Yokohama, Japan
February 4, 2002 

Hitachi Software Engineering Co.,Ltd. announced that its QuickBird satellite imagery data service started on February 4, 2002.^*1 This service provides the highest resolution commercial satellite imagery data. (see satellite specifications)

For further information regarding to the ordering, service, and so on, please contact us.^*2 Our contact address is available here.

*1 DigitalGlobe^TM successfully launched the QuickBird satellite on October 18th, 2001. Hitachi Software is a strategic partner of DigitalGlobe and is the exclusive distributor of DigitalGlobe satellite imagery for customers in Asia. Hitachi Software will operate a data distribution system to provide satellite imagery, value-added data, and end-user systems that include both software and hardware.

*2 Online imagery search and ordering functions will be available in the near future.