Satellite Image Maps
Resolution: 250 m, 500 m, 1 km Band: Natural color Projection: UTM, Lat/Long, State Plane Datum: NAD 27, 83, WGS 84 Format: Geo TIFF, JPEG and MrSID Dates: 2000 Email: info@mapmart.com
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Based on high-resolution weather satellite imagery, the Satellite Imagemap offers a realistic view of the Earth's land surface down to a pixel size of 1km for any location worldwide. Areas of forest, mountain, desert and ocean are clearly recognized in their natural colors. The Satellite Imagemap offers an alternative to traditional topographic and political maps. The use of digital satellite images with accurate geometric processing and consistent color gives a stunningly realistic view compared with physical maps based on artistic impression.
Although originally designed to track cloud patterns, weather satellites also observe the Earth's surface through gaps in the cloud cover (left). Receiving stations around the world regularly process such data to give information on the strength of vegetation or the temperature of the ocean. Planetary Visions has combined data from several of these satellite systems to construct a photorealistic view of the Earth's surface which is readily understood by the general public.
Weather satellites offer frequent global coverage, but do not acquire images in true color: Red and near-infrared wavelengths have been combined to simulate the natural colors of the land surface; Ocean color is derived from a combination of ocean depth and ocean chlorophyll observations; Polar areas covered by sea ice are derived from individual optical images.
To minimize cloud-cover over the land, it was necessary to process a full year of satellite observations - over 30 gigabytes of input data. Software was written to select the most cloud-free parts from many overlapping images. So far, two man-years of effort have been spent on the Satellite Imagemap and it is continually being improved as new data becomes available.
The Satellite Imagemap is held in a geographical coordinate system based on a latitude-longitude grid for easy combination with ancillary data layers, like digital terrain, water and political masks, nighttime imagery. Line work such as coastlines, borders, rivers, roads and railways may be directly overlaid without registration errors. The full-resolution Satellite Imagemap, with a pixel size of 1km, is 43,200 by 21,600 pixels - 2.3 gigabytes of data in 24bit color. Printed as a poster at 150dpi, it would measure 24 feet wide by 12 feet high.
Custom Area Pricing
1 KM - 0.007/sq mile
500 Meter - 0.014/sq mile
250 Meter - 0.021/sq mile | -180 | 180 | 90 | -90 | 32 | 1350 | 675 | 3 | $44 | $87 | 40% | | -180 | 180 | 90 | -90 | 16 | 2700 | 1350 | 10 | $87 | $175 | | -180 | 180 | 90 | -90 | 8 | 5400 | 2700 | 42 | $175 | $349 | | -180 | 180 | 90 | -90 | 4 | 10800 | 5400 | 167 | $393 | $786 | | -180 | 180 | 90 | -90 | 2 | 21600 | 10800 | 667 | $885 | $1,769 | | -180 | 180 | 90 | -90 | 1 | 43200 | 21600 | 2670 | $1,990 | $3,980 | | | -30 | 50 | 90 | 20 | 4 | 2400 | 2100 | 14 | $81 | $162 | 48% | | -30 | 50 | 90 | 20 | 2 | 4800 | 4200 | 58 | $182 | $364 | | -30 | 50 | 90 | 20 | 1 | 9600 | 8400 | 231 | $410 | $820 | | | -180 | -30 | 90 | 0 | 4 | 4500 | 2700 | 35 | $122 | $244 | 30% | | -180 | -30 | 90 | 0 | 2 | 9000 | 5400 | 139 | $275 | $549 | | -180 | -30 | 90 | 0 | 1 | 18000 | 10800 | 556 | $618 | $1,235 | | | -100 | -30 | 20 | -60 | 4 | 2100 | 2400 | 14 | $59 | $118 | 35% | | -100 | -30 | 20 | -60 | 2 | 4200 | 4800 | 58 | $133 | $266 | | -100 | -30 | 20 | -60 | 1 | 8400 | 9600 | 231 | $299 | $598 | | | -30 | 70 | 40 | -40 | 4 | 3000 | 2400 | 21 | $104 | $208 | 48% | | -30 | 70 | 40 | -40 | 2 | 6000 | 4800 | 82 | $234 | $469 | | -30 | 70 | 40 | -40 | 1 | 12000 | 9600 | 330 | $527 | $1,054 | | | 50 | 180 | 90 | 0 | 4 | 3900 | 2700 | 30 | $146 | $292 | 46% | | 50 | 180 | 90 | 0 | 2 | 7800 | 5400 | 121 | $328 | $657 | | 50 | 180 | 90 | 0 | 1 | 15600 | 10800 | 482 | $739 | $1,478 | | | 90 | 180 | 20 | -60 | 4 | 2700 | 2400 | 19 | $54 | $108 | 25% | | 90 | 180 | 20 | -60 | 2 | 5400 | 4800 | 74 | $122 | $244 | | 90 | 180 | 20 | -60 | 1 | 10800 | 9600 | 297 | $275 | $549 | | | -180 | 180 | -60 | -90 | 4 | 10800 | 900 | 28 | $59 | $119 | 58% | | -180 | 180 | -60 | -90 | 2 | 21600 | 1800 | 111 | $134 | $268 | | -180 | 180 | -60 | -90 | 1 | 43200 | 3600 | 445 | $301 | $602 | | | -180 | 180 | -60 | -90 | 4 | 1750 | 1750 | 9 | $59 | $119 | 58% | | -180 | 180 | -60 | -90 | 2 | 3500 | 3500 | 35 | $134 | $268 | | -180 | 180 | -60 | -90 | 1 | 7000 | 7000 | 140 | $301 | $602 | | | (1-4 tiles) | 1 | 2400 | 2400 | 16 | $39 | $78 | | (5-9 tiles) | 1 | 2400 | 2400 | 16 | $31.20 | $62.40 | | (10+ tiles) | 1 | 2400 | 2400 | 16 | $23.40 | $46.80 |
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