Pléiades and SPOT 6/ 7 Format Delivery

Pléiades and SPOT 6/ 7 products are delivered in DIMAP V2 format containing either a JPEG 2000 or a GeoTIFF image file.

The DIMAP V2 Format

The DIMAP V2 format is an improved version of SPOT 5’s DIMAP format:

Integrates either GeoTIFF or JPEG 2000 image format,
Provides RPCs (Rational Polynomial Coefficients) for easy orthorectification and geometric processing,
Encompasses a KMZ for a rapid, easy and user-friendly display of main metadata in Google Earth environment,
Improved file naming to provide the first information about the product at an immediate glance (sensor, date, processing level, spectral band combination),
Quality mask and cloud cover mask are included.

A DIMAP V2 file contains:

You can choose your image format: JPEG 2000 or GeoTIFF.

	JPEG 2000	GeoTIFF
	Dynamic range 12 bits	Dynamic range 12 bits (storage 16 bits)
Primary	- Optimised: 2.5 GB - Regular: 5.96 GB (max)	- 13.5 GB
Ortho (20° angle)	- Optimised: 2.9 GB - Regular: 6.76 GB (max)	- 15.5 GB
	Dynamic range 8 bits	Dynamic range 8 bits
Primary	- Optimised: 2.5 GB - Regular: 5.96 GB (max)	- 6.7 GB
Ortho (20° angle)	- Optimised: 2.9 GB - Regular: 6.76 GB (max)	- 7.7 GB

JPEG 2000 benefits

JPEG 2000 combines excellent preservation of the information content with high compression rates

2 JPEG 2000 compressions (GeoTIFF does not enable compression):
- Optimised (3.5 bits / px) for fast download and easy data sharing
- Regular (8 bits /px) for users wishing to do some high-precision post processing
File size up to 5 TIMES smaller than with GeoTIFF for equivalent product
Increased ease of data warehouse management, handling and post processing

Very fast and smooth display

Georeferencing with J2W plus GML header

Try it! Download a free JPEG 2000 demo product!

Pléiades and SPOT 6/ 7 Format Delivery

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