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Basic Imagery products are designed for users having advanced image processing capabilities. DigitalGlobe supplies camera model information with each Basic Imagery product to permit you to perform sophisticated photogrammetric processing such as orthorectification and three dimensional feature extraction. Basic imagery is the least processed image product of the DigitalGlobe product suite; only corrections for radiometric distortions and adjustments for internal sensor geometry, optical and sensor distortions have been performed on each scene ordered.

 

Features

Benefits

Spacecraft telemetry and camera model supplied with satellite imagery

Perform your own photogrammetric processing on raw data to produce orthorectified imagery and first generation basemaps

High resolution

  • 46 cm* - 60 cm panchromatic
  • 1.84 m* - 2.44 m multispectral

Identify features, create maps, and detect changes from recent global imagery at the highest resolution possible from commercial imaging satellites

Large image swath

  • 16.4 km – 17.6 km width at nadir

Map large areas faster with fewer files to manage and process

High radiometric response

  • 11 bit digitization (up to 2,048 levels of gray scale)
  • Discrete non-overlapping bands

Improve feature classification and identification in dark or bright areas such as building shadows or snow and perform more flexible image enhancement

Open systems

  • Camera model information supplied
  • Compatible with leading commercial software providers
  • Popular image file formats

Get your high-resolution satellite orthoimagery project up and running quickly and easily using your existing commercial software

 

Product Options

 

Pixel ResolutionA

Image Bands

Panchromatic

50 cm, 60 cm

Panchromatic

Multispectral (4-band)

2.0 m, 2.4 m

Blue, Green, Red, NIR1

Multispectral (8-band)

2.0 m

Coastal, Blue, Green, Yellow, Red, Red Edge, NIR1, NIR2

 

Scene SizeB

At nadir

Minimum size of 16.4 km x 14 km (230 km2)

 

Spectral Characteristics

 

QuickBird

WorldView-1

WorldView-2

Panchromatic (B&W)

450 - 900 nm

400 - 900 nm

450 - 800 nm

Multispectral:

Coastal Blue

 

 

400 - 450 nm

Blue

450 - 520 nm

 

450 - 510 nm

Green

520 - 600 nm

 

510 - 580 nm

Yellow

 

 

585 - 625 nm

Red

630 - 690 nm

 

630 - 690 nm

Red Edge

 

 

705 - 745 nm

Near-IR 1

760 - 900 nm

 

770 - 895 nm

Near-IR 2

 

 

860 - 1040 nm

 

Image Accuracy SpecificationC

 

QuickBird

WorldView-1

WorldView-2

CE 90%

23 m

6.5 m

6.5 m

 

A - Pixel resolution varies across the image due to off-nadir viewing angle. Pixels closest to nadir have a better resolution than those farthest from nadir. Resolution varying from nadir up to 25° are reported here. DigitalGlobe can collect targets up to 45°, upon request.

B - Scene dimensions vary due to off-nadir viewing angle. Scene sizes up to 25° are shown, but DigitalGlobe can collect targets up to 45°, upon request.

C - Attained using supplied Image Support Data files and exclusive of sensor, viewing geometry and terrain distortions.

 

Processing

Radiometric Corrections

Sensor Corrections

Resampling Options

  • Relative radiometric response between detectors
  • Non-responsive detector fill
  • Conversion to absolute radiometry
  • Internal detector geometry
  • Optical distortion
  • Scan distortion
  • Any line-rate variations
  • Registration of the multispectral bands
  • 4x4 cubic convolution
  • 2x2 bilinear
  • Nearest neighbor
  • 8-point sinc
  • MTF kernel

 

Order Parameters

Product Type

Panchromatic, Multispectral or Bundle

Image Bits/Pixel

8 or 16 bits

File Formats

GeoTIFF 1.0, NITF 2.1 or NITF 2.0

 

Deliverables

Basic Imagery can be acquired directly from the DigitalGlobe archive or you can submit a new collection request. Basic Imagery is ordered by the scene, with a minimum purchase of a single scene up to a maximum of 10,000 km2 per order.

Products are delivered on your choice of standard digital media with all the Image Support Data files needed for photogrammetric processing, including attitude and ephemeris data, geometric calibration, camera model, image metadata, radiometric data, and rational functions.

* Distribution and use of imagery at better than .50 m GSD pan and 2.0 m GSD multispectral is subject to prior approval by the U.S. Government.