
Advanced Ortho Series
Unparalleled coverage, speed, accuracy, and aesthetics

Workflow integration becomes truly effortless, eliminating the need for any additional image processing or manipulation.
The DigitalGlobe Advanced Ortho Series provides unparalleled coverage, speed, accuracy, and aesthetics – resulting in the best quality orthos available in a faster and easier method than ever before. The Advanced Ortho Series offers two product lines differentiated by aesthetics, and three options for accuracy within each line, to ensure your imagery needs are met:
- Ortho Vision – For professional users who need quality images for analysis and identification. Worldwide coverage; high throughput and expedited turnaround for large areas.
- Ortho Vision Premium – For users who need the best visual appeal available. Highly processed for superior aesthetics. Many areas such as major world cities area are available off-the-shelf.
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San Diego, California, U.S.A.
Collected May 3, 2010
Collected May 3, 2010
Specifications
Parameters | Vision | Vision Premium |
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Product Options | Panchromatic, Natural Color, 4-band (Pan-sharpened, Multispectral or Bundle), 8-band (Multispectral or Bundle) and Color IR Precision Aerial available in Natural Color or Color IR only |
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Resolution | 50 cm, 60 cm, 2 m | 50 cm, 60 cm, 2 m, 30 cm aerial |
Bit Depth | 8 bit | |
Customer Framing | Area-based | |
Resampling Kernel | Enhanced (natural color) or MTF (panchromatic) | |
File Format | GeoTIFF 1.0, NITF 2.1, NITF 2.0 | |
Mosaic | Yes if applicable | |
Dynamic Range Adjustment | On | |
Color Balancing | Optional for mosaics | Required for mosaics |
Projections & Datums | Any supported datums and projections | |
Tiling | 8k x 8k (default), other options available | |
Delivery Time | 2-3 days* | 3-5 days* (many areas available off-the-shelf) |
Accuracy Specifications | Display | Mapping | Precision Satellite | Precision Aerial |
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CE90 | 25.4 m | 10.2 m | 4.2 m | 2.75-5.3 m |
RMSE | 16.5 m | 6.6 m | 2.8 m | 1.8-3.5 m |
Geographic Availability | Worldwide | Worldwide | Worldwide | US & Europe |
Aesthetics Specifications | Vision | Vision Premium |
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Cloud Cover | Up to 20% for the AOI | Less than 10% |
Haze, Pollution, and Fog | Allowable | Minimized** |
Snow | Allowed | Only persistent allowed |
Tonal Balancing | Optional. If requested, optimal results may not be achieved | Required. Input imagery is seasonally consistent |
Geometric Breaks | Allowable up to one half the product CE90 | Minimized |
Cutline Placement | Automated. Visible radiometric breaks are allowable | Seamless |
*Delivery times based on areas smaller than 1500 km2. Larger areas will be delivered within five days for Ortho Vision and within 10 days for Ortho Vision Premium.
** Light environmental factors acceptable if ground features are not overly obscured and radiometry is not significantly impacted.
Delivery
Advanced Ortho products are ordered by area, with a minimum purchase of 100 km2 and a maximum of 10,000 km2 per order. Products are delivered on your choice of standard digital media with Image Support Data files including image metadata, via FTP, or DigitalGlobe Cloud Services.
Higher throughput and faster turnaround time allow for mass deliveries of orthorectified imagery required for large projects or large areas of interest – saving you money, enabling better decision-making and improving efficiency. Over 2 billion square kilometers of high-resolution imagery in the DigitalGlobe ImageLibrary are ready for processing, and many areas are available off the shelf.
Higher throughput and faster turnaround time allow for mass deliveries of orthorectified imagery required for large projects or large areas of interest – saving you money, enabling better decision-making and improving efficiency. Over 2 billion square kilometers of high-resolution imagery in the DigitalGlobe ImageLibrary are ready for processing, and many areas are available off the shelf.
