Identification

Title

Quickbird Satellite Image for Small Area in the Jazira Region of Syria

Alternative title(s)

unknown

Abstract

Quickbird satellite captured this image data product 0n 28 August 2002. DigitalGlobe, a commercial supplier of high-resolution satellite imagery launched this satellite on 18 October 2001. QuickBird collects the highest resolution commercial imagery of Earth including panchromatic imagery at 60 to 70 centimetre resolution and multispectral imagery at 2.4- and 2.8-metre resolutions. Total cloud coverage percentage is 0 percent, providing 100 percent ground visibility. Image covers an area of 5 x 5 kilometres and is located approximately 30 kilometres east/southeast of al Qamishli, Syria. The small settlement of Choueira Bichriye can be seen on the image. This multi-spectral image has been primarily used as a test sample for research to locate and map archaeological sites (Tells) in this part of the Jazira region of Syria, as well as natural and anthropomorphic landscape features.

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

http://www.sharegeo.ac.uk/handle/10672/10

Unique resource identifier

code

DS1107-2154DA071

codeSpace

unknown

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

authority code

WGS84 Latitude Longitude

code identifying the spatial reference system

WGS84 Latitude Longitude

Additional information source

Digital Globe http://www.digitalglobe.com/

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

imageryBaseMapsEarthCover

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

GIS digital format

photography

geographic information system

satellite image

remote sensing

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2010-01-13

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

41.548

East bounding longitude

41.612

North bounding latitude

37.011

South bounding latitude

36.967

Extent

Extent group

authority code

code identifying the extent

Extent group

authority code

code identifying the extent

Extent group

authority code

code identifying the extent

Extent group

authority code

code identifying the extent

Vertical extent information

Minimum value

0

Maximum value

0

Coordinate reference system

authority code

code identifying the coordinate reference system

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

2002-08-25

End position

2002-08-25

Dataset reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2002-08-25

Frequency of update

notPlanned

Quality and validity

Lineage

This Quickbird image dataset was captured on 25 August 2002. It represents a multi-spectral image with 2.4 x 2.4 metre resolution. Total cloud coverage percentage is 0 percent, providing 100 percent ground visibility.

Conformity

Data format

name of format

GeoTiff (*tiff)

version of format

1.0

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

There are no access constraints.

Constraint set

Use constraints

There are no use constraints.

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

organisation name

Tony Mathys

email address

tony.mathys@ed.ac.uk

responsible party role

distributor

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

organisation name

Tony Mathys

full postal address

EDINA, The University of Edinburgh, Causewayside House, 160 Causewayside

Edinburgh

EH9 1PR

Scotland

telephone number

+44 (0)131 651 1443

facsimile number

+44 (0)131 650 3308

email address

tony.mathys@ed.ac.uk

web address

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2013-04-24

Metadata language