Maxar

Very high resolution 15 cm optical satellite data, acquired worldwide with a revisit rate of 15 times a day. The collection provides data from 2007 to the present.


Overview

Maxar imagery is acquired by GeoEye-1, WorldView-2, WorldView-3, and the WorldView Legion satellites anywhere on the globe. Catalog datasets are available starting from 2001.

30 cm tasking

  • WorldView Legion
  • WorldView-3

50 cm tasking

  • GeoEye-1
  • WorldView-2
  • WorldView-1

A Maxar image of Gold Coast (Australia)

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Data products

Data productSpectral bands combinationOrder link
Custom (30 cm)
  • 4-band: Pansharpened (RGB and NIR)
  • 8-band: Pansharpened (RGB, NIR, red edge, coastal blue, and yellow)
  • Bundle: 1 panchromatic and 4 multispectral bands (RGB and NIR)
  • Bundle: 1 panchromatic and 8 multispectral bands (RGB, NIR, red edge, coastal blue, and yellow)
API name and ID: maxar-30cm-tasking | b71c6628-38b4-4894-90cf-cfac9c746211
Custom (50 cm)
  • 4-band: Pansharpened (RGB and NIR)
  • 8-band: Pansharpened (RGB, NIR, red edge, coastal blue, and yellow)
  • Bundle: 1 panchromatic and 4 multispectral bands (RGB and NIR)
  • Bundle: 1 panchromatic and 8 multispectral bands (RGB, NIR, red edge, coastal blue, and yellow)
API name and ID: maxar-50cm-tasking | 047bbc09-a0eb-44ff-97d5-722d6bc8951a
Data productSpectral bands combinationOrder link
WorldView Legion HD15

4-band: Pansharpened (RGB and NIR)

API name and ID: worldview-legion-hd | 2cc490fa-0ef0-4920-afdd-1bcffc67a11f
WorldView Legion — System-Ready

Bundle: 1 panchromatic and 8 multispectral bands (RGB, NIR, red edge, coastal blue, and yellow)

API name and ID: worldview-legion-system-ready | a87b8a02-8c01-4252-b102-2321b49f0a7e
WorldView Legion — Ortho-Ready

Bundle: 1 panchromatic and 8 multispectral bands (RGB, NIR, red edge, coastal blue, and yellow)

API name and ID: worldview-legion-ortho-ready | 652ab31a-5332-4a2c-a967-adeb8b21c95f
WorldView Legion — Map-Ready

Bundle: 1 panchromatic and 8 multispectral bands (RGB, NIR, red edge, coastal blue, and yellow)

API name and ID: worldview-legion-map-ready | 1f126309-a31e-4cbe-9489-99a6db8cc04e
WorldView Legion — Map-Ready Pansharpened

8-band: Pansharpened (RGB, NIR, red edge, coastal blue, and yellow)

API name and ID: worldview-legion-map-ready-pansharpened | 3ce206aa-598d-4eb1-beac-1129eb875845
WorldView-3 — System-Ready

Bundle: 1 panchromatic and 8 multispectral bands (RGB, NIR, red edge, coastal blue, and yellow)

API name and ID: worldview-3-system-ready | 4007ab24-9835-4c15-b2ab-b50108b8e272
WorldView-3 — Ortho-Ready

Bundle: 1 panchromatic and 8 multispectral bands (RGB, NIR, red edge, coastal blue, and yellow)

API name and ID: worldview-3-ortho-ready | b4d76d17-dd8e-4f58-aa54-6014171c3d76
WorldView-3 — Map-Ready

Bundle: 1 panchromatic and 8 multispectral bands (RGB, NIR, red edge, coastal blue, and yellow)

API name and ID: worldview-3-map-ready | c8e06696-a7ad-4cb9-a949-bf8cfa1b292c
WorldView-3 — Map-Ready Pansharpened

8-band: Pansharpened (RGB, NIR, red edge, coastal blue, and yellow)

API name and ID: worldview-3-map-ready-pansharpened | 086fceb1-1348-4edd-b235-850fd32dbf2b
GeoEye-1 — System-Ready

Bundle: 1 panchromatic and 4 multispectral bands (RGB and NIR)

API name and ID: geoeye-1-system-ready | f9e4091d-c047-430a-ba11-56beb629d39c
GeoEye-1 — Ortho-Ready

Bundle: 1 panchromatic and 4 multispectral bands (RGB and NIR)

API name and ID: geoeye-1-ortho-ready | 7228948b-8b39-4dfd-9699-a6a6abde0de4
GeoEye-1 — Map-Ready

Bundle: 1 panchromatic and 4 multispectral bands (RGB and NIR)

API name and ID: geoeye-1-map-ready | 114c0df2-d856-4402-bd60-e22c56bc33fa
GeoEye-1 — Map-Ready Pansharpened

4-band: Pansharpened (RGB and NIR)

API name and ID: geoeye-1-map-ready-pansharpened | 2b55675f-086a-43fd-9fab-70d1d51b2b62
WorldView-2 — System-Ready

Bundle: 1 panchromatic and 8 multispectral bands (RGB, NIR, red edge, coastal blue, and yellow)

API name and ID: worldview-2-system-ready | 8d84d7be-cc36-4edc-a679-23e53b346e3a
WorldView-2 — Ortho-Ready

Bundle: 1 panchromatic and 8 multispectral bands (RGB, NIR, red edge, coastal blue, and yellow)

API name and ID: worldview-2-ortho-ready | 37f7137f-6870-4995-a287-456411494e61
WorldView-2 — Map-Ready

Bundle: 1 panchromatic and 8 multispectral bands (RGB, NIR, red edge, coastal blue, and yellow)

API name and ID: worldview-2-map-ready | 3617973f-a022-4375-8185-6e90c974a7c9
WorldView-2 — Map-Ready Pansharpened

8-band: Pansharpened (RGB, NIR, red edge, coastal blue, and yellow)

API name and ID: worldview-2-map-ready-pansharpened | 723c1e8d-1d34-4bf4-a4d5-42688e72338b
WorldView-1 — System-Ready

1-band: Panchromatic

API name and ID: worldview-1-system-ready | 60d6bec3-024c-467f-af36-5ba2110bdfdd
WorldView-1 — Ortho-Ready

1-band: Panchromatic

API name and ID: worldview-1-ortho-ready | b3a2d58f-1e1d-4f49-ac7e-dfee83c8b7a5
WorldView-1 — Map-Ready (16-bit)

1-band: Panchromatic

API name and ID: worldview-1-map-ready-16bit | 22a4e6b0-0152-455c-9837-96b29fed217c
WorldView-1 — Map-Ready (8-bit)

1-band: Panchromatic

API name and ID: worldview-1-map-ready-8bit | ae2e2969-ac1a-4a74-b849-59ca0903a606

Specifications

General

Specification Description
Provider Maxar
Collection type

Tasking from 3,000 credits per km2

Catalog from 1,300 credits per km2

Product type Optical
System type Satellite

Data

SpecificationDescription
Resolution
  • HD: 15 cm
  • Panchromatic: 30 cm
  • Pansharpened: 30 cm
  • Multispectral: 1.20 m
  • Panchromatic: 30 cm
  • Pansharpened: 30 cm
  • Multispectral: 1.20 m
  • Panchromatic: 40 cm
  • Pansharpened: 40 cm
  • Multispectral: 1.65 m
  • Panchromatic: 50 cm
  • Pansharpened: 50 cm
  • Multispectral: 2 m

Panchromatic: 50 cm

Bit depth per pixel

System-Ready: 16‑bit

Ortho-Ready: 16‑bit

Map-Ready: 16‑bit (WorldView-1 — Map-Ready: 8 or 16‑bit)

Map-Ready Pansharpened: 8‑bit

WorldView Legion HD15: 8‑bit

Delivery format

A ZIP file containing the following files:

  • Data (GeoTIFF)
  • Metadata (XML, TXT)
  • Masks (SHP)
  • Thumbnails (JPEG)
MasksROI

Processing levels

 PrimaryGeorectifiedOrthorectified
Basic

Supported inline-icon-large

System-Ready with RPC

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TOANot supported inline-icon-largeNot supported inline-icon-largeNot supported inline-icon-large
Surface reflectanceNot supported inline-icon-large

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Ortho-Ready with RPC

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Map-Ready

DisplayNot supported inline-icon-largeNot supported inline-icon-large

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  1. Map-Ready Pansharpened
  2. WorldView Legion HD15

System

SpecificationDescription
Acquisition mode

Tasking:

  • Mono
  • Stereo

Catalog: Mono

Incidence angleFrom 5° to 45°
Off-nadir angleFrom 5° to 45°
Tasking priority

Standard

High

Orbit

WorldView Legion: mid-inclination at 45° and sun-synchronous, at 518 km

WorldView-3: Sun-synchronous, at 617 km

GeoEye-1: Sun-synchronous, at 681 km

WorldView-2: Sun-synchronous, at 770 km

WorldView-1: Sun-synchronous, at 496 km

Number of satellites9+
Revisit rate15 times a day
Swath width

WorldView Legion: 10 km

WorldView-3: 13.1 km

GeoEye-1: 15.3 km

WorldView-2: 16.4 km

WorldView-1: 17.7 km

Band data

SpecificationDescription
Spectral bands
  • Panchromatic: 450–800 nm
  • Multispectral:
    1. 400–450 nm (coastal blue)
    2. 450–510 nm (blue)
    3. 510–580 nm (green)
    4. 585–625 nm (yellow)
    5. 630–690 nm (red)
    6. 695–715 nm (red edge 1)
    7. 730–750 nm (red edge 2)
    8. 770–895 nm (near-infrared)
  • Panchromatic: 450–800 nm
  • Multispectral:
    1. 400–450 nm (coastal blue)
    2. 450–510 nm (blue)
    3. 510–580 nm (green)
    4. 585–625 nm (yellow)
    5. 630–690 nm (red)
    6. 695–715 nm (red edge 1)
    7. 730–750 nm (red edge 2)
    8. 770–895 nm (near-infrared)
  • Panchromatic: 450–800 nm
  • Multispectral:
    1. 450–510 nm (blue)
    2. 510–580 nm (green)
    3. 655–690 nm (red)
    4. 695–715 nm (red edge)
    5. 780–920 nm (near-infrared)
  • Panchromatic: 450–800 nm
  • Multispectral:
    1. 400–450 nm (coastal blue)
    2. 450–510 nm (blue)
    3. 510–580 nm (green)
    4. 585–625 nm (yellow)
    5. 630–690 nm (red)
    6. 705–745 nm (red edge)
    7. 770–895 nm (near-infrared 1)
    8. 860–1,040 nm (near-infrared 2)

Panchromatic: 450–900 nm

Geographic reference

SpecificationDescription
Coordinate reference systemUTM-WGS84
Positional accuracy< 5 m CE90 absolute

Conditions

SpecificationDescription
Limitations

Input: AOI from 50 km2 up to 1,000 km2, at least 2 km wide, with vertices spaced at least 2 meters apart

Cloud coverage: 15–50%

Output:

  • Primary data products: Full scenes
  • Other data products: AOI-clipped imagery
Minimum chargeAs per 50 km2
SpecificationDescription
Limitations

Input: AOI from 1 km2 up to 1,000 km2, at least 250 m wide

Availability: From 2007

Output:

  • System-Ready data products: Full scenes
  • Other data products: AOI-clipped imagery
Minimum chargeAs per 1 km2

Geographic coverage


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