In this monthly feature, we span the globe to examine Our Changing Landscape with a time series of medium-resolution PlanetScope satellite imagery. The PlanetScope constellation dates back to 2016 and collects hundreds of millions of square kilometers of 4, 5 and 8-band 3-meter imagery daily! In October we checked out a massive wildfire in California, and for this edition of Our Changing Landscape we look at another disaster, this one over the southeast of the United States, Hurricane Ida.

The PlanetScope Microsat Constellation

PlanetScope is a constellation of more than 150 microsats referred to individually as Doves. Each Dove is able to collect up to 20,000 square kilometers (sq km) per day of 3-meter (m) 4-band multispectral (i.e. blue, green, red and near-infrared [NIR]) imagery; and newly launched SuperDoves collect 8-band multispectral adding in valuable red-edge spectral data. Across the constellation, PlanetScope is archiving more than 200 million sq km of medium-resolution imagery a day, making it the go to source for daily imagery over most locations. This massive archive dates back to 2016, offering the most complete and continuous record of spatial data on the planet since the start of the constellation’s ongoing launch schedule. Collecting 3-meter multispectral imagery is the equivalent of ‘high-resolution’ multispectral data imaged by a 75-centimer (cm) satellite (as this satellite would feature 75-cm panchromatic and 3-m multispectral), making PlanetScope an extremely competitively priced option at just $1.80 per sq km. With well registered images and nearly daily collections of most locations, PlanetScope is the ideal imagery source for this current-events focused series, Our Changing Landscape.

Hurricane Ida Makes Land Fall Over Port Fourchon, Louisiana

As was at the root of last month’s article, human-fueled global climate change is also at the root of this story as increased global temperatures warm the oceans which works synergistically to increase wind speeds and precipitation amounts, as well as the overall frequency of hurricanes forming in the Atlantic Ocean. This season in the Atlantic is on track to be at least the third most active in recorded history with 19 systems already named and three more looming in the horizon.

Hurricane Ida formed in the Caribbean Sea on August 26, 2021, reaching hurricane status the next day as well as making landfall over western Cuba. From there, it strengthened to a Category 4 storm in the Gulf of Mexico before it made landfall over Port Fourchon, Louisiana in the United States on August 29th. Hurricane Ida made landfall with maximum sustained winds of 150 miles per hour (mph)–making it the 5th strongest to make landfall over the USA. Ida continued to wreak havoc over the southeast and East Coast until September 2nd when it’s winds finally dropped below 40 mph, leaving in its wake at least 82 dead and $95 billion in damage. Now it is time to turn to the 3-meter PlanetScope archive to get a sense of the destruction left behind when Ida made landfall over Port Fourchon.

If you would like to find out more about using 3-meter PlanetScope imagery for your academic studies, engineering projects or any landscape analysis, let us know at sales@apollomapping.com or (303) 993-3863.

If you are searching for medium and high-resolution satellite imagery, the search is over as Image Hunter is the solution you’ve been looking for! Featuring satellite and aerial imagery as well as digital elevation models (DEMs) from a constantly expanding list of 55 sensors/datasets and 19 vendors, our database contains more than 115-million images/records meaning there is just no other website out there with this breadth of commercial data products. Our interface is slim-lined and modern, loading quickly on all platforms, browsers and operating systems. Further, our database is updated multiple times an hour with the most recent images collected by WorldView-3, Pléiades 1, PlanetScope, SuperView-1 and many more so you are sure to get the most current view of all the imagery and DEM databases we work with. Once you submit your request, an Apollo Mapping representative will be in touch within 4 Colorado business hours to get you the pricing information you need for your project.

So why wait? Give Image Hunter a try now to find the imagery and/or DEM data you need for your next mapping project!

Key November Improvement(s)

Good news here for all of our readers, the back and front-end code updates to Image Hunter are complete! So that let us pivot back to improving our already industry-leading satellite imagery and DEM search engine for the last few weeks of the month. And in that time, we were able to super-charge searches as well as add in our 55th dataset which is 5-meter WorldDEM Neo!!

Here is a summary of the changes/improvements we made to Image Hunter during the past month:

• Super-charged searches and other tool functionality so that they run from 50% to 75% quicker!
• Completed updates of our back and front-end code bases, yay!!
• Added in our 55th dataset, i.e. 5-meter WorldDEM Neo.
• KMZ point files will now throw an error when loaded.
• Changed the name of Deimos-1 and Deimos-2 to GEOSAT-1 and GEOSAT-2.
• Brought back a few updates that were offline for the past months.

Data Alert–An Automated Daily Imagery Search

Have you checked out Data Alert which lets you define an area of interest anywhere around the globe, the resolution your project requires and the number of months we should keep the alert active? Once an alert is set up, we check for new data over your area of interest every single day, and send you an email when we find coverage that meets your specifications. We have a short YouTube video with directions to set up a Data Alert, check out the last video; and we have written directions for Data Alert here. 

The Sensors Available in Image Hunter

As you might have seen in past articles, we now feature hourly updates (seriously!) of GaoFen 1/2, GeoEye-1, KOMPSAT 2/3/3A, Pléiades 1, SPOT 6/7, SuperView-1, TripleSAT, WorldView-1/2/3/4 and ZiYuan-3!

Image Hunter can be accessed 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and is a one-stop shop for every major source of medium and high-resolution satellite (and aerial!) imagery on the market today, including:

• WorldView-4
• WorldView-3
• WorldView-2
• WorldView-1
• QuickBird
• GeoEye-1
• IKONOS
• EROS B
• KOMPSAT-3A
• KOMPSAT-3
• KOMPSAT-2
• Pléiades 1 constellation
• GEOSAT-1
• GEOSAT-2
• TripleSat
• SPOT 1 to 7 constellation
• RapidEye
• GaoFen-2
• GaoFen-1
• ZiYuan-3 01/02 (mono and stereo!)
• FORMOSAT-5
• FORMOSAT-2
• ALOS PRISM (stereo)
• AW3D Standard (DEM)
• SkySat constellation
• PlanetScope constellation (including 5-band SuperDove data)
• SuperView-1 constellation
• Landsat 1-8
• TeLEOS-1
• Hexagon (HxGN Content Program aerial imagery)
• WorldDEM
• WorldDEM Neo
• Vricon DEMs
• Orbita Hyperspectral Satellite (OHS)
• KazEOSat-1
• KazEOSat-2
• Jilin-1 Optical
• Jilin-1 Video (including nighttime imagery)
• Jilin-1 GF
• Jillin-1 KF
• Orbita Video Satellites-1/2/3 (OVS-1/2/3)
• BlackSky Global series

Key Features of Image Hunter

If any of our readers have struggled with other geospatial search engines that are clunky, only query one data source and/or do not provide image previews, then Image Hunter is the solution to your woes as it features:

• Online browsing of satellite and aerial imagery from 19 data providers and 55 satellite and aerial imagery derived datasets.
• Near-instantaneous loading of low-resolution preview imagery with collection date, cloud cover and other key metadata.
• The ability to define your area of interest by address, coordinates, geometric shape or shapefile/KMZ.
• A responsive basemap with street names to provide spatial context when discovering data as well as crowd-sourced updates for the most accurate map possible.
• Exports of the area of interest you create as well as the scenes you select in shapefile or KMZ format.
• Support for all operating systems, and not just our friends with Windows machines!

Image Hunter can be accessed here all day and night, we are excited to find out what you think about our imagery search engine! So if you have any ideas and/or feedback to improve Image Hunter, please let us know at sales@apollomapping.com or (303) 993-3863.

When do you know if you’ve worn out your welcome? It’s easier with a single individual, I imagine, because people typically aren’t very good at hiding their frustration or annoyances. With a larger group, it can be harder to read the room, and there will be varying degrees of irritation, some folks might still want you around–or at least not care one way or the other. But what about with a city? Can you wear out your welcome with a place? 

Obviously, a geographic location cannot get frustrated or affected by humans–though Mother Nature must be about sick of humans–but a municipality is indiscriminate in its indifference (unless you factor in the bureaucrats that make the decisions, then policy can certainly be skewed against a single group). I’ve bounced all over the country, sometimes rhythmically and with intention, other times absentmindedly, wandering wherever the wind blows. One thing is for sure, though, I rarely last very long in any one place, even if in some instances I return. But in terms of setting down roots and committing myself to a place, that really has never happened as an adult. Until recently, the longest I’d been in one place consecutively was three years, and it’s safe to say that even in those few three-year stretches I was eager to get out before I did. Sometimes I’ll make the decision to set sail seemingly without thought and almost instantaneously, other times the desire festers for a long time before I just can’t take it anymore. Then I depart. 

What is it about a place that makes me, eventually, feel the need to move on? Obviously, some places just suck because they’re ugly, they’re expensive, there’s nothing to do there, or the weather is terrible; I’ve lived in places that had those issues, most of them checked a few of those boxes. But if a place is reasonably affordable, somewhat aesthetically pleasing, and has a multitude of social and recreational offerings, then how could a person burn out on it? Well, the people, clearly. People ruin everything, and that certainly can be said about places. They’ve factored into a few of my moves along the way, that’s for sure. Knowing that people suck, and that there will be people everywhere you go (assuming you want to live in a city and have access to basic amenities), then that must be accepted. Maybe the bitter pill is hard to swallow, but we must accept the inevitable, don’t we?

Where I’m at now I’ve been for over five years. It isn’t expensive, it does have some natural beauty, the weather is quite pleasant six months of the year (the other six are brutally hot and humid), and there really is an abundance of social and recreational outlets in the city, with several other municipalities relatively close by with numerous other offerings. The people suck the way people suck, but they’re certainly not as bad as some of the places I’ve been, so all things considered, how could this place be wearing on me? It likely couldn’t get too much better anywhere else (could it?). I think the issue is that I just get bored, even if it’s boredom from comfort (another perspective on the “tyranny of convenience” a la Tim Wu). I could easily ride out my life here, though I know I’d always long for somewhere else. And even if I were to move to some other place I thought would be ideal, likely it would also lose its luster over time. Stuck in a purgatory of my own making–never content. 

So, maybe it isn’t me who has worn out their welcome, but the place I currently reside has worn out its welcome with me. Somehow, I’m able to hold in balance with this position that the grass ain’t always greener, something I’m more than aware of. I don’t want buyer’s remorse associated with moving on, I’ve had it before, and it’s expensive in more ways than one, yet I also am steeped in wanderlust and longing for something that might be better fitting for me. The thing is, I don’t know if it’s out there. Sure, we all create in our heads this image of what we aspire to, but it’s just that–an image. More than likely a simulacrum of something that no longer exists, or worse, a mythological representation of something that never did. 

I’m getting close to 20 years out from retirement age (65), and I’ve already started counting the days. In fact, I’ll be pressing pause on the writing of this here essay to meet with my financial planner to see how I can retire earlier, at 59, preferably. I’ve amassed some savings and investments, but I’m betting she’ll tell me 59 isn’t reasonable unless I cut 99% of my discretionary spending. No more trips out west to hike, no more seeing 50 concerts a year, no more eating out 6-7 times a week, no more beer, no more buying any book that looks even remotely interesting. Probably can’t afford my dog anymore, either… 

**We apologize for interrupting your regularly scheduled program–the author is meeting with his financial advisor**

Well, I’m back! So, it looks like I’m going to have get a little more frugal, cut out some things that just aren’t necessary if I want to retire at 59. It appears I’m about 80% on target to do so, should everything stand, and the financial market not crash again like it does every friggin’ five years or so. For reasons other than economic, I’ve already decided to get rid of a smartphone (being always connected to the internet is the work of the devil), so my bill should go down from about $58 to $20/month. I’ve been subscribing to my local newspaper for about 4+ years now, and while I think it is truly important to support local journalism, it ain’t that great here, so there’s another $350-400/year I could save myself. In pre-pandemic times I saw on average one concert a week, and now that things have started to open back up, I could be a little more intentional about the shows I choose to see; maybe I could cut that in half. Where else? I’ll have to look. Time to start hustling! 

Maybe if I shift my focus to the future, I can squelch my restlessness and desire to search out greener–or at least newer–pastures. It’s pretty cheap to live where I do, and there are a lot of hidden costs that could jump out and surprise me if I moved on, even if to a location with a similar cost of living and pay. I think as I’ve aged, especially of late, I’ve gotten much better about deemphasizing the role of money in my life, so I don’t know if it’s ironic that now my focus has shifted back to money–even if it’s pragmatic and looking towards the future. I guess, if anything, this is good, though–having a goal, cinching in the belt a little, and saving for the future. If my plans change, having set aside a few extra dollars will always be a good thing…

The thing is, I know I won’t be able to fully shake the “what could be” thoughts from my head. I’ve always been nomadic, both in a literal and figurative sense, and try as I might, suppressing any desire for 15 years ain’t easy. So, do I need to make amends with the place I live now, tell her I’m going to stick around for a while, we need to make it work, you know, for the kids–I mean cabin out west in 15 years? I’ve spent my whole life wearing out my welcome or getting frustrated with where I’ve been, where I’m at, and/or where I’m going. Now that I’ve got a goal, finally, I need to eat my medicine and tough it out. Smile through the pain. Say, “Yes, dear.” Play nice. All that jazz. If and when I finally make it there, the greeting outside my door will be, “Don’t wear out your welcome.”

Marco Esquandoles
Moving Man

¡Bienvenidos a Noviembre! Nosotros en Apollo Mapping estamos gustosos de tenerlos otro mes aquí en los resúmenes españoles del mes de Noviembre.

Pausa Para el Trabajo de Sus Imágenes: Día Nacional de la República Popular China 2019

Nosotros amamos los mapas.

Nosotros amamos imagenes.

Nosotros amamos la hora libre durante el trabajo.

¡Esperamos que usted también ame esto también!

Con Noviembre viene el clima fresco e incluso la nieve aquí en Colorado, por lo que aunque todavía se llama otoño, ¡ahora se siente más como invierno! De cualquier manera, las caminatas durante el invierno son vigorizantes, por lo que son la actividad perfecta al mediodía cuando el trabajo te esta cansando.¡Así que sal a un descanso de trabajo! Pero antes de salir, echa un vistazo a esta imagen WorldView-2 de 50 centímetros recogidas sobre Beijing, China, durante el primero de octubre de 2019. ¿Cuál es la importancia del primero de octubre en China? Bueno, la respuesta es su Día Nacional. El Día Nacional conmemora la formación del gobierno central comunista el primero de octubre de 1949, unos 70 años antes de que se recogió esta imagen. En estas imágenes de WorldView-2, puedes ver equipo militar bordeando la calle de la Avenida Chang’an y también en la Plaza de Tiananmen, tal vez aún más sorprendentes son las filas geométricas de personas que marchan en el desfile con trajes de colores.

¡Que tengas un gran descanso de tu trabajo! ☺
(Cortesía de la imagen: DigitalGlobe. Procesado por Apollo Mapping para mejorar la precisión y claridad del color.)

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Los Satélites Deimos-1/2 Ahora se Llaman GEOSAT-½ 

¡Este será un artículo corto, así como el título lo dice todo! Con efecto inmediato, el satélite Deimos-1 de 22 metros ha pasado a llamarse GEOSAT-1. Y luego el satélite Deimos-2 de 75 centímetros ha sido renombrado GEOSAT-2. Este cambio se hizo efectivo cuando GEOSAT compró estos dos satélites al propietario anterior, Urthecast. A partir de ahora, no hay cambios en el formato, la resolución y / o el precio del producto.

Si tiene alguna pregunta sobre este cambio de nombre de Deimos-1 a GEOSAT-1 o Deimos-2 a GEOSAT-2, háganoslo saber por correo electrónico a sales@apollomapping.com.

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30-cm Color WorldView-3/4 Imagen del Mes–2017 Richardson Farm Corn Maze

Cada vez que miramos las imágenes de WorldView-3 y WorldView-4 (WV3/4), nos quedamos impresionados. ¡Y esperamos que esté igualmente impresionado con los datos! En octubre estuvimos en Hawai con una mirada a un icónico laberinto de jardín, y para la edición de este mes de la Imagen del Mes de 30 cm Color WorldView-3/4 nos quedamos con el tema del laberinto de jardín, regresando al continente para echar un vistazo a un laberinto estacional creado en Illinois cada año, el Richardson Farm Corn Maze.

WorldView-3 se lanzó a finales de 2014 y WorldView-4 se lanzó a finales de 2016; En conjunto, son la constelación de satélites más avanzada a la que el mercado comercial ha tenido acceso. Estas son algunas de las características que realmente diferencian a estos satélites de la competencia:

• Resolución Mejorada

• • Una resolución más alta significa que puede ver más detalles en las imágenes WV3/4.
  • Los datos recogidos en el nadir tendrán bandas pancromáticas de 31 centímetros (cm), 1,24 metros (m) visibles e infrarrojas cercanas, SWIR de 3,7 m (solo WV3) y CAVIS de 30 m (solo WV3).
  • A 20 grados fuera del nadir, la resolución es pancromática de 34 cm, 1,38 m visibles e infrarrojos cercanos e infrarrojos de onda corta de 4,1 m.

• Bandas espectrales adicionales

• • Si el análisis espectral es parte de su proyecto, entonces ningún otro satélite puede igualar WV3 con su: 8 bandas de datos visibles e infrarrojos cercanos; y 8 bandas infrarrojas de onda corta que son cruciales para los estudios geológicos.

• Mejor precisión posicional

• • Con precisiones de 3.5 m CE90% o mejor (¡incluso sin control de tierra!), WV3/4 no tiene rivales por su precisión posicional mejorada.

• Resesiones diarias

• • A 40 grados de latitud, WV3 es capaz de obtener imágenes de cada ubicación diariamente con una resolución de 1 metro o mejor y luego cada 4,5 días a una resolución de 34 cm o mejor.
  • WV4 ya no está recogiendo nuevas imágenes.

• Aumento de la capacidad de recogida

• • WV3/4 cuenta con anchos de franja de 13,1 km (en el nadir) con la capacidad de recoger hasta 680.000 kilómetros cuadrados (kilómetros cuadrados) de datos de alta resolución por día por satélite (aunque WV4 está muerto ahora).
  • Los giroscopios de movimiento de control mejorados se traducen en áreas de recolección contiguas máximas más grandes por pasada, con hasta ~ 7,500 kilómetros cuadrados de imágenes mono y ~ 3,000 kilómetros cuadrados de estéreo posible.

Si está interesado en las imágenes de WorldView-3 y / o WorldView-4 para su próximo proyecto, háganoslo saber por teléfono, 303-993-3863, o por correo electrónico, sales@apollomapping.com.

También puede encontrar más muestras de WV3 e información técnica en nuestro sitio web aquí y luego las muestras e información de WV4 se pueden encontrar aquí.

Fernando Gutierrez
Topographic Translator

Airbus is coming in hot this month with new satellites and new products. Along with the 30-centimeter resolution Pléiades Neo optical constellation , Airbus updated their 12-meter (m) resolution WorldDEM product. The new version, called WorldDEM Neo, has improved 5-m resolution and is also derived from TerraSAR-X and TanDEM-X radar stereo pairs. However, the radar pairs used to create this 5-m elevation dataset are more recent than its predecessor, and were collected from 2017 to 2021. Currently, WorldDEM Neo is only available as a digital surface model (DSM)–we expect digital terrain model (DTM) sales to start in early 2022. 

You can search for WorldDEM Neo now on Image Hunter. 

To get updated DEM price list which includes 5-m WorldDEM Neo DSM, send an email to sales@apollomapping.com.

In the meantime, check out these key specifications for 5-m WorldDEM Neo:

• Resolution: 5-meter pixel spacing
• Absolute Vertical Accuracy: < 4 m Linear Error 90% (LE90)
• Absolute Horizontal Accuracy: < 6-meter (90% circular error)
• Geographic Coverage: nearly pole to pole, same as 12-m WorldDEM

Last month we checked out the site of the first National Basketball Association (NBA) matchup for the 2021-2022 season, and for the November edition of the Pléiades 1–SPOT 6/7 Stadium of the Month we travel across the pond to the premier division soccer (or football as you Europeans say!) league in Spain, La Liga, and to the site of a key game in Valencia, i.e. Mestalla Stadium.

About the Stadium: Mestalla Stadium is located in east-central Valencia about 2 miles (3 kilometers) from the Mediterranean Sea. Mestalla is the oldest stadium in Spain, opening on May 20, 1923 to host a friendly match between Valencia Club de Futbol–the team that still calls the stadium home–and Levante Unión Deportiva. Through its nearly 100 years of ‘life’, Mestalla has been renovated multiple times to expand its capacity and add more modern amenities, including in the mid-1950s, the 1970s and from 1997 to 2001. But still Mestalla lacks many of the amenities modern soccer stadiums boast, hence plans to build a new 75,000-seat stadium on the outskirts of town commenced in 2007; but were stopped shortly thereafter in 2009 due to lack of funding, and construction has yet to pick back up.

Fun Factoids: (1) Mestalla is set to host a match between Valencia CF and Atlético de Madrid on November 7th–who were both sitting close to the top of the La Liga standings when this article topic was decided upon, but have since slipped to middle of the pack. In 48 matches between the two foes, Valencia holds a 13–16–19 record (wins–loses–draws). (2) Mestalla has been in essentially continuous use since opening in 1923 with three marked periods of inactivity: the first for the Spanish Civil War were it was used as a concentration camp for nearly two years; the second in 1957, where a deadly flood in Valencia damaged the stadium and play ceased for about two months; and the third being the COVID-19 pandemic. (3) When Mestalla was first built it was surrounded by fields so fans had to jump over the Mestalla canal to enter the stadium, hence that is where it took its name from.

The Pléiades 1 High-Resolution Satellite Constellation

The Pléiades 1 constellation (or at least part of it!) has been in orbit since December 2011 and if you have not had a chance to check out any sample imagery, take a few moments and have a look at the gallery on our website. If you work with high-resolution imagery, you should consider Pléiades 1 for your next geospatial project.

A variety of Pléiades 1 products are available from both a growing archive and as a new collection, including 50-centimeter (cm) pansharpened imagery and 50-cm panchromatic–2-meter (m) 4-band multispectral bundles. We are happy to discuss the technical specifications, pricing and tasking options available with this satellite constellation.

The SPOT Medium-Resolution Satellite Constellation

The SPOT medium-resolution constellation consist of seven satellites launched from 1986 to 2014 with the most recent additions, SPOT 6 and SPOT 7, launching in 2012 and 2014 respectively. SPOT 6 and SPOT 7 are twin satellites offering 1.5-m panchromatic and 6-m 4-band multispectral data with a massive footprint at 60-kilometers (km) wide. For projects requiring recent archive coverage or rapid new collections of medium-resolution data, SPOT 6/7 should be one of your top imagery sources!

More sample images and technical information about Pléiades 1A and 1B can be found on our website here; while the same can be found here for the SPOT constellation and specifically about SPOT 6/7.

The Apollo Mapping sales team can answer any questions you might have about Pléiades 1 and/or any of the SPOT satellites. We can be reached at (303) 993-3863 or sales@apollomapping.com.

Cricket’s Chirp is created for Apollo Mapping by Ron Ruelle, a Boulder, Colorado based cartoonist, lllustrator and teacher. No animals are harmed in the creation of these comics, but Ron sometimes breaks a pencil in frustration. You can see more of his work at www.ronruelle.com

Every time we look at WorldView-3 and WorldView-4 (WV3/4) imagery, we are blown away. And we hope you are equally impressed with the data! In October we were in Hawaii with a look at an iconic garden maze, and for this month’s edition of the 30-cm Color WorldView-3/4 Image of the Month we stick with the garden maze theme, heading back to the mainland for a look at a seasonal maze created in Illinois each year, the Richardson Farm Corn Maze.

WorldView-3 launched in late 2014 and WorldView-4 launched in late 2016; taken together they are the most advanced satellite constellation the commercial marketplace has ever had access to. Here are a few of the features that really set these satellites apart from the competition:

• • Improved Resolution
    • Higher resolution means you can see more detail in WV3/4 imagery.
    • Data collected at nadir will have 31-centimeter (cm) panchromatic, 1.24-meter (m) visible and near infrared, 3.7-m SWIR (WV3 only) and 30-m CAVIS (WV3 only) bands. 
    • At 20 degrees off-nadir, the resolution is 34-cm panchromatic, 1.38-m visible and near infrared and 4.1-m shortwave infrared.

• Additional Spectral Bands

• • • If spectral analysis is part of your project, then no other satellite can match WV3 with its: 8 bands of visible and near-infrared data; and 8 shortwave infrared bands which are crucial for geological studies. 

• Better Positional Accuracy

• • • With accuracies of 3.5-m CE90% or better (without ground control even!), WV3/4 has no rivals for its enhanced positional accuracy.

• Daily Revisits

• • • At 40 degrees latitude, WV3 is able to image every location daily with 1-meter or better resolution and then every 4.5 days at 34-cm resolution or better.
    • WV4 is no longer collecting new imagery.

• Increased Collection Capacity

• • WV3/4 feature 13.1-km swath widths (at nadir) with the ability to collect up to 680,000 square kilometer (sq km) of high-resolution data per day per satellite (though WV4 is dead now).
  • Improved control movement gyros translate into larger maximum contiguous collection areas per pass, with up to ~7,500 sq km of mono imagery and ~3,000 sq km of stereo possible.

If you are interested in WorldView-3 and/or WorldView-4 imagery for your next project, please let us know by phone, 303-993-3863, or by email, sales@apollomapping.com.

You can also find more WV3 samples and technical information on our website here and then WV4 samples and information can be found here.