SPOT at UCSB

SPOT satellite imagery has many of the same characteristics as Landsat imagery and the constellation of SPOT satellites can be programmed to acquire imagery for a particular site and time. Like Landsat, there is a rich archive of historical imagery dating back to 1986. The problem with utilizing SPOT imagery has been price -- retail prices are several to many thousands of dollars per scene. Hence, SPOT satellite imagery has not been affordable for most academic users. The SPOT at UCSB program reduces the per scene cost by 80 to 90% compared with retail prices (discounted to $299 - $999), but does require an annual institution-level subscription fee of $9,999. The yearly subscription fee is recovered with the purchase of as few as two scenes. The SPOT at UCSB program makes SPOT imagery more affordable for U.S. educational institutions and allows participants to target acquisition of SPOT imagery for their study sites. It is our mission to both address the Landsat data gap and enable U.S. academic researchers and their students to use SPOT satellite data in innovative ways.

Further information about the SPOT at UCSB program is available via pdf at http://www.spot.ucsb.edu/SPOTFaq.pdf, or you can visit our website - www.spot.ucsb.edu -- or by phone at (805) 893-8475.