WorldView-4: High-Resolution Panchromatic Satellite Imagery

From December 2016 to January 2019, the WorldView-4 satellite collected panchromatic imagery across the global land surface. This Level 1B product provides sensor-corrected, unprojected imagery with a spatial resolution of 0.31 meters at nadir and a temporal resolution of approximately 1.1 days. The data is provided in NITF and GeoTIFF formats.

Use Cases

• Land cover change detection based on high-resolution (0.31m) imagery.
• Infrastructure monitoring and planning based on panchromatic satellite data.
• Environmental impact assessment based on time-series imagery from 2016-2019.

Strengths

• Provides very high spatial resolution of 0.31 meters at nadir.
• Covers a defined global time series from December 2016 to January 2019.
• Is available on multiple authoritative platforms (NASA Earthdata, Data.gov).

Limitations

• Metadata completeness is medium; specific column names and row counts are not provided.
• Data access is restricted by a commercial license requiring program approval.
• Sources conflict on the exact name of the data provider (Maxar Technologies vs. Vantor, Inc.).

Provenance

Source

Commercial Smallsat Data Acquisition (CSDA) Program, via Maxar Technologies (formerly DigitalGlobe).

Collection Method

Collected by the DigitalGlobe WorldView-4 satellite using the WorldView-110 camera.

Time Range

December 2016 to January 2019

Freshness

2026-04-09 20:37:59.918009

Geography

Global land surface