What is the scale of Spot Images contribution?
Buchwalter – This year is serving as a proof of concept phase where we experiment with the idea and check how it fits with our internal processes. We plan to donate some 700,000 km2 of imagery for some 15 to 20 projects that we’ll support in 2007. Most have been identified, a few have already started, and others will be brought by our partners. Yoo – Under what kind of license will these images be available? Buchwalter – You touch on a rather important and sensitive issue. The Planet Action purpose is to disseminate Earth imagery to people and communities who are not necessarily familiar with it. We are in the process of researching various license options to fulfil this objective without jeopardizing the profitability of our company. Licensing will enable a large exchange and access to data while keeping our business safe. Here again, we may experiment with new ideas. Another dimension attached to this is to train and educate new users on how properly to select the kind of data they n
