New CartoSat-1 Stereo Pairs On-line from ScanEx

27 August 2007, 2:44pm

27 August 207 - According to license agreement with the Indian ANTRIX company, SCANEX Center successfully performs the 2007 summer season stereo pairs acquisition from IRS-P5 (CartoSat-1) satellite of the European part of Russia.

The Indian CartoSat-1 satellite is equipped with a two-camera optical system, allowing the creation of a stereo pair on one pass of a 29-km swath area at 2.5 m resolution.

Russian ground station in Samara acquired stereo pairs from IRS-P5 of the areas within almost all regions and republics in the European part of Russia, as well as of Yamal-Nenets and Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Areas and regions in Kazakhstan, Ukraine and Belarus. Klin, Rusa, Moshaisk, Dorokhovo, Verei, Ramenskoye, Bronnitsi, Stupino and Kashira towns of Moscow Region were covered with images.

According to Russian and foreign satellite data processing experts, CartoSat-1 spacecraft delivers best in its class stereo pairs to the present-day market in terms of quality and operational efficiency.

Stereo pairs are the source material for digital elevation models, topographic maps and 3D models generation. The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) performed a multi-temporal stereo imaging of the whole territory of India in 2005-2006 using IRS-P5 to the benefit of creating a nationwide series of 1:25 000 scale topographic maps and of the DEM of India.

Samples of new images are available in the on-line web-catalog of SCANEX at http://catalog.scanex.ru. The archived images can be purchased or new ones ordered in SCANEX’s processing and sales department at (495) 651-3587, (495) 651-3590 or by e-mail to sales@scanex.ru.

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