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FORMOSAT-2 Panchromatic and Multispectral imagery

Entry ID: FORMOSAT-2

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Summary

Abstract: FORMOSAT-2 is an NSPO (National Space Program Office) of Taiwan Earth imaging satellite with the objective to collect high-resolution panchromatic (2 m) and multispectral (8 m) imagery for a great variety of applications such as in land use, agriculture and forestry, environmental monitoring, natural disaster evaluation, and in support of research interests, in particular with the ISUAL (Imager of ...

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Caption: Longyearbyen - Norway

Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: 90.0

S: -90.0

E: 180.0

W: -180.0

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: NSPO (National Space Program Office) of Taiwan

Dataset Title: FORMOSAT-2 Panchromatic and Multispectral imagery

Dataset Release Date: June 2004

Dataset Publisher: SpotImagery

Online Resource: http://www.spotimage.com/web/en/977--formosat-2-images.php

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 2004-06-01

Location Keywords

GEOGRAPHIC REGION > GLOBAL

Data Resolution

Latitude Resolution: 8 m
Longitude Resolution: 8 m
Horizontal Resolution Range: 1 meter - < 30 meters

Science Keywords

SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING > INFRARED WAVELENGTHS > INFRARED IMAGERY

SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING > VISIBLE WAVELENGTHS > VISIBLE IMAGERY

ISO Topic Category

IMAGERY/BASE MAPS/EARTH COVER

Platform

FORMOSAT-2

Instrument

CAMERAS

MS > Multispectral Camera

CAMERA

Ancillary Keywords

NSPO

National Space Organization

Taiwan

Data Set Progress

IN WORK

Data Center

SPOT Image Corporation, France

Data Center URL: http://www.spot.com/?countryCode=US&languageCode=en

Data Center Personnel
Name: FORMOSAT-2 CUSTOMER SERVICE Phone: 33-62-194040 Fax: +33 5 62 19 40 51 Email: formosat2 at spotimage.fr Contact Address: Departement Clientele 5, Rue des Satellites TOULOUSE CEDEX Country: FRANCE

Distribution

Fees: 2500-4600 euros

Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 2011-07-13

Last DIF Revision Date: 2011-07-13

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