East View Cartographic Complements RapidEye's U.S. Distributor Team

Brandenburg/Havel, Germany, January 14, 2011 -RapidEye, the only geospatial solutions provider to
own and operate a constellation of five identical Earth Observation satellites, announced today that East
View Cartographic has signed a distributor agreement with RapidEye and will join its distribution team.
John Ahlrichs, Vice President of RapidEye commented, "We are pleased to add East View Cartographic to
our U.S. distribution network. East View's global network of customers and the expansion of their product
line to include RapidEye imagery will result in new opportunities for both of our businesses."

Kent Lee, CEO of East View Cartographic said, "East View Cartographic has customers all over the world
from more than a dozen major industries whose geospatial production needs are highly variable. RapidEye
gives us a very flexible medium-resolution imagery option with quick order fulfillment and the ability to cover
very large areas of interest. Joining the RapidEye distribution team was a 2010 priority and we are pleased
to formally be able to offer this option to our customers."

Currently, RapidEye is working on completing its worldwide network of Sales Partners in order to facilitate easy
access to RapidEye products in their customers' own language and region. For a full list of RapidEye's
Sales Partners, please visit www.rapideye.com/Sales Partners .

About RapidEye
RapidEye is a provider of quality high-resolution satellite imagery and derived geo-information products. With a constellation of five Earth Observation satellites, RapidEye images over 5 Million square kilometers of Earth every day and has amassed over 2 billion square kilometers in its archive in just over two years of commercial operation. With an unprecedented combination of wide area repetitive coverage and five meter pixel size multi-spectral imagery, RapidEye is an obvious and cost-effective choice for many industries and government agencies.

Contact
RapidEye AG
Molkenmarkt 30
14776 Brandenburg a. d. Havel,
Germany
marketing@rapideye.com

About East View Cartographic (EVC)
East View Cartographic (EVC) is a leading provider of authoritative geospatial data and GIS production
services and solutions. For many years, EVC has acquired and built a vast archive of global maps and
geospatial data, including topographic maps, raster and vector datasets, elevation models, remote sensing
imagery, geological maps, nautical charts, atlases and books. Please visit www.cartographic.com

East View Cartographic (EVC) Contact
Rodney Buhrsmith
Chief Marketing Officer
Minnetonka, Minnesota
Phone: +1 952-252-4523
rodney.buhrsmith@cartographic.com