Flown aboard IKONOS Satellite.

Applications: mapping; precision agriculture; forestry; oil and gas exploration; insurance; utilities; real estate; military; transportation; international diplomacy.

The IKONOS instrument collects data in the visible to near infrared portions of the electromagnetic spectrum. The panchromatic band has a resolution of 1 m while the other 3 bands have a resolution of 4 m.

More information is available at www.spaceimaging.com

Hong Kong Harbor: This one-meter resolution color image of Hong Kong, China was collected November 21, 1999 by Space Imaging's IKONOS satellite. The image features the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center, Bank of China and Star Ferry Pier. (source: http://spaceimaging.com)