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<journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">ISPRS-Archives</journal-id>
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<journal-title>The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences</journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="publisher">ISPRS-Archives</abbrev-journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="nlm-ta">Int. Arch. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci.</abbrev-journal-title>
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<issn pub-type="epub">2194-9034</issn>
<publisher><publisher-name>Copernicus Publications</publisher-name>
<publisher-loc>Göttingen, Germany</publisher-loc>
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<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.5194/isprs-archives-XLIII-B3-2021-797-2021</article-id>
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<article-title>RADIOMETRIC QUALITY ASSESSMENT FOR MAXAR HD IMAGERY</article-title>
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<contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Yalcin</surname>
<given-names>I.</given-names>
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<sup>1</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Kocaman</surname>
<given-names>S.</given-names>
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<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1">
<sup>1</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Saunier</surname>
<given-names>S.</given-names>
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<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2">
<sup>2</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Albinet</surname>
<given-names>C.</given-names>
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<sup>3</sup>
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<label>1</label>
<addr-line>Dept. of Geomatics Engineering, Hacettepe University, 06800 Beytepe Ankara, Turkey</addr-line>
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<label>2</label>
<addr-line>Telespazio France, 26 Avenue Jean François Champollion, 31100 Toulouse, France</addr-line>
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<label>3</label>
<addr-line>European Space Agency, ESRIN, Via Galileo Galilei, 1, 00044 Frascati RM, Italy</addr-line>
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<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>29</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2021</year>
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<volume>XLIII-B3-2021</volume>
<fpage>797</fpage>
<lpage>804</lpage>
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<copyright-statement>Copyright: © 2021 I. Yalcin et al.</copyright-statement>
<copyright-year>2021</copyright-year>
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<p>The requirement for very high-resolution satellite imagery by different applications has been increasing continuously. Several commercial and government-supported missions provide sub-meter spatial resolutions from optical sensors aboard Earth Observation (EO) satellites. The MAXAR satellite constellation acquires images with up to 30 cm Ground Sampling Distances (GSDs); and the High-Definition (HD) image production technology developed by MAXAR doubles the resolution by using artificial intelligence methods. Although the spatial resolution is one of the most important image quality metrics, several other factors indicated by diverse radiometric and geometric characteristics may circumscribe the usability of data in different projects. As part of mandatory activities of European Space Agency (ESA), Earthnet Programme provides a framework for integrating Third-Party Missions into the overall EO strategy and promotes the international use of the data. The Earthnet Data Assessment Pilot (EDAP) project aims at assessing the quality and the suitability of TPMs, and provides a communication platform between mission providers to ensure the coherence of the systems. In this study, the radiometric quality of the MAXAR HD products was evaluated within the EDAP project framework by using several General Image-Quality Equation (GIQE) metrics, visual inspections, and comparative assessments with orthophotos obtained from an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) platform and with the original (non-HD) orthophotos with 30 cm resolutions. The results show that the spatial resolution improvements are observable in urban areas, where sharp edges are present. However, blurring and color noise patterns also occured in the HD images.</p>
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