SPOT Satellite Imagery: High Resolution Visible and Near Infrared Data

SSC Satellitbild archives over 700,000 SPOT satellite images from all parts of the world, with over 100,000 added per year. The high resolution sensor HRV provides panchromatic (10-meter) and multispectral (20-meter) data, with each scene covering 60x60 km. The data is processed with various radiometric and geometric corrections and distributed in multiple digital formats and photographic products.

Use Cases

• Create Satellite Image Maps for cartographic backgrounds based on imagery in map sheet format.
• Generate digital terrain models for topographic analysis based on SPOT data.
• Perform land cover classification based on multispectral bands (0.50-0.59, 0.61-0.68, and 0.79-0.89 micrometer).
• Update integrated raster/vector map information in GIS systems based on GISIMAGE format background imagery.
• Analyze high-resolution landscape features based on panchromatic data with 10-meter resolution.

Strengths

• Archive contains over 700,000 images with over 100,000 added per year.
• Sensor provides both 10-meter resolution panchromatic and 20-meter resolution multispectral data.
• Data undergoes various radiometric and geometric corrections, including precision correction using control points.
• System supports reading and producing many common satellite imagery formats (CRIS, SPOT IMAGE, LTWG, FAST, ERDAS).

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to nasa_earthdata platform sources.

Provenance

Source

SSC Satellitbild Kiruna, Sweden

Collection Method

Archived from SPOT satellite onboard recorder and other sources.

Geography

Global coverage from all parts of the world.