What are some unique characteristics of GeoEye-1?
A. Besides the unrivaled spatial resolution of 0.41-meters or about 16 inches, GeoEye-1 is designed to have three-meter accuracy, which means that customers can map natural and man-made features to within three meters of their actual locations on the surface of the Earth without ground control points. This level of accuracy is unsurpassed. At 0.41-meter resolution, GeoEye-1 can ‘see’ home plate on a baseball diamond and precisely locate it within three meters of its true location on the surface of the globe. As far as imagery collection, in the panchromatic mode the satellite can collect up to 700,000 square kilometers in a single day and in the multispectral mode 350,000 square kilometers per day. Spatial resolution, geolocation accuracy and large-area coverage are the three specifications that commercial and government customers desire most.
A. Besides the unrivaled spatial resolution of 0.41-meters or about 16 inches, GeoEye-1 is designed to have exceptional geolocation accuracy. Customers can map natural and man-made features to better than five meters (16 feet) of their actual locations on the surface of the Earth without ground control points. This level of accuracy is unsurpassed. As far as imagery collection, in the panchromatic mode the satellite can collect up to 700,000 square kilometers in a single day and in the multispectral mode 350,000 square kilometers per day. Spatial resolution, geolocation accuracy and large-area coverage are the three specifications that commercial and government customers desire most.
