Update on 5-meter RapidEye Mosaics - Apollo Mapping
Posted on July 9th, 2013

Update on 5-meter RapidEye Mosaics

For those of you in need of ready-to-use, wide-area coverage mosaics, 5-meter natural color RapidEye Mosaics are a perfect fit. RapidEye Mosaics are virtually cloud-free and have been created with recent imagery collected during narrow time frames. With a 77-km wide footprint and five identical satellites in orbit, there is no better constellation to image huge areas in short times than RapidEye. These wide-area mosaics are competitively priced so ask your Apollo Mapping representative for a quote to support your next mapping project.

Coverage Update

  • Pakistan – added June 2013
  • Eretria & Somalia – added February 2013
  • Hawaii, USA – added October 2013

Here is a summary of the key features and product specifications for RapidEye Mosaics:

RapidEye Mosaic Features

  • Priced at less than $1.50 per square kilometer with a 500 sq km minimum order size
  • Recent and virtually cloud free imagery (no more than 3%) collected in the most narrow time frame possible
  • GIS-ready format
  • Quick delivery as they are off-the-shelf mosaics
  • Custom mosaics available if they are not offered now

RapidEye Mosaic Specifications

  • Image Bands: True natural color mosaics created from raw red, green and blue spectral bands
  • Resolution: 5-meters
  • File Format: GeoTIFF with associated metadata files
  • Bit Depth: 8-bit color balanced
  • Projection/Datum: UTM WGS84


A map of the off-the-shelf 5-meter RapidEye Mosaics that are available. Custom mosaics are available upon request.

For more information about RapidEye Mosaics, you can reach an Apollo Mapping representative at (303) 993-3863 or at sales@apollomappping.com.

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