SPOT-6 and SPOT-7 Satellite Imagery Archive and Tasking

SPOT 6 and 7 satellites provide a very high-resolution optical imagery archive and tasking capability for new acquisitions. The archive includes imagery processed to primary and ortho levels, with panchromatic, pansharpened, multispectral, and bundle band combinations at resolutions of 1.5 and 6 meters. The dataset is hosted by NASA Earthdata and originates from ESA.

Use Cases

• Land cover classification based on multispectral bands at 6m resolution
• High-resolution feature detection based on panchromatic imagery at 1.5m resolution
• Geometric analysis and mapping based on ortho products corrected for terrain effects
• Stereo and tristero analysis for 3D modeling based on listed acquisition modes

Strengths

• Provides imagery at very high resolutions of 1.5m and 6m
• Offers multiple geometric processing levels (Primary and Ortho)
• Includes tasking capability for new acquisitions via SPOT-6 satellite

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to nasa_earthdata, with restrictions on imagery of conflict areas

Provenance

Source

ESA

Collection Method

Satellite acquisition and ground segment processing