IKONOS Image Examples Frankfurt Airport, Germany - 1-meter True Color IKONOS Image Examples of Itaipu Dam 1m, B/W 1m, True Color 4m, False Color 4m, True Color

When GeoEye successfully launched the IKONOS^® satellite in 1999, it made history with the world’s first one-meter commercial remote sensing satellite. Since then, GeoEye has set the standard for quickly delivering large volumes of tonally balanced, map accurate, mosaicked images for a variety of industries and applications. To date, IKONOS, derived from the Greek word for "image," has collected more than 275 million square kilometers of imagery that is readily available in our digital archive.

Moving over the ground at approximately seven kilometers per second, IKONOS collects black-and-white and multispectral data at a rate of over 2,000 square kilometers per minute. IKONOS satellite imagery provides access to any location on the Earth’s surface. Through the nearly fifteen, 98-minute journeys it makes around the globe each day, IKONOS collects vital statistics about the Earth’s ever-changing features—from fluctuations in land and water resources to the build-out of new urban areas. Commercial and governmental organizations rely on GeoEye’s high-resolution imagery to view, map, measure, monitor and manage global activities. Applications range from national security and disaster assessment to urban planning and agricultural monitoring. Drawing on the spectacular views from IKONOS, the possibilities are endless.

IKONOS PRODUCT LEVELS AT-A-GLANCE   Positional Accuracy Ortho Corrected Target Elevation Angle Mosaicks Available Stereo Option CE90 RMSE NMAS Geo Ortho Kit 1-meter and 4-meter 15-meter CE90 not including effects of terrain NMAS N/A Better than 15.0 meters* N/A N/A No 60-90° No No Applications: Visual and interpretive applications Reference 1-meter and 4-meter 25-meter CE90 NMAS 1:50,000 Better than 25.4 meters Better than 11.8 meters 1:50,000 Yes 60-90° Yes Yes Applications: Regional, large-area mapping and general GIS applications Pro 1-meter and 4-meter 10-meter CE90 NMAS 1:12,000 Better than 10.2 meters Better than 4.8 meters 1:12,000 Yes 66-90° Yes No Applications: Transportation, infrastructure and utilities planning and economic development Precision 1-meter and 4-meter 4-meter CE90 NMAS 1:4,800 Better than 4.1 meters Better than 1.9 meters 1:4,800 Yes 72-90° Yes Yes Applications: High positional accuracy for urban applications PrecisionPlus 1-meter 2-meter CE90 NMAS 1:2,400 Better than 2.0 meters Better than 0.9 meters 1:2,400 Yes 75-90° Yes No Applications: Detailed urban analysis, cadastral and infrastructure mapping Stereo Reference Stereo 1-meter and 4-meter 25-meter CE90 NMAS 1:50,000 Precision Stereo 1-meter and 4-meter NMAS 1:4,800

* Exclusive of terrain effects ** May be up to 75 meters CE90 in undeveloped areas with high terrain relieve(e.g. Andes or Himalayan mountain ranges)