DocumentCode
3205104
Title
Comparison of commercial high-resolution satellite imagery
Author
Nolan, John R.
Author_Institution
Aerosp. Corp., El Segundo, CA, USA
Volume
2
fYear
2001
fDate
2001
Abstract
High-resolution satellite imagery first became commercially available in the mid 1990´s with the marketing of Russian KFA-1000 two-meter resolution imagery, taken by the military Kometa film return satellite. The Russian firm SOVINFORMSPUTNIX next began a joint collaboration with the US firm Aerial Images, Inc to market current and archived two-meter resolution imagery over the Internet. With the successful launch of the Ikonos-2 satellite in late 1999 one-meter resolution imagery became commercially available. This paper compares an example of KFA-1000 panchromatic imagery with a pan-sharpened multispectral image from the Ikonos satellite of the same geographic area. The military utility of both types of imagery are also discussed
Keywords
image resolution; imaging; remote sensing; 1 m; Ikonos-2 satellite; KFA-1000 panchromatic imagery; commercial satellite imagery; geographic area; high-resolution satellite imagery; pan-sharpened multispectral image; Artificial satellites; Cameras; Collaboration; Hydrogen; Image resolution; Internet; Military satellites; Multispectral imaging; Vehicles; Web pages;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Aerospace Conference, 2001, IEEE Proceedings.
Conference_Location
Big Sky, MT
Print_ISBN
0-7803-6599-2
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/AERO.2001.931274
Filename
931274
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