RapidEye processes Agricultural Areas for ARES

29 October 2009, 7:38pm

Brandenburg / Havel, Germany, October 29, 2009 – RapidEye, the only geospatial solutions provider to own and operate a constellation of five identical Earth Observation satellites, announced today that they have successfully run a Precision Farming pilot project for Agro Risk Euro Scan GmbH (ARES). The product of the project is called “Crop Scan” and supports the German farming community in agricultural planning. ARES acts as RapidEye's service partner for Precision Farming solutions. From March to September 2009, RapidEye imaged 8,000 hectare multiple times in Germany and provided ARES with up-to-date ground cover maps for different crop types such as wheat, rapeseed, barley, corn and sugar beets each month. The maps helped farmers requesting this product to better plan their agricultural fields and crops for the upcoming months.

Timeliness and accuracy of information is key when providing frequent agricultural monitoring. The RapidEye constellation of five satellites has the unrivaled ability to image individual fields, counties, states or countries on a frequent revisit cycle. Customers can receive field-based information including crop identification, crop area determination, crop condition monitoring, and growth stage determination.

“The results of the project were extremely satisfying, and through this new partnership with ARES we will be able to strengthen our position in the precision agriculture market. We are looking forward to going operational with this service in Germany in conjunction with ARES in 2010. We also expect that we will have additional opportunities to partner with them in the future on other ventures,” commented Michael Prechtel, Head of Sales and Marketing for RapidEye.

ARES will exhibit RapidEye's range of products and services at this year's Agritechnica in Hannover, Germany, from November 8-14. Agritechnica is the worldwide meeting point for the agricultural machinery sector. Are you interested in learning more about our products and services? Visit ARES booth in hall 16, number C04. If you would like to discuss our range of products and services for the Agriculture market in more detail, please email sales@rapideye.de.

Learn more about ARES by visiting their website at the link below, which will be
accessible on November 11, 2009. For more information about Agritechnica, please visit their website.

ARES

Agritechnica

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