SPOT (Earth-Observing Satellites) Imagery

10 to 20m resolution panchromatic imagery is available for the UK and Ireland from 1986 to 1995 (from SPOT 1, 2 and 3 satellites). They are isolated scenes captured over an extended time period. The data were acquired by the Landmap project from Infoterra. The SPOT satellite Earth Observation System was designed by the Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES), in France. There have been 7 SPOT (Satellite Pour l'Observation de la Terre) satellites launched since 1986 (as of August 2014), providing medium to high resolution of the Earth's surface. SPOT 1, 2 and 3 carried a multi-spectral and panchromatic sensor on board. SPOT 4 was successfully launched in March 1998. The first three SPOT satellites carry twin HRVs (High-Resolution Visible Imaging instruments) that operate in a number of viewing configurations and in different spectral modes. Some of those viewing configurations and spectral modes include one HRV only operating in a dual spectral mode (i.e. in both panchromatic mode and multispectral mode); two HRVs operating in the twin-viewing configuration (i.e. one HRV in panchromatic mode and one HRV in multispectral mode); and two HRVs operating independently of each other (i.e. not in twin-viewing configuration). The position of each HRV entrance mirror can be commanded by ground control to observe a region of interest. Operating independently of each other, the two HRVs acquire imagery in either multispectral (XS) and/or panchromatic (P) modes at any viewing angle within plus or minus 27 degrees. This off-nadir viewing enables the acquisition of stereoscopic imagery. To make sure the satellite covers every point on the earth's surface, the HRV imaging instruments offer a field of view that is wider than the greatest distance between two adjacent tracks.

The Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) funded Landmap service which ran from 2001 to July 2014 collected and hosted a large amount of earth observation data for the majority of the UK. After removal of JISC funding in 2013, the Landmap service is no longer operational, with the data now held at the NEODC.

When using these data please also include the following copyright statement on any reproduced SPOT images: CNES (year of reproduction of the data from the satellite), reproduced by................................................. under licence from SPOT IMAGE

Date (Publication): 2014-08-13T07:43:55

Date (Creation): 2014-08-13T07:43:55

Citation identifier: https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/88c42e0b495a708d391957dc4f96d37c

Citation identifier: NERC Earth Observation Data Centre (NEODC) / 88c42e0b495a708d391957dc4f96d37c

Point of contact

Organisation name	Electronic mail address	Role
Landmap	unknown	Author
Infoterra Ltd.	unknown	Author
NERC Earth Observation Data Centre (NEODC)	neodc@rl.ac.uk	Custodian
NERC Earth Observation Data Centre (NEODC)	neodc@rl.ac.uk	Distributor
NERC Earth Observation Data Centre (NEODC)	neodc@rl.ac.uk	pointofContact
NERC Earth Observation Data Centre (NEODC)	neodc@rl.ac.uk	Publisher

Maintenance and update frequency: Not planned

Update scope: Dataset

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orthoimagery

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Spatial representation type: Grid

Language: English

Topic category

Imagery base maps earth cover

Begin date: 1986-02-22T00:00:00

End date: 1995-12-31T00:00:00

Unique resource identifier: WGS 84

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Data availability and file format 10 to 20m resolution panchromatic imagery is available for the UK and Ireland from 1986 to 1995 in GeoTiff format, they are isolated scenes captured over an extended time period. The data are archived in the structure country/year/geotiff/orthospotxx_xxx_ddmmyyyy/datafiles where ddmmyyyy is the date that the image was collected on. XML metadata files containing information such as latitude/longitude, collection date and general information about the product; are located with their respective image files. GeoTiff files are TIFF files which have geographic metadata embedded as tags within the TIFF file. The geographic metadata can then be used to position the image in the correct location and geometry on the screen of a geographic information display. They can be opened by most Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Image Processors (IP) such as the freely available Basic ERS & Envisat (A)ATSR and Meris Toolbox (BEAM).

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Data availability and file format

10 to 20m resolution panchromatic imagery is available for the UK and Ireland from 1986 to 1995 in GeoTiff format, they are isolated scenes captured over an extended time period. The data are archived in the structure country/year/geotiff/orthospotxx_xxx_ddmmyyyy/datafiles where ddmmyyyy is the date that the image was collected on. XML metadata files containing information such as latitude/longitude, collection date and general information about the product; are located with their respective image files.

GeoTiff files are TIFF files which have geographic metadata embedded as tags within the TIFF file. The geographic metadata can then be used to position the image in the correct location and geometry on the screen of a geographic information display. They can be opened by most Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Image Processors (IP) such as the freely available Basic ERS & Envisat (A)ATSR and Meris Toolbox (BEAM).

Distributor contact

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
NERC Earth Observation Data Centre (NEODC)		neodc@rl.ac.uk	Distributor

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/88c42e0b495a708d391957dc4f96d37c	CEDA Data Catalogue Page

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	http://data.ceda.ac.uk/neodc/landmap/data/optical/spot	DOWNLOAD

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	http://www.astrium-geo.com/en/191-spot-technical-information	Infoterra page on the SPOT satellites

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	http://www.cnes.fr/web/CNES-en/7114-home-cnes.php	The CNES website

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Protocol	Linkage	Name
	http://www2.astrium-geo.com/files/pmedia/public/r331_9_spot_payload.pdf	Information about the instruments on-board SPOT 1-5

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	http://www2.astrium-geo.com/files/pmedia/public/r330_9_spot_orbit.pdf	Details on SPOT satellite orbits

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Protocol	Linkage	Name
	http://www2.astrium-geo.com/files/pmedia/public/r332_9_spot_images_acquisition.pdf	Information on how the SPOT imagery is collected

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	http://www.neodc.rl.ac.uk/conditions/landmap.html	Landmap terms of use

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	http://www2.astrium-geo.com/files/pmedia/public/r329_9_spotsatellitetechnicaldata_en_sept2010.pdf	Technical information about the SPOT satellites and their instruments

Hierarchy level: Dataset

Conformance result

Title: Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services

Date (Publication): 2010-12-08

Statement: Data collected and prepared by the Landmap team before a copy of the data were obtained by NEODC directly from Landmap.

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File identifier: 88c42e0b495a708d391957dc4f96d37c XML

Metadata language: English

Character set: UTF8

Parent identifier: Landmap: Optical Earth Observation Collection
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Hierarchy level: Dataset

Date stamp: 2025-12-04T03:03:19

Metadata standard name: UK GEMINI

Metadata standard version: 2.3

Metadata author

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
NERC Earth Observation Data Centre (NEODC)		neodc@rl.ac.uk	Point of contact

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