# GRASS Help System

Satellite Probatoire pour l'Observation de la Terre

## (SPOT)

SPOT: Multispectral - Satellite

Data Source:

SPOT Image Corp.
1897 Preston White Dr.
Reston, VA 22091-4326
Phone: (703) 620-2200

Data Format:

Raster

Scale/Resolution:

10-meter panchromatic or 20-meter multispectral

Data Coverage:

Worldwide, though historical data is not yet extensive.

Data Description:

The SPOT satellite multispectral data is essentially the
same as those used by bands 2, 3, & 4 of the Landsat-5 Thematic Mapper.
However, SPOT's multispectral data has a resolution of 20m verses
Landsat's 30m. SPOT also has a panchromatic band with a resolution of 10m
and stereo image aquisition capability.

Media:

9-track 6250/1600 bpi tape

Aquisition Costs:

6250bpi 1600bpi

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Unreferenced (Level 1) $1475 $1600
Georeferenced (Level 2) $2425 $2550

Comments:

Level 2 SPOT data can be referenced to several projections
(e.g., Lambert Conformal, UTM, Polyconic,..) or it can be referenced
to another SPOT scene (Level S). If no maps of the area are available
the customer will be asked to supply maps at a scale of 1:100000 or
larger for ground control points.

The following non-standard options are available for an additional
$100.00 per item:

Band Sequential Format (BSQ) rather than Band Interleaved (BIL)
EBCIDIC rather than ASCII
Split record size with maximum length of 3960 bytes
(only available for 1600bpi tapes)

For ordering and current prices call/write the above address.
Information obtained from the "SPOT Image Corporation - Forms Instructions".

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