Satellite sensor raster types

There are many satellite sensor products to choose from, and each has properties that can be refined to modify the processing applied to the imagery when it's added to a mosaic dataset. There are several defaults but you can further modify these and save them for your own use at another time.

Each raster type below can be refined by defining the product type. You have the option to add all product types if you are unfamiliar with your data. This adds all your particular data, no matter how it was provided by the vendor. However, if you only want to add specific products to your mosaic dataset, choose the appropriate product type. For example, for QuickBird imagery, you can choose All, Basic, Standard, Standard Orthoready, and Orthorectified. Each of these options maps directly to a product provided by the vendor.

You can further refine how your data is added and processed by defining a processing template. These templates are specific to the type of data in each band. For example, in Landsat 7 data, there are nine bands. Band 8 is panchromatic and has the highest spatial resolution; bands 1 through 5 and 7 are multispectral bands (blue, green, red, and infrared) and have a lower spatial resolution than the panchromatic band; and bands 6a and 6b are thermal bands. For this raster type, there are six processing templates:

• All Bands—The data is added and grouped in any or all of the processing templates that apply. For example, for Landsat 7, three entries will be created in the mosaic dataset for each scene: Panchromatic (band 8), Multispectral (bands 1 through 5, and 7), and Thermal (bands 6a and 6b). A field is added to the attribute table named Tag, which identifies the group each band belongs to, for example, Pan for panchromatic, MS for multispectral, and Thermal for the thermal bands.
• Panchromatic—Only the panchromatic band is added to the mosaic dataset. For example, for Landsat 7, only band 8 is added.
• Multispectral—The multispectral bands are added as a single raster dataset in the mosaic dataset. For example, for Landsat 7, there will be a single row in the mosaic dataset representing bands 1 through 5, and 7.
• Pansharpen—The bands used to generate the pan-sharpened product is added to the mosaic dataset. This generally results in a four-band mosaic dataset using the red, green, blue, infrared, and panchromatic bands.
• Pansharpen and Multispectral—The standard combination of multispectral and panchromatic bands added to the mosaic dataset. For example, for Landsat, a multispectral group will be added but it will have a minimum pixel size set to the maximum pixel size of the panchromatic image. That way, the mosaicked image will not be pan sharpened when you zoom out beyond the resolution of the panchromatic image.
• Thermal—The thermal bands are added as a single raster dataset in the mosaic dataset. For example, for Landsat 7, there will be a single row in the mosaic dataset representing bands 6a and 6b.

By default, the bands will be ordered sequentially—the first band in the source will be the first band in the raster added to the mosaic dataset, and so on. However, if you defined a Product Definition when creating the mosaic dataset, the data defined by these raster types will be added according to their wavelengths. For example, if the Product Definition was Natural Color (RGB), the bands with the wavelengths closest to the red, green, and blue wavelengths will be added to the raster in the mosaic dataset. If your dataset doesn't have a band of a particular wavelength, the closest wavelength will be chosen.

Note:

If a Product Definition is defined when creating the mosaic dataset, add the data using the correct template for the raster type. For example, if you defined Landsat for the mosaic dataset's product definition, it will be expecting a dataset with five bands. Therefore, you should use the raster type's Multispectral template. If you use the Pansharpen template, it only adds the first four bands to the mosaic dataset and the other will be empty.

The default template is often the combined Pansharpen and Multispectral template.

DMCii

The DMCii raster type allows you to add raster data collected from the DMC satellites such as AlSat-1, Beijing-1, Deimos-1, NigeriaSat-1, UK-DMC, and UK-DMC2. To learn more, see DMC International Imaging.

Product type	Product type descriptions	Processing templates
All	Both L1R and L1T products will be looked for when adding image data.	All Bands Multispectral Pseudocolor
L1R	This applies to L1R, a band-registered product derived from raw satellite data.
L1T	Orthorectified product derived from L1R product.

DMCii product types

The metadata for L1R and L1T product types are stored within the DIMAP (.dim) files.

Use the Pseudocolor processing template to view the DMCii imagery as a natural color image.

DMCii spectral range

Tag	Band order	Wavelength (nm)	Description
MS	3	520–600	Green
MS	2	630–690	Red
MS	1	770–900	Near infrared

Spectral range

FORMOSAT-2

The FORMOSAT-2 raster type allows you to add raster data collected from the FORMOSAT-2 satellite. To learn more about this sensor, see Airbus Defence and Space.

The FORMOSAT-2 products supported are:

• Level 1A—This product has had some radiometric correction applied to fix distortions due to differences in the sensitivity of the elementary detectors of the sensor. This product can be used with any processing template and a DEM should be specified within the raster type's properties.
• Level 2A—This product has had the same radiometric correction as applied in the Level 1A product and has been georeferenced to a UTM WGS84 projection (without using ground control points). This product can be used with any processing template.
• Ortho—This product has had the same radiometric correction as applied in the Level 1A product, and has been orthorectified based on ground control points and a digital elevation model to eliminate distortions due to relief. This product can be used with any processing template.

Product type	Processing templates
All FORMOSAT-2 Ortho FORMOSAT-2 Scene 1A FORMOSAT-2 Scene 2A	Multispectral Panchromatic All Bands

Spectral range

Tag	Band order	Wavelength (nm)	Description
MS	1	630–690	Red
MS	2	520–600	Green
MS	3	450–520	Blue
MS	4	770–900	Near infrared
Pan	1	450–900	Panchromatic

Spectral range

GeoEye-1

The GeoEye-1 raster type allows you to add raster data collected from the GeoEye-1 satellite sensor and the OrbView-3 satellite sensor. To learn more about these sensors, see DigitalGlobe.

Product type	Product type descriptions	Processing templates
All	All products will be looked for when adding the image data.	All Bands Multispectral Panchromatic Pansharpen Pansharpen and Multispectral
Geo	This applies to the Geo product suite. This also includes the Geo Ortho Kit, which contains RPCs for orthorectification and the GeoStereo product.
GeoProfessional	Consists of orthorectified imagery products.

GeoEye product type mapping

Spectral range

Tag	Band order	Wavelength (nm)	Description
Pan	1	450–800	Panchromatic
MS	1	450–510	Blue
MS	2	510–580	Green
MS	3	655–690	Red
MS	4	780–920	Near infrared

GeoEye-1 spectral range

IKONOS

The IKONOS raster type allows you to add raster data collected from the IKONOS satellite sensor. To learn more about this sensor, see DigitalGlobe.

Product type	Processing templates
All Geo GeoProfessional	All Bands Multispectral Panchromatic Pansharpen Pansharpen and Multispectral

Spectral range

Tag	Band order	Wavelength (nm)	Description
Pan	1	526–929	Panchromatic
MS	1	445–516	Blue
MS	2	506–595	Green
MS	3	632–698	Red
MS	4	757–863	Near infrared

Spectral range

KOMPSAT-2

The KOMPSAT-2 raster type allows you to add raster data collected from KOMPSAT-2 (KOrean MultiPurpose SATellite). To learn more about this sensor, see Airbus Defence and Space.

The KOMPSAT-2 products are generated in KARI format and DIMAP format. The two KOMPSAT-2 product types are:

• Level 1A—This product has had some radiometric correction applied to fix distortions due to differences in the sensitivity of the elementary detectors of the sensor.
• Level 2A—This product has had the same radiometric correction as applied in the Level 1A product and has been georeferenced to a UTM WGS84 projection (without using ground control points).

Product type	Processing templates
All KOMPSAT-2 Scene 1A KOMPSAT-2 Scene 2A	All Bands Multispectral Panchromatic Pansharpen Pansharpen and Multispectral

Spectral range

Tag	Band order	Wavelength (nm)	Description
MS	1	450–520	Blue
MS	2	520–600	Green
MS	3	630–690	Red
MS	4	760–900	Near infrared
Pan	1	500–900	Panchromatic

Spectral range

Landsat 1–5 MSS

The Landsat 1–5 MSS raster type allows you to add raster data collected from the Landsat Multispectral Scanner (MSS) instrument. The MSS instrument operated on the first five Landsat satellite spacecrafts. To learn more about this, see Landsat science.

Product type	Processing template
All Level 1 (L1G)	All Bands Multispectral Pseudocolor Thermal

Use the Pseudocolor processing template to view the Landsat 1–5 MSS imagery as a natural color image.

Spectral range

Tag	Band order	Wavelength (nm)	Description
MS	1	500–600	Green
MS	2	600–700	Red
MS	3	700–800	Near infrared 1
MS	4	800–1100	Near infrared 2
Thermal	1	10400–12500	Thermal

Spectral range

Landsat 4–5 TM

The Landsat 4–5 TM raster type allows you to add raster data collected from the Landsat Thematic Mapper (TM) instrument. To learn more about this, see Landsat science.

Product type	Processing template
All Level 1 (L1G)	All Bands Multispectral Thermal

Spectral range

Tag	Band order	Wavelength (nm)	Description
MS	1	450–520	Blue
MS	2	520–600	Green
MS	3	630–690	Red
MS	4	760–900	Near infrared 1
MS	5	1550–1750	Near infrared 2
MS	6	2080–2350	Mid infrared
Thermal	1	10400–12500	Thermal

Spectral range

Landsat 7 ETM+

The Landsat 7 ETM+ raster type allows you to add raster data collected from the Landsat Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus (ETM+) instrument. To learn more about this, see Landsat science.

Product type	Processing template
All Level 1 (L1G, L1T)	All Bands Multispectral Panchromatic Pansharpen Pansharpen and Multispectral Thermal

Spectral range

Tag	Band order	Wavelength (nm)	Description
MS	1	450–520	Blue
MS	2	520–600	Green
MS	3	630–690	Red
MS	4	770–900	Near infrared 1
MS	5	1550–1750	Near infrared 2
MS	6	2080–2350	Mid infrared
Thermal	1	10400–12500	Thermal 1
Thermal	2	10400–12500	Thermal 2
Pan	1	520–900	Panchromatic

Spectral range

Landsat 8

The Landsat 8 raster type allows you to add raster data collected from Landsat 8, the latest in the Landsat series of remote sensing satellites started as part of the Landsat Data Continuity Mission. To learn more about this, see Landsat science.

Product type	Processing template
All Level 1 (L1G, L1T)	All Bands Multispectral Panchromatic Pansharpen Pansharpen and Multispectral Thermal

Spectral range

Tag	Band order	Wavelength (nm)	Description
MS	1	430–450	Coastal Aerosol
MS	2	450–510	Blue
MS	3	530–590	Green
MS	4	640–670	Red
MS	5	850–880	Near infrared
MS	6	1570–1650	Shortwave infrared 1
MS	7	2110–2290	Shortwave infrared 2
MS	8	1360–1380	Cirrus
Thermal	1	10600–11190	Thermal Infrared 1
Thermal	2	11500–12510	Thermal Infrared 2
Pan	1	500–680	Panchromatic

Spectral range

NCDRD

NCDRD is an acronym for NITF Version 2.1 Commercial Dataset Required Document. The NCDRD raster type allows you to add NITF images that follow NCDRD specifications into mosaic datasets. This raster type supports NCDRD products from many satellites: GeoEye-1, IKONOS, QuickBird, WorldView-1, and WorldView-2.

Product type	Processing templates
Preprocessed (P1, P2, P3) Georeferenced (G1, G2, G3) Orthorectified (R1, R2, R3)	Default Multispectral Panchromatic Pansharpen Pansharpen and Multispectral

NCDRD product types

The Default processing template adds and groups data in all of the processing templates that apply. A field is added to the attribute table named Tag, which identifies the group each band belongs within:

• Pan—Panchromatic
• MS—Multispectral
• Thermal—Thermal Bands

Images added to a mosaic dataset via NCDRD raster type will have metadata columns extracted from the NITF header, as well as key metadata from satellite sensors—such as Sun Azimuth, Sun Elevation, and so on.

Pléiades

The Pléiades raster type allows you to add raster data collected from the Pléiades satellite sensor. To learn more about this sensor, see Airbus Defence and Space .

Product type	Processing templates
All ORTHO PRIMARY	All Bands Multispectral Panchromatic Pansharpen Pansharpen and Multispectral

Pléiades product types

Pléiades spectral range

Tag	Band order	Wavelength (nm)	Description
MS	1	450–530	Blue
MS	2	510–590	Green
MS	3	620–700	Red
MS	4	775–915	Near infrared
Pan	1	450–530	Panchromatic

Spectral range

QuickBird

The QuickBird raster type allows you to add raster data collected from the QuickBird satellite sensor. The product types in the ArcGIS application map to the similar product name provided by the vendor. Standard Orthoready is also known as Ortho Ready Standard Imagery.

To learn more about this sensor, see DigitalGlobe.

Product type	Processing template
All Basic Orthorectified Standard Standard Orthoready	All Bands Multispectral Panchromatic Pansharpen Pansharpen and Multispectral

Spectral range

Tag	Band order	Wavelength (nm)	Description
Pan	1	450–900	Panchromatic
MS	1	450–520	Blue
MS	2	520–600	Green
MS	3	630–690	Red
MS	4	760–900	Near infrared

Spectral range

RADARSAT-2

RADARSAT-2 data can be added to a mosaic dataset using the RADARSAT-2 raster type. The RADARSAT-2 products consist of the Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) image or Signal data in addition to the metadata. The basic product generated by the RADARSAT-2 processor contains a product information file and image pixel data files. The RADARSAT-2 satellite differentiates the products by the beam mode and by the level of processing that has been applied to the data.

These datasets have information of the polarimetric data. The product information file for the various product types is encoded in XML format. The RADARSAT-2 raster type allows you to create a mosaic dataset where you can query the mosaic dataset attribute table for the imagery according to the metadata in the attribute table.

To learn more about this sensor, see MDA.

The following product types of RADARSAT-2 can be added using this raster type:

Product type	Processing templates
SLC—Slant Range Single Look Complex product SGF—SAR Georeferenced Fine SGX—SAR Georeferenced Extra SSG—SAR Systematic Geocorrected SPG—SAR Precision Geocorrected SCN—ScanSAR Narrow Beam SCW—ScanSAR Wide Beam	Raw Despeckle

SLC is a complex product type where each pixel is represented by a complex value. When applying a Speckle filter on an SLC product, intensity (magnitude) of the pixel value is used.

There are two processing templates that can be used depending on the level of processing required.

• Raw—The data will be added without applying any functions. This is the default template and is used for basic visualization.
• Despeckle—The data will be added with the Speckle function applied. The output is a speckle filtered, smoothed image.

The following are the polarizations available with RADARSAT-2 products:

• HH—The radar signals are transmitted horizontally and received horizontally.
• VV—The radar signals are transmitted vertically and received vertically.
• HV—The radar signals are transmitted horizontally and received vertically.
• VH—The radar signals are transmitted vertically and received horizontally.

The RADARSAT-2 product can be single, dual, or Quad polarized depending on the beam mode. The beam modes are distinguished by a specific beam elevation angle and width used for transmitting and receiving signals. The various beam modes are:

• Single Beam—Standard, Wide, Fine, Multi-Look Fine, Ultra-Fine, Extended High, Extended Low, Standard Quad Polarization, and Fine Quad Polarization
• ScanSAR—ScanSAR Narrow and ScanSAR Wide
• Spotlight—Spotlight A

RapidEye

The RapidEye raster type allows you to add raster data collected from the RapidEye satellite sensors. To learn more about this sensor, see BlackBridge.

Product type	Processing template
All Level 1B Level 3A	Multispectral

Spectral range

Tag	Band order	Wavelength (nm)	Description
MS	1	440–510	Blue
MS	2	520–590	Green
MS	3	630–685	Red
MS	4	690–730	Red edge
MS	5	760–850	Near infrared

Spectral range

SPOT 5

The SPOT 5 raster type allows you to add raster data collected from the SPOT 5 satellite. To learn more about this sensor, see Airbus Defence and Space .

There are three SPOT 5 products supported:

• Level 1A—This product has had some radiometric correction applied to fix distortions due to differences in the sensitivity of the elementary detectors of the sensor. This product should be used with the Orthorectify processing template and a DEM should be specified within the raster type's properties.
• Level 2A—This product has had the same radiometric correction as applied in the Level 1A product and has been georeferenced to a UTM WGS84 projection (without using ground control points). You can use this product with the Panchromatic, Multispectral, Pseudocolor, or Pansharpen processing templates.
• SPOTView Ortho—This product has had the same radiometric correction as applied in the Level 1A product and has been orthorectified based on ground control points and a digital elevation model to eliminate distortions due to relief. You can use this product with the Panchromatic, Multispectral, Pseudocolor, or Pansharpen processing templates.

Product type	Processing templates
All SPOT Scene 1A SPOT Scene 2A SPOTView Ortho	All Bands Multispectral Panchromatic Pansharpen Pansharpen and Multispectral Pseudocolor

Use the Pseudocolor processing template to view the SPOT imagery as a natural colored image.

Spectral range

Tag	Band order	Wavelength (nm)	Description
MS	1	500–590	Green
MS	2	610–680	Red
MS	3	790–890	Near infrared
MS	4	1580–1750	Short wave infrared
Pan	1	510–730	Panchromatic

Spectral range

Caution:

The SPOT DIMAP GeoTIFF product has a unique rearrangement of the band order, which allows you to open it directly in applications and see a standard false color image; however, the metadata references have not been rearranged. This can create some difficulty when you are trying to define specific functions, such as NDVI, because the near infrared band will be band 1 and not band 3. The raster type attempts to account for this modification; however, there may be unique cases where the metadata and file format are not designed as expected.

Spectral range	Metadata reference	DIMAP GeoTIFF
Blue	n/a	n/a
Green	1 (or XS 1)	3
Red	2 (or XS 2)	2
NIR	3 (or XS 3)	1
SWIR	4 (or XS 4 or SWIR)	4

For more information, see Airbus Defence and Space.

SPOT 6, and SPOT 7

The SPOT 6 and SPOT 7 raster types allow you to add raster data collected from the SPOT 6 or SPOT 7 satellites. To learn more about this sensor, see Airbus Defence and Space .

There are two products supported: ORTHO and PRIMARY.

Product type	Processing templates
All ORTHO PRIMARY	All Bands Multispectral Panchromatic Pansharpen Pansharpen and Multispectral

Spectral range

Tag	Band order	Wavelength (nm)	Description
MS	1	450–520	Blue
MS	2	530–590	Green
MS	3	625–695	Red
MS	4	760–890	Near Infrared
Pan	1	450–745	Panchromatic

Spectral range

WorldView-1, WorldView-2, and WorldView-3

The WorldView raster types allow you to add raster data collected from the WorldView-1, WorldView-2, or WorldView-3 satellite sensors. To learn more about these sensors, see DigitalGlobe. Currently raster type for WorldView-3 only includes support for the visible, near infrared, short wave infrared (SWIR) bands, and not CAVIS.

Product type	Processing templates
All Basic Standard Standard Orthoready Orthorectified	All Bands Multispectral Panchromatic Pansharpen Pansharpen and Multispectral

WorldView-1 spectral range

Tag	Band order	Wavelength (nm)	Description
Pan	1	400–900	Panchromatic

WorldView-1 spectral range

WorldView-2 and WorldView-3 supported spectral range

Tag	Band order	Wavelength (nm)	Description
Pan	1	450–800	Panchromatic
MS	1	400–450	Coastal blue
MS	2	450–510	Blue
MS	3	510–580	Green
MS	4	585–625	Yellow
MS	5	630–690	Red
MS	6	705–745	Red edge
MS	7	770–895	Near infrared 1
MS	8	860–1040	Near infrared 2

WorldView-2

WorldView-3 spectral range

Tag	Band order	Wavelength (nm)	Description
Pan	1	450–800	Panchromatic
MS	1	400–450	Coastal blue
MS	2	450–510	Blue
MS	3	510–580	Green
MS	4	585–625	Yellow
MS	5	630–690	Red
MS	6	705–745	Red edge
MS	7	770–895	Near infrared 1
MS	8	860–1040	Near infrared 2
SWIR	1	1195–1225	Short wave infrared 1
SWIR	2	1550–1590	Short wave infrared 2
SWIR	3	1640–1680	Short wave infrared 3
SWIR	4	1710–1750	Short wave infrared 4
SWIR	5	2145–2185	Short wave infrared 5
SWIR	6	2185–2225	Short wave infrared 6
SWIR	7	2235–2285	Short wave infrared 7
SWIR	8	2295–2365	Short wave infrared 8

WorldView-3 spectral range

To create a natural color band combination, use:

• Red: band 5
• Green: band 3
• Blue: band 2

To create a color infrared band combination, use:

• Red: band 7
• Green: band 5
• Blue: band 3

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