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Satellite monitoring for agriculture gb 05-29-2008
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Posted by gb on May 29, 2008, 9:57 am
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Hi,
I hope this is not going to be too much off-topic...
I need to monitor an agricultural area of about 1200 hectares in
eastern europe (hungary/bulgaria): every 2-3 days we have to check the
progress of work on soil (plough, sow, etc)
so I'm looking for a satellite provider that give us images similar to
google-maps but with 2-5 days update.

Could you help me in any way?

Thanks in advance
Guido

Posted by Luca Morandini on May 29, 2008, 3:31 pm
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gb wrote:
> Hi,
> I hope this is not going to be too much off-topic...
> I need to monitor an agricultural area of about 1200 hectares in
> eastern europe (hungary/bulgaria): every 2-3 days we have to check the
> progress of work on soil (plough, sow, etc)
> so I'm looking for a satellite provider that give us images similar to
> google-maps but with 2-5 days update.

Ikonos may fit your bill:
1) 3 days revisit time at 40° Lat (Bulgaria + Hungary is between 40° and
48°).
2) 1 meter resolution even when off nadir.

For details:
http://www.satimagingcorp.com/satellite-sensors/ikonos.html

Regards,

--------------------
Luca Morandini
www.lucamorandini.it
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Posted by ad709 on May 31, 2008, 3:03 am
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I also agree that ikonos must be the case for you.

If i can help you more please contact me...

Achilleas D. Msc
gislab@gmail.com
Greece



gb wrote:
> Hi,
> I hope this is not going to be too much off-topic...
> I need to monitor an agricultural area of about 1200 hectares in
> eastern europe (hungary/bulgaria): every 2-3 days we have to check the
> progress of work on soil (plough, sow, etc)
> so I'm looking for a satellite provider that give us images similar to
> google-maps but with 2-5 days update.
>
> Could you help me in any way?
>
> Thanks in advance
> Guido

Posted by gb on June 4, 2008, 6:08 am
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Hi,
I've just had a feedback from satimaging corp for Ikonos... they can
provide the images in 30-90 days, assuming the cloud cover conditions
are good enough.
For this monitoring project I'd need to have images faster, 2-5 days
would be optimal... 10-15 days the maximum

Any (much appreciated) advice?

Thanks in advance!

Posted by Luca Morandini on June 4, 2008, 6:40 am
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gb wrote:
> Hi,
> I've just had a feedback from satimaging corp for Ikonos... they can
> provide the images in 30-90 days, assuming the cloud cover conditions
> are good enough.

Hmm... it seems Ikonos is fully booked.

You may try Quickbird, WorldView-1 or EROS-A/B:
http://www.digitalglobe.com/index.php/85/QuickBird
http://www.digitalglobe.com/index.php/86/WorldView-1
http://www.imagesatintl.com/

Regards,

--------------------
Luca Morandini
www.lucamorandini.it
--------------------

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