WorldView-3's increased spectral resolution of 16-bands spanning the VNIR to SWIR
allows for an extension of visual interpretation to machine interpretation and analyses
using material spectral signatures. Non-visual imagery (i.e. what humans cannot see)
will become a new standard for imagery information extraction and insight derivation.
Summary
MOVING FROM PIXELS TO PRODUCTS
FIGURE 9.
Imagery analysts will be able to identify and map minerals using WorldView-3's spectral bands.
Source: Mineral Classification from: Kruse and Perry. 2013. Mineral Mapping Using
Simulated Worldview-3 Short-Wave-Infrared Imagery. Remote Sensing. 5(6): 2688-2703
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