Vexcel Aerial

Very high resolution 5.5 cm optical aerial imagery, acquired over areas all over the world. The collection contains data from 2012 to the present.


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 (US) at the Ortho geometric processing level

Geographic coverage and restrictions

The coverage map of Vexcel Aerial — Oblique
The coverage map of Vexcel Aerial — Ortho
The coverage map of Vexcel Aerial — True Ortho

Data products

Data productTypeSpectral bands combination
Vexcel Aerial — Oblique (Mosaic)CatalogBundle with 2 combinations:
  • 3-band true color (RGB) image captured at a 45° angle from one cardinal direction: north, south, east, or west (direction specified in tags)
  • 3-band false color (RG and NIR) image captured at nadir
Vexcel Aerial — Oblique (Discrete Nadir)Catalog3-band false color (RG and NIR) image captured at nadir
Vexcel Aerial — Oblique (Discrete Cardinal)Catalog3-band true color (RGB) image captured at a 45° angle from one cardinal direction: north, south, east, or west (direction specified in tags)
Vexcel Aerial — OrthoCatalogBundle with 2 combinations:Ortho versions:
  • Quick Ortho: an early access version of the Ortho product
  • Final Ortho: a final processed version
Vexcel Aerial — True OrthoCatalogBundle with 2 combinations:Ortho versions:
  • Quick Ortho: an early access version of the Ortho product
  • Final Ortho: a final processed version

Specifications

General

SpecificationDescription
Collection typeCatalog
Product typeOptical
System typeAerial

Data

SpecificationDescription
ResolutionOblique: 5.5–7.5 cm
Ortho: 15–20 cm
True Ortho: 5.5–7.5 cm
Bit depth per pixel8-bit
Delivery formatA ZIP file containing the following files:
  • Data (GeoTIFF)
  • Metadata (GeoJSON)
MasksTransparency
NoData value0

Processing levels

System

SpecificationDescription
Acquisition modeMono
Catalog refresh rateVariable

Band data

SpecificationDescription
Spectral bands420–510 nm (blue)
480–600 nm (green)
580–690 nm (red)
690–800 nm (near-infrared)

Geographic reference

SpecificationDescription
Coordinate reference systemProjected-WGS84
Positional accuracyOblique:
  • 3.8 cm RMSEx/y relative
  • 7.5 cm RMSEz relative
Ortho: 1 m RMSEx/y/z absolute
True Ortho: 15 cm RMSEx/y/z absolute

Conditions

SpecificationDescription
LimitationsInput: AOI up to 50 km2 (maximum bounding area: 1,000 km2)
Availability: from 2012
Output: AOI-clipped imagery
Minimum chargeAs per 0.25 km2

API integration

Data productTypeName and IDCollection name
Vexcel Aerial — Oblique (Mosaic)CatalogName: vexcel-aerial-oblique-mosaic
ID: 8a47e234-0f80-4fda-894d-677a9a0692f5
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Vexcel Aerial — Oblique (Discrete Nadir)CatalogName: vexcel-aerial-oblique-discrete-nadir
ID: 80d672e7-4e10-47c2-804a-78dc98d42c13
vexcel-aerial-oblique-discrete-nadir
Vexcel Aerial — Oblique (Discrete Cardinal)CatalogName: vexcel-aerial-oblique-discrete-cardinal
ID: 016760e4-dc39-4f87-a50d-587b7dd98de8
vexcel-aerial-oblique-discrete-cardinal
Vexcel Aerial — OrthoCatalogName: vexcel-aerial-ortho
ID: 679b682a-04cc-49ae-bb06-564ca4feddbd
vexcel-aerial-ortho
Vexcel Aerial — True OrthoCatalogName: vexcel-aerial-trueortho
ID: bdf6705e-f330-4885-8748-c254ac03e610
vexcel-aerial-trueortho

The old API collections and data products are no longer available. Refer to the migration guide for how they correspond to the new values.

For catalog endpoints, use the new host name vexcel-v2.

Migration guide
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