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Deploy Stand-by and Field Research Data Gathering Evacuation Vessels Exploratory Drilling Marine Seismic Survey

NOAA weather satellite picture; wet process facsimile; 29 December 1987 (1000 m spatial resolution) 5

(c) Canadian Space Agency

User should be capable of using the delivered data formats from the satellite data provider End User should avoid full feature GIS Use low-cost image handling packages with scripting language for field work Value-added deliverables still need file compression for delivery to field.

 “SID” (or ECW or JPEG2000) file quick look image.  Compresses 50 - 80 megabytes to one megabyte or whatever is required by the user.

COSMO SkyMed 4 satellite constellation X-band SAR

TerraSAR-X X-band SAR

Acknowledgements: Canadian Space Agency, for use of Radarsat imagery. European Space Agency, for use of EnviSat imagery. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (USA), for use of MODIS imagery.