WorldView ESA Archive: High-Resolution Satellite Imagery

The WorldView ESA archive contains satellite imagery products acquired by WorldView-1, -2, -3, and -4 satellites for ESA-supported projects. It offers panchromatic, 4-band, 8-band, and SWIR products at various resolutions, with processing levels ranging from Standard to Orthorectified. The dataset was last updated on December 1, 2020.

Use Cases

• Land cover classification based on multispectral band combinations (e.g., 4-Band, 8-Band).
• Creating high-resolution orthorectified base maps based on the Map Scale (Ortho) processing level.
• Stereo analysis and 3D modeling based on the View Ready Stereo product type.
• Short-wave infrared (SWIR) analysis for specific material detection based on the SWIR product from WorldView-3.

Strengths

• Provides very high spatial resolution, with panchromatic imagery as fine as 31 cm at nadir from WorldView-3 and -4.
• Offers multiple spectral band combinations (Panchromatic, 4-Band, 8-Band, SWIR) and processing levels (Standard, View Ready, Ortho) for different applications.
• Covers global areas of interest for ESA-supported projects, as indicated by the spatial coverage map.

Limitations

• Last updated 2020-12-01 00:00:00; freshness should be verified.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality and specific file formats require manual inspection after download.
• As per ESA policy, very high-resolution imagery of conflict areas cannot be provided, which may limit geographic coverage for certain regions.

Provenance

Source

European Space Agency (ESA), sourced from WorldView satellites operated by Maxar Technologies.

Collection Method

Products acquired by WorldView-1, -2, -3, and -4 satellites and requested by ESA-supported projects.

Freshness

2020-12-01 00:00:00

Geography

Global coverage over areas of interest for ESA-supported projects; specific spatial coverage is available via an interactive map.