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SPOTView,
the digital satellite image map

SPOTViews supply up-to-date information in the form of extremely reliable product underlays which can be used directly in a geographic information system (GIS) or map-making software.

Applications

SPOTViews can be used for:

updating obsolete digital maps,
mapping regions which have not been thoroughly mapped or which have never been mapped,
making land use maps or natural resource maps,
making new thematic layers.

SPOTViews come with the following options:

Resolution and spectral mode

Depending on the level of detail required for a specific application:

Black and white	Color
2.5 m	2.5 m
5 m	5 m
10 m	10 m
	20 m

Size

Depending on the surface of the area to be studied:

complete scenes: 60 km long x 60 to 80 km wide, according to the viewing angle.
standard mapsheets centred on an area of interest (digital mosaic of several Spot scenes)
- 30’ x 30' : ~ 54 km x 54 km at the equator
- 15’ x15' : ~ 27 km x 27 km at the equator
- 7’30" x 7’30" : ~ 13 km x 13 km at the equator

Preprocessing level

Depending on the level of geometric quality required and the type of terrain mapped:
Accuracy (level 2B)
Ortho (level 3)

Location accuracy

Generally better than 30 m (1 sigma), but this depends on the quality of the ground control points and/or the DEMs used during preprocessing.

For level 3 images, made using a DEM derived from , it is better than 15 m (1 sigma).

Format

SPOTViews come in the Dimap format.

Image improvement processing

Depending on the application in mind:

SPOTView Basic: these do not undergo any image processing in order to keep the full information depth of physical values for thematic analysis.
SPOTView Plus: these undergo processing to improve the image and are ready-to-use underlay products.
SPOTView Plus products can be generated in pseudo-natural colours to render natural landscape colours more faithfully.

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SPOTView

SPOTView,the digital satellite image map

SPOTView,
the digital satellite image map