Maxar

Very high resolution 15 cm optical satellite data, acquired worldwide with a revisit rate of 15 times a day. The collection provides data from 2007 to the present.


Overview

Maxar imagery is acquired by GeoEye-1, WorldView-2, WorldView-3, and the WorldView Legion satellites anywhere on the globe. Catalog datasets are available starting from 2001.

30 cm tasking

  • WorldView Legion
  • WorldView-3

50 cm tasking

  • GeoEye-1
  • WorldView-2
  • WorldView-1

A Maxar image of Gold Coast (Australia)

Data products

Data productResolutionSpectral bands combinationOrder link
Custom30 cm
  • 4-band: pansharpened (RGB and NIR)
  • 8-band: pansharpened (RGB, NIR, red edge, coastal blue, and yellow)
  • Bundle: 1 panchromatic and 4 multispectral bands (RGB and NIR)
  • Bundle: 1 panchromatic and 8 multispectral bands (RGB, NIR, red edge, coastal blue, and yellow)
Create a tasking order
Custom50 cm
  • 4-band: pansharpened (RGB and NIR)
  • 8-band: pansharpened (RGB, NIR, red edge, coastal blue, and yellow)
  • Bundle: 1 panchromatic and 4 multispectral bands (RGB and NIR)
  • Bundle: 1 panchromatic and 8 multispectral bands (RGB, NIR, red edge, coastal blue, and yellow)
Create a tasking order
Data productResolutionSpectral bands combinationOrder link
WorldView Legion HD1515 cm4-band: pansharpened (RGB and NIR) Create a catalog order
WorldView Legion — System-Ready30 cmBundle: 1 panchromatic and 8 multispectral bands (RGB, NIR, red edge, coastal blue, and yellow) Create a catalog order
WorldView Legion — Ortho-Ready30 cmBundle: 1 panchromatic and 8 multispectral bands (RGB, NIR, red edge, coastal blue, and yellow) Create a catalog order
WorldView Legion — Map-Ready30 cmBundle: 1 panchromatic and 8 multispectral bands (RGB, NIR, red edge, coastal blue, and yellow) Create a catalog order
WorldView Legion — Map-Ready Pansharpened30 cm8-band: pansharpened (RGB, NIR, red edge, coastal blue, and yellow) Create a catalog order
WorldView-3 — System-Ready30 cmBundle: 1 panchromatic and 8 multispectral bands (RGB, NIR, red edge, coastal blue, and yellow) Create a catalog order
WorldView-3 — Ortho-Ready30 cmBundle: 1 panchromatic and 8 multispectral bands (RGB, NIR, red edge, coastal blue, and yellow) Create a catalog order
WorldView-3 — Map-Ready30 cmBundle: 1 panchromatic and 8 multispectral bands (RGB, NIR, red edge, coastal blue, and yellow) Create a catalog order
WorldView-3 — Map-Ready Pansharpened30 cm8-band: pansharpened (RGB, NIR, red edge, coastal blue, and yellow) Create a catalog order
GeoEye-1 — System-Ready40 cmBundle: 1 panchromatic and 4 multispectral bands (RGB and NIR) Create a catalog order
GeoEye-1 — Ortho-Ready40 cmBundle: 1 panchromatic and 4 multispectral bands (RGB and NIR) Create a catalog order
GeoEye-1 — Map-Ready40 cmBundle: 1 panchromatic and 4 multispectral bands (RGB and NIR) Create a catalog order
GeoEye-1 — Map-Ready Pansharpened40 cm4-band: pansharpened (RGB and NIR) Create a catalog order
WorldView-2 — System-Ready50 cmBundle: 1 panchromatic and 8 multispectral bands (RGB, NIR, red edge, coastal blue, and yellow) Create a catalog order
WorldView-2 — Ortho-Ready50 cmBundle: 1 panchromatic and 8 multispectral bands (RGB, NIR, red edge, coastal blue, and yellow) Create a catalog order
WorldView-2 — Map-Ready50 cmBundle: 1 panchromatic and 8 multispectral bands (RGB, NIR, red edge, coastal blue, and yellow) Create a catalog order
WorldView-2 — Map-Ready Pansharpened30 cm8-band: pansharpened (RGB, NIR, red edge, coastal blue, and yellow) Create a catalog order
WorldView-1 — System-Ready50 cm1-band: panchromatic Create a catalog order
WorldView-1 — Ortho-Ready50 cm1-band: panchromatic Create a catalog order
WorldView-1 — Map-Ready (16-bit)50 cm1-band: panchromatic Create a catalog order
WorldView-1 — Map-Ready (8-bit)50 cm1-band: panchromatic Create a catalog order

Specifications

General

Specification Description
Provider Maxar
Collection type

Tasking from 1,300 credits per km2

Catalog from 3,000 credits per km2

Product type Optical
System type Satellite

Data

SpecificationDescription
Resolution
  • HD: 15 cm
  • Panchromatic: 30 cm
  • Pansharpened: 30 cm
  • Multispectral: 1.20 m
  • Panchromatic: 30 cm
  • Pansharpened: 30 cm
  • Multispectral: 1.20 m
  • Panchromatic: 40 cm
  • Pansharpened: 40 cm
  • Multispectral: 1.65 m
  • Panchromatic: 50 cm
  • Pansharpened: 50 cm
  • Multispectral: 2 m

Panchromatic: 50 cm

Bit depth per pixel

System-Ready: 16‑bit

Ortho-Ready: 16‑bit

Map-Ready: 16‑bit (WorldView-1 — Map-Ready: 8 or 16‑bit)

Map-Ready Pansharpened: 8‑bit

WorldView Legion HD15: 8‑bit

Delivery format

A ZIP file containing the following files:

  • Data (GeoTIFF)
  • Metadata (XML, TXT)
  • Masks (SHP)
  • Thumbnails (JPEG)
MasksROI

Processing levels

 PrimaryGeorectifiedOrthorectified
Basic

Supported inline-icon-large

System-Ready with RPC

Not 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-large

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Ortho-Ready with RPC

Supported inline-icon-large

Map-Ready

DisplayNot supported inline-icon-largeNot supported inline-icon-large

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  1. Map-Ready Pansharpened
  2. WorldView Legion HD15

System

SpecificationDescription
Acquisition mode

Tasking:

  • Mono
  • Stereo

Catalog: Mono

Incidence angleFrom 5° to 45°
Off-nadir angleFrom 5° to 45°
Tasking priority

Standard

High

Orbit

WorldView Legion: mid-inclination at 45° and sun-synchronous, at 518 km

WorldView-3: Sun-synchronous, at 617 km

GeoEye-1: Sun-synchronous, at 681 km

WorldView-2: Sun-synchronous, at 770 km

WorldView-1: Sun-synchronous, at 496 km

Number of satellites9+
Revisit rate15 times a day
Swath width

WorldView Legion: 10 km

WorldView-3: 13.1 km

GeoEye-1: 15.3 km

WorldView-2: 16.4 km

WorldView-1: 17.7 km

Band data

SpecificationDescription
Spectral bands
  • Panchromatic: 450–800 nm
  • Multispectral:
    1. 400–450 nm (coastal blue)
    2. 450–510 nm (blue)
    3. 510–580 nm (green)
    4. 585–625 nm (yellow)
    5. 630–690 nm (red)
    6. 695–715 nm (red edge 1)
    7. 730–750 nm (red edge 2)
    8. 770–895 nm (near-infrared)
  • Panchromatic: 450–800 nm
  • Multispectral:
    1. 400–450 nm (coastal blue)
    2. 450–510 nm (blue)
    3. 510–580 nm (green)
    4. 585–625 nm (yellow)
    5. 630–690 nm (red)
    6. 695–715 nm (red edge 1)
    7. 730–750 nm (red edge 2)
    8. 770–895 nm (near-infrared)
  • Panchromatic: 450–800 nm
  • Multispectral:
    1. 450–510 nm (blue)
    2. 510–580 nm (green)
    3. 655–690 nm (red)
    4. 695–715 nm (red edge)
    5. 780–920 nm (near-infrared)
  • Panchromatic: 450–800 nm
  • Multispectral:
    1. 400–450 nm (coastal blue)
    2. 450–510 nm (blue)
    3. 510–580 nm (green)
    4. 585–625 nm (yellow)
    5. 630–690 nm (red)
    6. 705–745 nm (red edge)
    7. 770–895 nm (near-infrared 1)
    8. 860–1,040 nm (near-infrared 2)

Panchromatic: 450–900 nm

Geographic reference

SpecificationDescription
Coordinate reference systemUTM-WGS84
Positional accuracy< 5 m CE90 absolute

Conditions

SpecificationDescription
Limitations

Input: AOI from 50 km2 up to 1,000 km2, at least 2 km wide, with vertices spaced at least 2 meters apart

Cloud coverage: 15–50%

Output:

  • Primary data products: Full scenes
  • Other data products: AOI-clipped imagery
Minimum chargeAs per 50 km2
SpecificationDescription
Limitations

Input: AOI from 1 km2 up to 1,000 km2, at least 250 m wide

Availability: From 2007

Output:

  • System-Ready data products: Full scenes
  • Other data products: AOI-clipped imagery
Minimum chargeAs per 1 km2

Geographic coverage

API integration

Data productResolutionName and IDCollection name
Custom30 cm

Name: maxar-30cm-tasking

ID: b71c6628-38b4-4894-90cf-cfac9c746211

maxar-30cm-tasking
Custom50 cm

Name: maxar-50cm-tasking

ID: 047bbc09-a0eb-44ff-97d5-722d6bc8951a

maxar-50cm-tasking
Data productResolutionName and IDCollection name
WorldView Legion HD1515 cm

Name: worldview-legion-hd

ID: 0a08ad0f-8d45-46c8-8fca-6decee2e2305"

worldview-legion-hd
WorldView Legion — System-Ready30 cm

Name: worldview-legion-system-ready

ID: 162290e5-467b-44cd-ada1-b1719b05f030

worldview-legion
WorldView Legion — Ortho-Ready30 cm

Name: worldview-legion-ortho-ready

ID: f0c90606-c8fa-483a-bf96-f9c0654f92e2

worldview-legion
WorldView Legion — Map-Ready30 cm

Name: worldview-legion-map-ready

ID: daa05090-8c62-4705-a4e3-566c0e2f1067

worldview-legion
WorldView Legion — Map-Ready Pansharpened30 cm

Name: worldview-legion-map-ready-pansharpened

ID: 6ec24eec-8ce0-4a6d-a2c8-b506f9fb043e

worldview-legion
WorldView-3 — System-Ready30 cm

Name: worldview-3-system-ready

ID: 6591219e-b21d-4dc7-aee1-e7972ce819ec

worldview-3
WorldView-3 — Ortho-Ready30 cm

Name: worldview-3-ortho-ready

ID: be10ec32-aa67-4235-b800-082a04c7cf8d

worldview-3
WorldView-3 — Map-Ready30 cm

Name: worldview-3-map-ready

ID: ba1d0c86-3f3f-43b7-88f2-93c54ec1d487

worldview-3
WorldView-3 — Map-Ready Pansharpened30 cm

Name: worldview-3-map-ready-pansharpened

ID: deb36366-851a-4f4d-8047-2e5184ed37a4

worldview-3
GeoEye-1 — System-Ready40 cm

Name: geoeye-1-system-ready

ID: 1be01762-c016-49ca-9599-1fc13eff851f

geoeye-1
GeoEye-1 — Ortho-Ready40 cm

Name: geoeye-1-ortho-ready

ID: 0225f5b2-b78e-4ead-91ec-995b67edbac9

geoeye-1
GeoEye-1 — Map-Ready40 cm

Name: geoeye-1-map-ready

ID: e34d30f7-0f3a-4675-beab-718b63c16dcc

geoeye-1
GeoEye-1 — Map-Ready Pansharpened40 cm

Name: geoeye-1-map-ready-pansharpened

ID: 200da76d-57c2-4b50-b1e4-7bf197fdfd57

geoeye-1
WorldView-2 — System-Ready50 cm

Name: worldview-2-system-ready

ID: 35cb8124-96ee-40b2-9116-e268e20adad2

worldview-2
WorldView-2 — Ortho-Ready50 cm

Name: worldview-2-ortho-ready

ID: b5727e3f-00b4-4bdd-9e9a-466d4a56907e

worldview-2
WorldView-2 — Map-Ready50 cm

Name: worldview-2-map-ready

ID: 5435b6b0-c121-4049-bbda-8af2e6eb0fb7

worldview-2
WorldView-2 — Map-Ready Pansharpened30 cm

Name: worldview-2-map-ready-pansharpened

ID: 64e95245-95e5-40a6-9216-fbe29037544a

worldview-2
WorldView-1 — System-Ready50 cm

Name: worldview-1-system-ready

ID: 61086c5f-1980-414c-a88c-89e91557d087

worldview-1
WorldView-1 — Ortho-Ready50 cm

Name: worldview-1-ortho-ready

ID: 2a7eaedb-7409-4564-862f-38e36df84f24

worldview-1
WorldView-1 — Map-Ready (16-bit)50 cm

Name: worldview-1-map-ready-16bit

ID: 967e1fed-e992-4027-b559-41d9a1f4871d

worldview-1
WorldView-1 — Map-Ready (8-bit)50 cm

Name: worldview-1-map-ready-8bit

ID: 87507f60-c4d9-4f9c-b6c1-047d6fd793d5

worldview-1

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