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Gary Napier, Space Imaging
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Val Zeinab, Space Imaging
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Space Imaging’s IKONOS satellite has taken a detailed color photograph of the Olympic Park in Sydney, Australia. The spectacular image shows the site of the Olympic Games that begin on Sept. 15, 2000. The image is free to the media at
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/pub/search/search2?f=PRN/prnpub&p1=20000912-LATU046 or
http://newswire.spaceimaging.com/
 
This first one-meter resolution image of Sydney was collected by Space Imaging’s IKONOS satellite, which travels four miles per-second in an orbit 423 miles above Earth. It is the first high-resolution satellite image ever taken of an Olympic site. The image showcases the stunning features of the 2000 Olympic Park, located just off Homebush Bay about nine miles or 14 kilometers west of downtown Sydney. Olympic Park venues visible in the image include the Main Stadium, Superdome, Athletics Centre and warm-up arena, Aquatic Centre, and the hockey, tennis and baseball venues.
 
The image is also available for download to the public on Space Imaging’s Web site (www.spaceimaging.com) for just $10.
 
About Space Imaging
 
Space Imaging is a leading supplier of space imagery, aerial photography, mapping services, and derivative geographic information products and services. The company launched the world’s first and only one-meter resolution, commercial imaging satellite, IKONOS, on Sept. 24, 1999. Space Imaging also collects and/or distributes Earth imagery from the Indian Remote Sensing satellites, the U.S. Landsat, Canada’s RADARSAT and the European Space Agency’s ERS satellites. The company also delivers aerial- derived imagery products collected by its own Digital Airborne Imaging System.
 
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A four-meter resolution color image of the Sydney area, which includes the Olympic Park, downtown and the Opera House, is available to the media only for a special price of $500 by e-mailing Gary Napier at
gnapier@spaceimaging.com, or calling (303) 254-2106. All images must be credited to spaceimaging.com .
 
PUBLISHING GUIDELINES
 
IMPORTANT NOTE: Image must be attributed to "spaceimaging.com." Media wishing to publish photo quality prints of any IKONOS images must NOT change the image scale as captured and presented in softcopy. Image scale is important in displaying the true qualities of the imagery. If the proper scale is not maintained integrity will be compromised and our product quality misrepresented. In print terms, this equates to every 300 dpi of hardcopy displaying 80 pixels of image data. This will maintain the softcopy scale in the hardcopy rendering. For newspaper print, every 150 dpi of hardcopy shall display 80 pixels of image data. The hardcopy scale of newspaper is allowed to change because of the drop in print quality. In addition, the imagery may be CROPPED to show a smaller area.
 
Note to Photo Editors:
 
For illustration and publishing purposes, a 300 dpi, high-resolution version is available by clicking on each image below
[http://newswire.spaceimaging.com/] (approximately three MB). 
(c) Copyright 2000 Space Imaging.  Credit: "spaceimaging.com"
 
IMAGE CAPTIONS:
 
[Image 1]
2000 Olympic Games — Sydney, Australia
 
This first one-meter resolution image of Sydney, Australia was collected by Space Imaging’s IKONOS satellite. It is the first high-resolution satellite image ever taken of an Olympic site. The IKONOS satellite travels four miles-per-second in an orbit 423 miles above Earth. The image showcases the stunning features of the 2000 Olympic Park, located just off Homebush Bay about nine miles or 14 kilometers west of downtown Sydney. Olympic Park venues seen in the image include the Main Stadium, Superdome, Athletics Centre and warm-up arena, Aquatic Centre, and the hockey, tennis and baseball venues. Credit: "spaceimaging.com."
 
[Image 2]
2000 Olympic Games, Triathlon Course — Sydney, Australia
 
This first one-meter resolution image of Sydney, Australia was collected by Space Imaging’s IKONOS satellite. The satellite travels four miles-per-second in an orbit 423 miles above Earth. The image features Sydney’s famous Opera House on Bennelong Point and the 2000 Olympic Triathlon Course located nine miles or 14 kilometers east of the Olympic Park. Note that north is at the bottom of the image.  Credit: "spaceimaging.com."
 
[Image 3]
Four-Meter Resolution, Color Overview 2000 Olympic Games, Downtown and the Opera House — Sydney, Australia
 
This thumbnail image is representative of a 300 dpi, four-meter resolution color image of the Sydney area. The image shows the Olympic Park, downtown and the Opera House and is available to the media only for a special price of $500 by e-mailing Gary Napier at gnapier@spaceimaging.com, or calling (303) 254-2106. Credit: "spaceimaging.com"