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FORMOSAT-2 and change detection

FORMOSAT-2 imagery is of great value for monitoring sites and detecting change. You choose the revisit frequency, to quickly highlight any changes in infrastructures, land occupancy and land cover, and to track moving objects.

Detecting change and keeping databases current are vital to clearly understand what’s happening on the ground and make informed decisions. For this purpose, FORMOSAT-2 combines:

temporal resolution, with up-to-date information to improve analysis and classification
spatial resolution, to support finely detailed analysis

Security and Defence

Crisis planning, identification and assessment
Surveillance of targets and border movements
Impact assessment
Protection plans for people and sensitive zones
Compilation and updating of databases
Mission planning
International treaty enforcement
Assessment of proliferation activities

The animation below shows how a nuclear facility producing heavy water in Arak, Iran, was monitored to detect changes.

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Natural and human-induced disaster management

Mitigation planning and early-warning systems
Dynamic impact assessment of floods and forest fires
Organization of relief teams
Historical disaster database
Environmental impact assessment

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Agriculture

Targeted observation of growth stages for precision agriculture
Production management support for yield monitoring
Detection and monitoring of illegal crops
Rice-growing applications (daily revisits)
Site monitoring in forest environments (infrastructure, exploitation, reconversion)

Maritime surveillance

Coastal traffic surveillance
Dynamic assessment of port activities
Fisheries monitoring
Monitoring of sensitive sites
Offshore oil operations

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