Imagery Types

The following imagery types are available in Rapid Access.

Maxar's 125+ petabyte archive imagery library dates to 1999. It contains a mix of panchromatic (black/white) and color imagery (up to 18 multispectral bands), with global coverage up to 30 cm resolution.

Maxar's most basic and raw product. This imagery type is ideal for image manipulation and photogrammetric analysis by image processing systems.

This basic processing level offers an imagery product ready for custom orthorectification.

An example of 1B imagery.

Maxar's best product for image viewing and feature analysis in geographic information systems.

View-ready imagery is processed to ensure that it is accurate, consistent, and can be compared to other images or datasets that use the same reference point. Additionally, this imagery type has a coarse digital elevation model (DEM) applied.

An example of 2A imagery.

Maxar's most popular product. This imagery type has been processed to ensure that it is accurate, consistent, and comparable to other images or datasets that use the same reference point.

An example of OR2A imagery.

High-quality standardized imagery that has been orthorectified (i.e., corrected to remove distortion caused by terrain variations, and sensor angle), radiometrically calibrated, and georectified to produce a highly accurate imagery product ready for seamless integration into workflows.

Map-ready imagery is ideal for image viewing and locational referencing.

This imagery type provides a high degree of cartographic accuracy.

An example of map-ready imagery.

This is the most current imagery delivered by the Maxar constellation and hosted by Rapid Access. Rapid Access typically adds 800–1,000 new image strips—equaling 1–1.5 million sq km in coverage—each day to its online imagery library.

An example of online imagery.

When you log in to Rapid Access, prior to changing any sorting or filtering settings, online imagery loads as a lower-resolution mashup. You can use this default load to quickly pan and zoom in the viewport. This mashup is visible at zoom level 11 and higher.

Vivid is a suite of high-resolution, high-accuracy imagery basemap products, available off the shelf. From metro to global scale, Vivid offers solutions to meet a range of customer needs and budgets.

Providing a high-quality, visually consistent view of Earth, Maxar’s Vivid products are ideal imagery basemaps for map-contextual layers, visualizations, and extracting features at scale. With coverage over the majority of the global landmass and annual updates to incorporate our latest imagery collections, Vivid offers a reliable foundation for projects at the local, regional, or global level.

Vivid basemap availability is based on the terms of each customer's contract. If you would like to purchase Vivid basemaps, please contact your Maxar representative.

In Rapid Access, you can view Vivid imagery using Vivid basemaps. See Vivid.

Vivid Basic imagery over Cape Cod, Massachusetts

An example of a Vivid imagery basemap.