Bring the Olympics to your audience with free satellite imagery in Viz World

Vizrt, with partner DigitalGlobe, has made available new satellite imagery of the Sochi Winter Olympics venues to help broadcasters bring the games to their viewers.

These stunning high-resolution images were captured in February 2014 and show the completed venues ready for the games. The imagery will be continually updated during the games and is available for free use for 30 days.

Viz World customers who subscribe to the DigitalGlobe's GlobalBaseMap will have free access to the imagery using FirstLook service throughout the games. The imagery is available for journalists to access through Viz World in their native newsroom control system (NRCS) as well as for designers using the Viz World plugin in Viz Artist or the standalone Viz World Classic.

Steps to access the imagery:

You can access the imagery using Viz World Maps editor.

You can access the imagery using Viz World Maps editor.

1. Go to the Images Tab

2. Select XXII Olympic Winter Games

3. Add the event to your map

4. Fit the map to the event

FirstLook brings fresh imagery to broadcasters as the story happens. Wherever there is breaking news; volcanoes, sporting events, storms, or political strife, DigitalGlobe's constellation of satellites are tasked to take images that are available for journalists in Viz World, giving them new storytelling capabilities. Sign up here to receive FirstLook notifications.

Viz World enables producers, journalists and operators to include maps and geographical information in any graphic template. Viz World is integrated with a wide range of Vizrt products such as Viz Content Pilot, Viz Trio, Viz Weather, and Viz One, giving the journalist and designer access to a comprehensive map database for detailed map creation. By editing the map elements, users can automatically change map locations, add animated 3D objects and animated labels; show street and traffic information, display on-demand satellite images of chosen locations, create geographical locators, and design fully animated real-time 3D branded maps.

Contact your sales representative for details on Viz World, DigitalGlobe imagery and access to the Sochi Winter Olympics imagery.

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