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Maxar provides very high-resolution optical imagery from the WorldView constellation.

WorldView-2 and WorldView-3

Supported Product IDs: MAXAR-WORLDVIEW-2, MAXAR-WORLDVIEW-3, MAXAR-WORLDVIEW-2-RGBN, MAXAR-WORLDVIEW-3-RGBN

ParameterValue
Pipelineimagery/view-ready-ortho
Product Option4BandPanSharpen
ACompacomp (atmospheric compensation enabled)
Output Bit Depth16-bit
CompressionLZW
File FormatGeoTIFF
Dynamic Range Adjustmentnone
Resampling KernelENH (Enhanced)

API Collections: (Discovery API)

  • WorldView-2: wv02
  • WorldView-3: wv03

Satellite Specifications:

SatellitePanchromatic GSDMultispectral GSD
WorldView-20.46 m1.84 m
WorldView-30.31 m1.24 m

Processing Options Explained: (Core Imagery Ordering Guide)

  • View-Ready-Ortho (OR2A) - Orthorectified, map-projected imagery
  • AComp - Atmospheric Compensation provides surface reflectance estimates by removing atmospheric effects
  • 4BandPanSharpen - Pan-sharpened RGBN (Red, Green, Blue, Near-Infrared) at panchromatic resolution
  • ENH Resampling - Enhanced kernel for sharper imagery

Explorer & Ordering Links

ResourceURL
Maxar Discover (Browse/Search)https://discover.maxar.com/
Discovery API Documentationhttps://developers.maxar.com/docs/discovery/guides/discovery-guide
Ordering API Documentationhttps://developers.maxar.com/docs/ordering/guides/ordering-guide
Archive Ordering Guidehttps://developers.maxar.com/docs/ordering/guides/archive-ordering
STAC Collections Referencehttps://developers.maxar.com/docs/discovery/guides/stac-info

Updated 4 months ago