best meet their needs. Its cloud-based spatial data management and delivery platform -- Spatial on Demand® -- integrates vast archives of geospatial data into a centralized online database that can be accessed anywhere and procured through a subscription service. 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