Satellite Imagery Procurement

Satellite Imagery Procurement is Swift Geospatial's service for buying archive and newly tasked high-resolution satellite imagery. It is aimed at organisations in agriculture, mining, forestry, urban planning and environmental monitoring that need current or historical views of large or remote areas. The South African GIS and remote sensing company sources imagery through Vantor (the WorldView and GeoEye series, including the Legion series) and Planet (PlanetScope and SkySat), and states that with access to the full DigitalGlobe and Planet archives it can source imagery from over 1 billion square kilometres.

New tasking of Vantor satellites offers resolutions of up to 15 cm, daily repeats and advanced modes such as stereo, DSM, DTM and basemap mosaics. The provider's comparison table lists PlanetScope at 3 m with 8 bands and daily frequency, SkySat at 30 cm and 50 cm with 4 bands, Vantor's Legion/WorldView series at 15 cm HD, 30 cm and 50 cm with 4 to 16 band options, and off-the-shelf Vantor digital elevation models at 50 cm to 4 m covering the globe.

Buyers delineate an area of interest and Swift Geospatial recommends the imagery resolution best suited to their needs. Optional analysis turns new or archived imagery into insights such as land-use and change detection, vegetation studies, mineral exploration, and infrastructure and environmental monitoring, with custom visualisation dashboards for monitoring at intervals that suit the operation. Orders start from an enquiry stating the area of interest and the preferred imagery provider.