[Satellite Today 10-30-08] The U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) has purchased the entire CitySphere 2.0 product from DigitalGlobe, the company announced Oct. 30.
     CitySphere 2.0 is an enhanced version of DigitalGlobe’s library of on-demand digital satellite and aerial imagery of the most populated cities around the globe. The product will enable the NGA to provide timely and relevant geospatial intelligence of new areas in support of worldwide mapping requirements to clients such as the U.S. State Department and other intelligence community agencies.
    The NGA purchased the original CitySphere product in 2006.
    Separately, DigitalGlobe named Karen Diener vice president of business development and John Allan director of European sales for the company’s Defense     Diener spent the last 12 years working for BAE Systems in various strategic, business development and program management positions, working specifically with geospatial mapping and imagery exploitation solutions. Allan spent five years working for BAE Systems selling Socet Set and other software solutions to customers in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.