About the SkyWatch Standard Data Product (HUB)

As part of our dedication to reducing complexity in the earth observation space, HUB delivers a standard product regardless of the underlying sensor. This ensures that your process can expect a consistent product every Order.

SkyWatch Standard Products are supported by all HUB features, including DirectView, WMTS, and Preview in Map.

All products follow a naming scheme as defined per supplier.

IMG_[Satellite]_[Product Code]_[DateTime]_[Band Combination]_[Geometric Processing]_[ID]_[Tile]

Example:

IMG_PNEO4_STD_202505241104312_PMS-FS_ORT_2dbbab02-9ba6-4972-c925-221b5b2b71fa_R1C1

[DateTime]_[Processing Level]_[ID]_01_P001

Example:

25MAY27165805-S3DS-200008194293_01_P001

[acquisition date]_[acquisition time]_[satellite ID]_[tile ID]_[product type]_clip

Example:

20250527_070714_ssc2_u0001_pansharpened_clip

All outputs are provided in EPSG 4326 projection (WGS84 Geographic). This is the default coordinate system for most GIS and other software, and is readily compatible with many basemaps and open data products. Wikipedia Article about WGS84.

Processing levels are summarized for each product in our Product Library.

There are two main formats that image files are delivered with through HUB - GeoTIFF and PNG. In both cases, if the image would be more than 10,000 pixels in any dimension (e.g. a 5km-wide 50cm image), the results are tiled seamlessly and are delivered together.

A COG is an open file format and de facto standard based on the TIFF format and is used as an interchange format for georeferenced raster imagery. GeoTIFF is widely by remote-sensing data experts and scientists.

A rendered visual RGB COG file.

The visual output for any Order is provided as a rendered RGB PNG file.

A text file (json) with all satellite and image metadata available.