Have you checked out Image Hunter recently?!?! If not, you should!

Listening to the feedback we received on improving imagery search engines over the years, the new version of Image Hunter features a major overhaul to the user interface as well as to the backend architecture. Image Hunter is built on open-source technology so it works on all computers, not just on Windows machines. We slimmed down the user interface to make it easier to find the imagery filters and other available tools. All things said, we really think you will enjoy your browsing experience – plus no other search engine even comes close to the breadth of sensors offered in Image Hunter!

Key May 2019 Improvement(s)

With the onset of spring, we have seen many changes here at Apollo Mapping, including a re-doubling of our efforts to make Image Hunter even better than it is today. In the coming weeks, you will see a series of exciting changes, stay tuned! In the past few weeks, here are the major changes we pushed live that you may or may not have noticed on the system:

• We clustered the tools in the header to make the system easier to use on smaller monitors. You will definitely see the toolbar evolve in the next few weeks as we hope to have our new login system live soon!
• Hexagon footprints were not displayed accurately, we fixed that.
• HxGN aerial, PlanetScope and RapidEye imagery updates were down for a few weeks, we caught that and manually updated the archive.
• Persistent searches broke for a few days, they are back now.
• Sometimes with smaller polygons the automatic zoom resulted in less than ideal positioning, it is much better now.

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 second 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
• Deimos-1
• Deimos-2
• TripleSat
• SPOT 1 to 7 constellation
• RapidEye
• GaoFen-2
• GaoFen-1
• ZiYuan-3 01/02 (mono and stereo!)
• Formosat-2
• ALOS PRISM (stereo)
• AW3D Standard (DEM)
• SkySat constellation
• SuperView-1 constellation
• Landsat 1-8
• TeLEOS-1
• Hexagon (HxGN Content Program aerial imagery)

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 14 data providers and over 35 sensor systems.
• 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 all-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.