HURRICANE SANDY UPDATE: FirstLook Imagery now available
Post from November 1st 08:00 ET (GMT-4)
We have made FirstLook imagery by DigitalGlobe available to all our customers for free with attribution to DigitalGlobe. This imagery is in .jpg format and is not geo-referenced but can be used for all media purposes. For more details on the licensing, please read the End User License Agreement.
Details about the image:
Hurricane Sandy Aftermath - Seaside Heights, New Jersey, USA, October 31st, 2012. This is a DigitalGlobe satellite image of Seaside Heights, New Jersey showing extensive destruction caused by Hurricane Sandy along this popular and historic town. Damage seen includes: parts of the boardwalk are washed away and destroyed; streets in the town are covered with sand, storm debris and water; and a number of homes have been knocked off their foundations.
Download the before and after images. *Note the attribution included is a .png with alpha.
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Post from October 31st 03:00 ET (GMT-4)
All communications for our offices in the U.S. and Canada have been restored. Customers can call their local sales office or +1 866 866 1836 for support.
Post from October 30th 12:00 ET (GMT-4)
Email service for our U.S. and Canada employees has been re-established but phone service is still unreliable. A new support phone number has been established for emergencies. +1 512 473 6773
If you are a US or Canada Vizrt MAM customer, please call +46 8 52227780 for emergency support.
Vizrt partner DigitalGlobe has activated FirstLook. This service repositions a satellite to the New York / New Jersey area to collect imagery of the region. This imagery will become available to our customers shortly. For information about obtaining this imagery please contact Vizrt sales.
US Sales:
Bill Anderson +1 952 240 0319
Bonnie Rawson +1 239 246 5877
Outside the U.S. and Canada please contact your local sales office.
Please go here to sign up for FirstLook notifications.
Post from October 30th 10:30 ET (GMT-4)
Email service has been restored and Vizrt mail servers are back on line but phone service is still disrupted. Due to changing circumstances please call the support number for emergencies. +1 512 473 6773
Post from October 30th 09:30 ET (GMT-4)
North America communication lines are affected by Hurricane Sandy. The US Support team is currently not reachable through email. Please call +1 512 473 6773 to get assistance.
Post from October 30th 09:00 ET (GMT-4)
Our office in New York is currently without power though all our employees have been accounted for and are safe.
Vizrt's email in U.S. and Canada is not operational. please contact your Vizrt representative on their cell phone if needed.
All email in Latin American is operating normally. For emergency support calls in Latin America, please call +598 2 710 5691.
Post from October 29th 14:00 ET (GMT-4)
Vizrt has been tracking Hurricane Sandy as it makes its way onto the North Eastern U.S. mainland. This is a massive storm 800 miles (1287km) across with tropical storm force winds effecting an area 400 miles (643km) across.
Viz Weather uses data from the National Weather Service (U.S.) as well as data from weather providers like StormGeo. Viz Weather provides meteorologists tools to visualize the weather data in the most informative ways and to build a playlist of content that can be triggered live on air.
The Vizrt America’s headquarters is in the strike path of the hurricane and we will be closely monitoring the progress of this storm as it makes landfall and continues through the North American mainland.
We wish all in its path remain safe as this storm progresses.
For more information on Hurricane Sandy visit the National Weather Service Hurricane Center.
