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User Manual - pancroma

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QuickBird ImageryLike WorldView2 data, QuickBird multispectral data is offered in the form of asingle GeoTiff file containing all the bands in a multiple bit-plane, Little Endianconfiguration. Resolution is 2.4 meters/pixel for the multispectral bands and0.6m/pixel for the panchromatic band. The multispectral data must be unbundledinto separate band files for processing. (The panchromatic band is offered in aseparate file.In order to perform the extraction, select ‘File’|’Open’. Then select ‘DecomposeBundles’. Select ‘Decompose Four QuickBird Bundle’ menu selection. You willbe prompted via a Save Dialog box to enter an output file name. A numericalsuffix will be added to whatever name you select, for example ‘outputfile1.tif’,outputfile2.tif, etc. When you accept the file name, PANCROMA TM will decodethe bundle file and write individual band files to the directory that you designated.Band1 will be the shortest wavelength (blue) band, band2 the next longer, band 3the next longer, etc. Consult the Digital Globe web site for band filespecifications.Pan Sharpening WorldView2 and QuickBird ImageryWorldView2 imagery can be pan sharpened in a manner similar to Landsat.There are a few important differences, however. WorldView2 multispectral bandfiles may not be even multiples of the panchromatic band, but may be off by one107

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