
Industry Solutions : Climate Change
The rate of climate change is rapidly accelerating. Calculating this rate and the causal factors could be performed by using satellite imagery and geospatial software. Managing and improving our response to climate change through the use of space-age expertise are becoming fundamental in ensuring success in the face of mounting obstacles.
Satellite image data is expected to contribute to a wide array of global change-related application areas for vegetation and ecosystems dynamics, hazard monitoring, geology and soil analysis, land surface climatology, hydrology, land cover change, and the generation of orthorectified digital elevation models (DEMs).
Sea and land surface temperatures and land cover changes are some of the types of climate change outcomes that can be derived from satellite measurements. Many other factors like sea level rise, diminished water resources, landscape degradation and agricultural pollutants can be quantified and mapped for small and large areas in an efficient manner.
As a premier provider of high resolution satellite imagery from DigitalGlobe and Airbus Defence & Space, best-of-breed image processing (ERDAS IMAGINE), GIS software (GEOMEDIA) from Hexagon Geospatial, we can supply you with the best tools available in the industry.


Recommended Data Sources
Geo Data Design recommends the following Satellite Imagery and Elevation Data for use in Climate Change projects:
High Resolution Satellite Imagery
Sensor | Resolution | Multispectral Bands* |
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GeoEye-1 | 40cm/50 cm | Blue/Green/Red/Near Infrared + Panchromatic |
Worldview-1 | 40cm/50 cm | Panchromatic |
Worldview-2 | 40cm/50 cm | Coastal/Blue/Green/Yellow/Red/ Red Edge/Near Infrared 1 & 2 + Panchromatic |
WorldView-3 | 30cm/40cm/50 cm | Coastal/Blue/Green/Yellow/Red/ Red Edge/Near Infrared 1 & 2/SWIR + Panchromatic |
Quickbird | 60 cm | Blue/Green/Red/Near Infrared + Panchromatic |
Pléiades | 50cm | Blue/Green/Red/Near Infrared + Panchromatic |
SPOT6/7 | 1.5m | Blue/Green/Red/Near Infrared + Panchromatic |
High Resolution Elevation Data
Dataset | DTM/DSM Resolution | Contours |
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Mapping | 2m, 4m, 8m | 16m |
Precision | 2m, 4m | 8m |
Very High Precision | 2m | 4m |
Elevation 1 | 1m | 3m |
Elevation 4 | 4m | 5m |
Elevation 8 | 8m | 10m |
Elevation 10 | 10m | 10m |
Elevation 30 | 30m | |
WorldDEM | 12m | |
These products are available as DTMs or DSMs Contours are only available for DTMs Included Processing: Hydro enforcement, road flattening and shaded relief |
Recommended Software
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