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QUICKBIRD_LAURENS_ORPMS

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Citation
Harris, U. (2004) Orthorectified Quickbird Pan Sharpened Multi Spectral Image of Laurens Peninsula, Heard Island, Ver. 1, Australian Antarctic Data Centre - https://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/QUICKBIRD_LAURENS_ORPMS, Accessed: 2026-08-26
Title
Orthorectified Quickbird Pan Sharpened Multi Spectral Image of Laurens Peninsula, Heard Island
Data Centre
Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia
Created Date
2004-08-09
Revision Date
2019-03-19
Parent record
None

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    Description

    Orthorectified pan sharpened multi spectral image of Laurens Peninsula, Heard Island. The image was derived from Quickbird satellite imagery captured on the 4th of February 2003.

    More information about the images used, the processing, and the feature mapping are documented in an image report available for download at the url given below.

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    Quality

    The image processing was undertaken using the orthorectified satellite image of Laurens Peninsula. See the metadata record 'Orthorectified Quickbird Multi Spectral Image of Laurens Peninsula' (ID - QUICKBIRD_LAURENS_ORMS) for full image details. The Multispectral image has a pixel resolution of +/-2.4m while the pan image has a resolution of +/-0.4m.

    These images were combined to produce a higher resolution colour image known as a pan sharpened image. To produce the pan sharpened image the following parameters were used: Method - Brovey Transform, Resampling Technique - Cubic Convolution, Data Type - Unsigned 16 bit. The image was projected to UTM Zone 43 (WGS84). The pixel resolution of the mosaiced image is 0.4m

    NOTE: These images have been processed twice. The first time with satellite ephemeris data and ortho-rectified using the Radarsat DEM. The second time with Jenny Scott's control points and ortho-rectified using the Radarsat DEM. This metadata record refers to the first process. See metadata record id QUICKBIRD_LAURENS_PAN for the 2nd.

    Access

    Contact the technical contact at the AADC for access to the data. Access is restricted due to imagery copyright.

    The image report is available for download via pdf from the provided URL.
    Satellite image data will be made available on request.

    Temporal Coverages

    Spatial Coverages

    Latitude

    Northernmost:
    -52.95
    Southernmost:
    -53.03

    Longitude

    Westernmost:
    73.23
    Easternmost:
    73.37

    Data Resolution

    Latitude Resolution:
    23 Metre(s)
    Longitude Resolution:
    23 Metre(s)

    Science Keywords

    Additional Keywords

    • HEARD ISLAND
    • LAURENS PENINSULA
    • QUICKBIRD

    Locations

    • OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN
    • GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR
    • OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN > LAURENS PENINSULA

    Platforms

    • SATELLITES
    • DigitalGlobe's QuickBird

    Instruments

    • Multispectral Camera

    Researchers

    • harris, ursula (TECHNICAL CONTACT,DIF AUTHOR)

    Use Constraints

    This data set conforms to the CCBY Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

    Please follow instructions listed in the citation reference provided at http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/metadata/citation.cfm?entry_id=QUICKBIRD_LAURENS_ORPMS when using these data.

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