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 (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 productSpectral bands combination
Vexcel Aerial — Ortho

Bundle with both combinations:

Vexcel Aerial — True Ortho

Bundle with both combinations:

Vexcel Aerial — Obliques and Nadir

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 OrthoQuick OrthoDXM OrthoFinal Ortho
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Color balancingNot supported inline-icon-largeIncluded inline-icon-largeIncluded inline-icon-largeIncluded inline-icon-large
Seamline editingNot supported inline-icon-largeNot supported inline-icon-largeIncluded inline-icon-largeIncluded inline-icon-large
Native orthorectificationNot supported inline-icon-largeNot supported inline-icon-largeIncluded inline-icon-largeIncluded inline-icon-large
Water editingNot supported inline-icon-largeNot supported inline-icon-largeNot supported inline-icon-largeIncluded inline-icon-large
True color (RGB) imagesIncluded inline-icon-largeIncluded inline-icon-largeIncluded inline-icon-largeIncluded inline-icon-large
False color (RG and NIR) imagesNot supported inline-icon-largeIncluded inline-icon-largeIncluded inline-icon-largeIncluded inline-icon-large

Specifications

General

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

Data

SpecificationDescription
Resolution

Ortho: 15–20 cm

True Ortho: 5.5–7.5 cm

Obliques and Nadir: 5.5–7.5 cm

Bit depth per pixel8-bit
Delivery format

A 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 bands

Multispectral:

  1. 580–690 nm (red)
  2. 480–600 nm (green)
  3. 420–510 nm (blue)
  4. 690–800 nm (near-infrared)*

*Not available in the First Ortho version.

Geographic reference

SpecificationDescription
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

SpecificationDescription
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 chargeAs per 0.25 km2

API integration

Data productTypeName and IDCollection name
Vexcel Aerial — OrthoCatalog

Name: vexcel-aerial-ortho

ID: 679b682a-04cc-49ae-bb06-564ca4feddbd

vexcel-aerial-ortho
Vexcel Aerial — True OrthoCatalog

Name: vexcel-aerial-trueortho

ID: bdf6705e-f330-4885-8748-c254ac03e610

vexcel-aerial-trueortho
Vexcel Aerial — Obliques and NadirCatalog

Name: vexcel-aerial-oblique

ID: 587c61a2-105e-4e1f-955b-10ef3dc60681

vexcel-aerial-oblique

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