Vexcel Aerial

Overview

Vexcel Aerial provides multispectral imagery of areas in the US and Canada, in Western and Eastern Europe, and in Oceania. See more on the marketplace.

A Vexcel Aerial image of Baytown, Texas (USA)

Geographic coverage and restrictions

The coverage map of Vexcel Aerial — Ortho

The coverage map of Vexcel Aerial — True Ortho

The coverage map of Vexcel Aerial — Obliques and Nadir

Data products

Data product	Type	Spectral bands combination
Vexcel Aerial — Ortho	Catalog	Bundle with both combinations: 3-band true color (RGB) image orthorectified using Vexcel Elevate DTM 3-band false color (RG and NIR) image orthorectified using Vexcel Elevate DTM
Vexcel Aerial — True Ortho	Catalog	Bundle with both combinations: 3-band true color (RGB) image orthorectified using Vexcel Elevate DSM 3-band false color (RG and NIR) image orthorectified using Vexcel Elevate DSM
Vexcel Aerial — Obliques and Nadir	Catalog	Scenes with 4 attributes (North, South, East, West): 3-band true color (RGB) images taken from a 45° angle Scenes with 5 attributes (North, South, East, West, and Nadir): 3-band true color (RGB) images taken at nadir and from a 45° angle 3-band false color (RG and NIR) images taken at nadir

Data product

Type

Spectral bands combination

Vexcel Aerial — Ortho

Catalog

Bundle with both combinations:

3-band true color (RGB) image orthorectified using Vexcel Elevate DTM
3-band false color (RG and NIR) image orthorectified using Vexcel Elevate DTM

Vexcel Aerial — True Ortho

Catalog

Bundle with both combinations:

3-band true color (RGB) image orthorectified using Vexcel Elevate DSM
3-band false color (RG and NIR) image orthorectified using Vexcel Elevate DSM

Vexcel Aerial — Obliques and Nadir

Catalog

Scenes with 4 attributes (North, South, East, West):

3-band true color (RGB) images taken from a 45° angle

Scenes with 5 attributes (North, South, East, West, and Nadir):

3-band true color (RGB) images taken at nadir and from a 45° angle
3-band false color (RG and NIR) images taken at nadir

Ortho versions

Ortho and True Ortho data products have distinct versions, each processed differently and available on a specific timeline:

First Ortho: an early access version
Quick Ortho: an intermediate version available 2–3 weeks after First Ortho
DXM Ortho: a near-final version available 6 weeks after Quick Ortho
Final Ortho: a final product available 2 weeks after DXM Ortho

	First Ortho	Quick Ortho	DXM Ortho	Final Ortho
Aerial triangulation
Color balancing
Seamline editing
Native orthorectification
Water editing
True color (RGB) images
False color (RG and NIR) images

Specifications

General

Specification	Description
Provider	Vexcel
Collection type	Catalog
Product type	Optical
System type	Aerial

Data

Specification	Description
Resolution	Ortho: 15–20 cm True Ortho: 5.5–7.5 cm Obliques and Nadir: 5.5–7.5 cm
Bit depth per pixel	8-bit
Delivery format	A ZIP file containing the following files: Data (GeoTIFF) Metadata (GeoJSON)
Masks	Transparency
NoData value	0

Processing levels

	Georectified	Orthorectified
Basic
TOA
Surface reflectance
Display	Obliques and Nadir	Ortho True Ortho

System

Specification	Description
Acquisition mode	Mono
Catalog refresh rate	Variable

Band data

Specification	Description
Spectral bands	Multispectral: 580–690 nm (red) 480–600 nm (green) 420–510 nm (blue) 690–800 nm (near-infrared)* ^*Not available in the First Ortho version.

Geographic reference

Specification	Description
Coordinate reference system	Ortho: Projected-WGS84 True Ortho: Projected-WGS84 Obliques and Nadir: UTM-WGS84
Positional accuracy	Ortho: 1 m RMSEx/y/z absolute True Ortho: 15 cm RMSEx/y/z absolute Obliques and Nadir: 3.8 cm RMSEx/y relative 7.5 cm RMSEz relative

Conditions

Specification	Description
Limitations	Input: AOI, depending on the data product: Ortho: up to 50 km² (maximum bounding area: 1,000 km²) True Ortho: up to 50 km² (maximum bounding area: 1,000 km²) Obliques and Nadir (maximum bounding area: 2.5×2.5 km²) Availability: from 2012 Output: Ortho: AOI-clipped imagery True Ortho: AOI-clipped imagery Obliques and Nadir: full scenes
Minimum charge	As per 0.25 km²

Specification

Description

Limitations

Input: AOI, depending on the data product:

Ortho: up to 50 km² (maximum bounding area: 1,000 km²)
True Ortho: up to 50 km² (maximum bounding area: 1,000 km²)
Obliques and Nadir (maximum bounding area: 2.5×2.5 km²)

Availability: from 2012
Output:

Ortho: AOI-clipped imagery
True Ortho: AOI-clipped imagery
Obliques and Nadir: full scenes

Minimum charge

As per 0.25 km²

API integration

Data product	Type	Name and ID	Collection name
Vexcel Aerial — Ortho	Catalog	Name: `vexcel-aerial-ortho` ID: `679b682a-04cc-49ae-bb06-564ca4feddbd`	`vexcel-aerial-ortho`
Vexcel Aerial — True Ortho	Catalog	Name: `vexcel-aerial-trueortho` ID: `bdf6705e-f330-4885-8748-c254ac03e610`	`vexcel-aerial-trueortho`
Vexcel Aerial — Obliques and Nadir	Catalog	Name: `vexcel-aerial-oblique` ID: `587c61a2-105e-4e1f-955b-10ef3dc60681`	`vexcel-aerial-oblique`