Airbus Elevation

Overview

Airbus Elevation provides digital surface models (DSM) and digital terrain models (DTM) generated from Pléiades Neo and Pléiades imagery anywhere on the globe. See more on the marketplace or download sample data.

An Elevation 0.5 DSM of Marseille (France)

Data products

Data product	Model	Coverage	Order link
Elevation 0.5 DSM	DSM	Global	Submit a request
Elevation 0.5 DTM	DTM	Global	Submit a request
Elevation 0.5 Bundle	Bundle: DSM and DTM	Global	Submit a request
Elevation 1 DSM	DSM	Global	Submit a request
Elevation 1 DTM	DTM	Global	Submit a request
Elevation 1 Bundle	Bundle: DSM and DTM	Global	Submit a request
Elevation 4 DSM	DSM	Global	Submit a request
Elevation 4 DTM	DTM	Global	Submit a request
Elevation 4 Bundle	Bundle: DSM and DTM	Global	Submit a request

Specifications

General

Specification	Description
Provider	Airbus
Collection type	Tasking from 3,215 credits per km²
Product type	Elevation
System type	Satellite

Data

Specification	Description
Resolution	Elevation 0.5: 50 cm Elevation 1: 1 m Elevation 4: 4 m
Masks	Transparency
NoData value	-32,767
Data source	Pléiades Neo and Pléiades

System

Specification	Description
Tasking priority	Standard
Orbit	Sun-synchronous, at 620 km
Number of satellites	2
Revisit rate	2 times a day

Geographic reference

Specification	Description
Coordinate reference system	Elevation 0.5: Geographic-WGS84 with EGM2008 height UTM-WGS84 with EGM2008 height Elevation 1 and Elevation 4: Geographic-WGS84 with EGM96 height UTM-WGS84 with EGM96 height
Positional accuracy	Elevation 0.5 positional accuracy Horizontal: Absolute: With GCPs: 0.6 m RMSE Without GCPs: 3–5 m CE90 Relative: < 1 m CE90 Vertical: Absolute: With GCPs: 0.5 m RMSE Without GCPs: 3–5 m LE90 Relative: < 1 m LE90 Elevation 1 positional accuracy Horizontal: Absolute: With GCPs: 1.5 m CE90 With Ref3D GCPs: 6–10 m CE90 Without GCPs: 8.5–10.5 m CE90 Relative: 1.5 m CE90 Vertical: Absolute: With GCPs: 1.5 m LE90 With Ref3D GCPs: 6–10 m LE90 Without GCPs: < 10 m LE90 Relative: 1.5 m LE90 Elevation 4 positional accuracy Horizontal: Absolute: With GCPs: 1.5 m CE90 With Ref3D GCPs: 6–10 m CE90 Without GCPs: 8.5–10.5 m CE90 Relative: 1.5 m CE90 Vertical: Absolute: With GCPs: 2 m LE90 With Ref3D GCPs: 6–10 m LE90 Without GCPs: < 10 m LE90 Relative: 2 m LE90

Specification

Description

Coordinate reference system

Elevation 0.5:

Geographic-WGS84 with EGM2008 height
UTM-WGS84 with EGM2008 height

Elevation 1 and Elevation 4:

Geographic-WGS84 with EGM96 height
UTM-WGS84 with EGM96 height

Positional accuracy

Elevation 0.5 positional accuracy

Horizontal:

Absolute:
- With GCPs: 0.6 m RMSE
- Without GCPs: 3–5 m CE90
Relative: < 1 m CE90

Vertical:

Absolute:
- With GCPs: 0.5 m RMSE
- Without GCPs: 3–5 m LE90
Relative: < 1 m LE90

Elevation 1 positional accuracy

Horizontal:

Absolute:
- With GCPs: 1.5 m CE90
- With Ref3D GCPs: 6–10 m CE90
- Without GCPs: 8.5–10.5 m CE90
Relative: 1.5 m CE90

Vertical:
Absolute:
- With GCPs: 1.5 m LE90
- With Ref3D GCPs: 6–10 m LE90
- Without GCPs: < 10 m LE90
Relative: 1.5 m LE90

Elevation 4 positional accuracy

Horizontal:

Absolute:
- With GCPs: 1.5 m CE90
- With Ref3D GCPs: 6–10 m CE90
- Without GCPs: 8.5–10.5 m CE90
Relative: 1.5 m CE90

Vertical:

Absolute:
- With GCPs: 2 m LE90
- With Ref3D GCPs: 6–10 m LE90
- Without GCPs: < 10 m LE90
Relative: 2 m LE90

Conditions

Specification	Description
Limitations	Input: AOI from 10 km Output: AOI-clipped imagery
Minimum charge	As per 100 km²

Specification

Description

Limitations

Input: AOI from 10 km

Output: AOI-clipped imagery

Minimum charge

As per 100 km²

Geographic coverage

The geographic coverage is global.

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