High Resolution Sensors – QuickBird Presentation on High Resolution Sensors – QuickBird Siddhartho Shekhar Paul MSc Student, NRES – Environmental Science Program pauls@unbc.ca Date of Launch October 18, 2001 Sensor Panchromatic, Multispectral Bands & Wavelengths Panchromatic: B& W: 445 to 900 nm Multispectral: Blue: 450 - 520 nm Green: 520 - 600 nm Red: 630 - 690 nm Near-IR: 760 - 900 nm Spatial Resolution (Pixel Size) 61 cm (2 ft) at nadir 2.4 m (8 ft) at nadir
Swath Width 16.5 km at nadir Altitude/Inclination/Orbit 450 km/98 degree/Sun-synchronous polar Radiometric Resolution 11 bit Cost $17/sq. km, minimum order 25 sq. km Future Plans Mission life up to May, 2012 Website http://www.digitalglobe.com/ index.php/85/QuickBird
Sample Notable Image and Function August , 2009 Station Fire , Sunland neighborhood and surrounding areas of Los Angeles. Sample Notable Image and Function
Some Special Applications Wide Spectrum of uses in- Disaster Management, Mining, Oil and Gas Industry, Natural Resources management, Defense & Intelligence, Urban and Regional Planning, Engineering and Architecture , Archaeology etc. The following literature includes some scientific uses of QuickBird image- http://rsl.gis.umn.edu/Documents/QuickBird_image-based_atmos_correction.pdf http://las.physik.uni-oldenburg.de/eProceedings/vol05_2/05_2_backes1.pdf http://www.digitalglobe.com/file.php/715/DG_Case_Study-OSM_WEB.pdf http://www.digitalglobe.com/file.php/710/DG_Case_Study-ACOE_WEB.pdf http://www.vcgi.org/commres/vsdp/archive/VSDP07Morrissey_apps.pdf THANK YOU