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Vexcel Aerial

Very high resolution 5.5 cm multispectral 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 USA and Canada, in Western and Eastern Europe, and in Oceania.

A Vexcel Aerial image of Baytown, Texas (USA)

Data products

  • Vexcel Aerial
    Ortho     Order now

    Geometric processing: Orthorectified
    Radiometric processing: Display
    Bundle: 3-band true color (RGB) and 3-band false color (RG and NIR)

    API DETAILS
    Name:
    vexcel-aerial-ortho
    ID:
    679b682a-04cc-49ae-bb06-564ca4feddbd
  • Vexcel Aerial
    True Ortho     Order now

    Geometric processing: Orthorectified
    Radiometric processing: Display
    Bundle: 3-band true color (RGB) and 3-band false color (RG and NIR)

    API DETAILS
    Name:
    vexcel-aerial-trueortho
    ID:
    bdf6705e-f330-4885-8748-c254ac03e610
  • Vexcel Aerial
    Obliques and Nadir     Order now

    Geometric processing: Georectified
    Radiometric processing: Display
    Bundle: 3-band true color (RGB) and, if nadir present, 3-band false color (RG and NIR)

    API DETAILS
    Name:
    vexcel-aerial-oblique
    ID:
    587c61a2-105e-4e1f-955b-10ef3dc60681

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
Aerial triangulationNot supported inline-icon-largeIncluded inline-icon-largeIncluded inline-icon-largeIncluded inline-icon-large
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

SpecificationDescription
ProviderVexcel
Collection type

Catalog from 2,400 credits per km2

Product typeMultispectral
System typeAerial

Data

SpecificationDescription
Resolution

Ortho: 15 cm

True Ortho: 5.5 cm

Obliques and Nadir: 5.5 cm

Bit depth per pixel8-bit
Delivery format

A ZIP file containing the following files:

  • Data (GeoTIFF)
  • Metadata (GeoJSON)
MasksTransparency
NoData value0

Processing levels

 PrimaryGeorectifiedOrthorectified
BasicNot supported inline-icon-largeNot supported inline-icon-largeNot supported inline-icon-large
TOANot supported inline-icon-largeNot supported inline-icon-largeNot supported inline-icon-large
Surface reflectanceNot supported inline-icon-largeNot supported inline-icon-largeNot supported inline-icon-large
DisplayNot supported inline-icon-large

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Obliques and Nadir

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Ortho

True Ortho

System

SpecificationDescription
Acquisition modeMono
Catalog refresh rateVariable

Band data

SpecificationDescription
Spectral bands

True color combination:

  1. 580–690 nm (red)
  2. 480–600 nm (green)
  3. 420–510 nm (blue)

False color combination:*

  1. 690–800 nm (near-infrared)
  2. 580–690 nm (red)
  3. 480–600 nm (green)

*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 km × 2.5 km)

Availability: From 2012

Output:

  • Ortho: AOI-clipped imagery
  • True Ortho: AOI-clipped imagery
  • Obliques and Nadir: Full scenes
Minimum chargeAs per 0.25 km2

Geographic coverage

The coverage map of Vexcel Aerial — Ortho
The coverage map of Vexcel Aerial — True Ortho
The coverage map of Vexcel Aerial — Obliques and Nadir