Contact the Geospatial Centre
Dana Porter Library, Room 328
University of Waterloo Library
Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1
Email: librarygeo@library.uwaterloo.ca
Two image files, one multispectral, and one panchromatic, were acquired by the SPOT remote sensing satellite in 1999.
The first channel of the multispectral image is band high resolution visible (HRV) 3 (near infrared (IR), 0.79-0.89 µm) from the SPOT satellite; the second multispectral channel is SPOT HRV2 (red, 0.61-0.68 µm); and the third multispectral channel is SPOT HRV1 (green, 0.50-0.59 µm). The multispectral image has been georeferenced to the Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) projection (UTM zone 17 North American Datum (NAD) 83) with a precision accuracy of better than 20 metres. The spatial resolution of this image is 20 metres. There have been no contrast enhancements applied to this image.
The panchromatic image is a single-channel (i.e. black and white) scene acquired on September 19, 1999. This image was recorded in the visible light spectral region (0.51-0.73 µm). The panchromatic image has been georeferenced to the UTM projection (UTM zone 17 NAD83) with a precision accuracy of better than 10 m. The spatial resolution of this image is 10 m. There have been no contrast enhancements applied to this image.
There are 4 files differentiated by unique file extensions - associated with each image:
Image description courtesy of Joseph M. Piwowar, Ph.D.
In order to access this data set, please visit the Geospatial Centre Reference Desk during reference hours. Library reference staff are available to provide further information about these data sets and to deliver data upon request. Under the terms of the library's license agreement, these data sets are for use by students, faculty, and staff at the University of Waterloo only.
There are public workstations in the Geospatial Centre that provide access to ArcGIS software programs, program extensions and data manipulation utilities. Patrons may use the Geographic Information System (GIS) and image processing software in the library to view and manipulate the data. UWaterloo faculty, students and staff may copy these data for use elsewhere.
This image may be exported from ArcGIS in a choice of bitmapped formats (also known as raster graphics) including JPG, TIFF, GIF, and BMP or in a choice of vector graphics formats including Adobe Illustrator (AI), Encapsulated Postscript (EPS), and Scalalbe Vector Graphics (SVG). Yet another option is PDF.
These data are provided for personal use for academic, research, and/or teaching purposes. A data release agreement must be agreed to before these licensed data can be released. Spot Image Corporation must be acknowledged on any derivative product, whether printed or electronic, including for example, a printed map, a raster or vector graphic, a web-based application, etc. Patrons are advised to fully respect the provisions of Canada's Copyright Act as well as terms and conditions imposed by the data provider.
SPOT Satellite Imagery of The Regional Municipality of Waterloo. [computer file]. Chantilly, Virginia: SPOT Image Corporation, [1999].
Dana Porter Library, Room 328
University of Waterloo Library
Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1
Email: librarygeo@library.uwaterloo.ca
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