Urban land planning and management

Regional development focuses on managing and monitoring evolving landscapes. Satellite and aerial imagery are a quick, cost-effective way of obtaining accurate, uniform and up-to-date information on the way land is being used.

You need

To gain a “big-picture” synoptic view of a region and keep track of changing land use patterns and project trends in order to:

create and update land use/land cover databases at urban, peri-urban, national and regional scales
draw up and keep track of master development plans
conduct environmental impact studies
monitor urban growth
plan and optimize survey campaigns in urban, peri-urban and rural areas
obtain a uniform database for geographic information systems
ensure that all planning personnel share the same information.





Monitoring urban growth - Spot 2.5 m - Black and White - South Africa - 2002 \| Satellite image - Spot Image

We offer

satellite-derived products

SPOTView digital satellite imagemaps covering any region on the globe (archived imagery or following an acquisition request) provide current information in the form of basemaps that can be directly integrated in a GIS.
USA Select, a database of black-and-white or natural-colour orthoimages covering the whole of the United States.

land-use databases

for French conurbations: SPOT Thema
Images are photointerpreted and classified according to 8 general or 29 detailed themes. They can be used at scales of 1:50 000 to 1:10 000. SPOT Thema offers three types of product: the baseline product and the optional evolution and update products.

Aerial imagery derived products

A large choice of orthophotos and elevation models with unrivalled accuracy, including our unique TrueOrtho™ and high density Digital Surface Models, are available in a wide range of resolutions and coverage, allowing, thanks to advanced processing, to obtain:
2D and 3D vector maps;
3D cadastral maps;
Change Detection maps;
Land-use maps;
Heat-loss maps for cities;
Virtual City models;
Pictometry®.
The above products, including orthophotos and elevation models are available in a large range of formats and can be seamlessly integrated into any GIS software or database management tool.

Key benefits

Spot Image supplies ready-to-use map products at medium to very high resolution to match customers' requirements.
data are compatible with databases containing general and thematic maps, aerial photos and other types of data.
regularly refreshed global archive of SPOT imagery acquired since 1986 covering all cities, countries and regions of the world.
Spot Image classifies and photointerprets satellite and aerial imagery
standardized, reproducible databases providing a uniform reference.
vector data format for direct integration in leading geographic information systems.

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