ROCHESTER, N.Y., March 29 – Eastman Kodak Co. has formed Kodak Global Imaging (KGI), which will offer information derived from earth images to commercial customers such as telecommunications firms and insurance companies. KGI will be a division of Kodak's Commercial & Government Systems unit.
    To support the business, Kodak has acquired the earth image processing, GIS and mapping businesses of Groupe Hauts-Monts Inc., a privately-held provider of earth imagery products and related services headquartered in Beauport, Quebec, Canada. Excluded from the acquisition is Group Hauts-Monts' aerial image capture business, which it will continue to own and operate.