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Quickbird specifications<br />

Chapter 2 35<br />

Launch date October 18, 2001<br />

Altitude 450 km, 98 degree, sun-synchronous inclination<br />

Swath Areas of interest.<br />

- Single Area: 16.5 km x 16.5 km<br />

- Strip: 16.5 km x 115 km<br />

Spectral resolution - Blue: 450 - 520 nanometers<br />

- Green: 520 - 600 nanometers<br />

- Red: 630 - 690 nanometers<br />

- Near-IR: 760 - 900 nanometers<br />

- PAN: 445 - 900 nanometers<br />

Spatial resolution - Multi: 244 centimeter at nadir<br />

- PAN: 62 centimeter at nadir<br />

Revisiting time 2-3 days, depending on latitude<br />

Table 2.1: Quickbird satellite specifications<br />

2.1.1 Quickbird image 1: Nettuno (Rome, Italy)<br />

The first analysed image has been acquired above Nettuno area -Rome, Italy- (Fig<br />

2.3, Table 2.2). This area was chosen for the presence of all the five main cover<br />

classes to spot. Being Nettuno a coastal urban area, it has been decide to use the<br />

automatic classification procedure to highlight water, vegetation, bare soil,<br />

buildings and roads.<br />

Image characteristics<br />

Image name Nettuno (Italy)<br />

Satellite Quickbird<br />

Date: July, 22 nd 2003<br />

N° rows 5383<br />

N° columns 4846<br />

N° pixels 26086018<br />

Table 2.2: Quickbird image Nettuno specifications

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