Hub 1.5

Annotations

Annotations allow you to identify areas of an image. You can add several types of annotations to an image, including rectangles, polygons, and polylines.

Annotations are associated with an individual image. When you select an annotation group, the Imagery panel locks and the image associated with that annotation group displays in the Imagery panel.

By default, annotations are bright green, with an opaque border and a slightly transparent fill (except for polylines, which do not have a fill property). If you want to change the appearance of an annotation, you can edit its properties, which allows you to change properties such as color, fill, outline, opacity, or line weight. You can also move annotations and edit their shape. You can delete individual annotations and annotation groups, and rename annotation groups.

See Annotations.

API Key Management

You can now generate API keys in the Hub UI. API keys can be used to authenticate a specific project, such as an application. Use the API Key dialog to view and copy your API key, or to generate a new API key. You can also copy example API requests (i.e., WMS, WMTS, WFS, and WCS requests) to use with third-party imagery tools.

See Viewing and Generating API Keys.

Archive Stereo Pair Imagery

You can now search for and view archive stereo pair imagery in Hub. Archive stereo imagery products are designed for users with advanced image processing capabilities and photogrammetric tools. This product is ideal for Digital Elevation Model (DEM) generation, 3D visualization and feature extraction applications. Archive stereo images are collected in-track, meaning on the same orbit, and are acquired at angles optimal for stereo viewing and manipulation.

See Using Card View and List View and Using Imagery Catalogs.

ArcMap v1.3.0

An add-in is now available for use with ArcMap v10.7.1 or higher. Stream Vantor imagery, Vivid basemaps, and Change Monitoring (CM) layers.

See https://developers.vantor.com/docs/integrations/arcmap.

Vivid Terrain Product Update (Pre-Release)

New products have been added to the pre-release of Vivid Terrain.

You will need specific roles to see each product; please contact support@vantor.com if you cannot see an available product. Note that only approved customers will have access to Vivid Terrain.

Name	Description
Vivid Terrain - Digital Terrain Model (DTM)	Describes the elevation of the bare earth in a raster format. It is based on the Vivid Terrain Digital Surface Model (DSM) with trees and man-made objects (e.g., houses) removed by automated processing. The data represents the average elevation in the Post Spacing area.
Vivid Terrain - Digital Surface Model (DSM)	Describes the elevation of the earth surface in a raster format. The data represents the average elevation in the Post Spacing area.
Vivid Terrain - Elevation Bundle	Includes Vivid Terrain Digital Terrain Model (DTM) and Vivid Terrain Digital Surface Model (DSM).
Vivid Terrain - 3D Surface Model (3DSM)	Our most accurate representation of Earth in 3D with textures on all sides.
Vivid Terrain - True Ortho	A seamless true orthographic projection of Earth with the texture (natural color) in a raster format.
Vivid Terrain - 3D Bundle (3DSM + DSM + True Ortho)	Includes Vivid Terrain 3D Surface Model (3DSM), Vivid Terrain Digital Surface Model (DSM), and Vivid Terrain True Ortho.
Vivid Terrain - Buildings	Describes the footprint and superstructures of buildings in a vector format with height attribution for a 3D representation. The vectors are automatically extracted from the Vivid Terrain 3D Surface Model.
Vivid Terrain - Classification	Describes the type of terrain class in a raster format. This type of product is sometimes referred to as land use/land cover or clutter classification data. The classification data is automatically extracted from the Vivid Terrain 3D Surface Model.
Vivid Terrain - DHM	Describes the above-ground difference between the Vivid Terrain DSM and Vivid Terrain DTM in a raster format, including buildings and vegetation which were removed in the process of creating the Vivid Terrain DTM.
Vivid Terrain - Point Cloud	Describes the earth's surface form and texture (natural color) in industry standard point cloud formats.
Vivid Terrain - Vegetation	Describes the vegetation footprint in a vector format with height attribution for a 3D representation. The vectors are automatically extracted from the Vivid Terrain 3D Surface Model.
WorldView 3D On-Demand Production	Vantor's on-demand suite of three-dimensional surface mesh, elevation, and true ortho products that correspond to specific collection dates. WorldView 3D leverages photogrammetric stereo collections that are correlated and enhanced by Vantor’s global Vivid Terrain 3D Surface Model. WorldView 3D 3DSM WorldView 3D 3DSM consists of a TIN mesh, which describes the form of the surface of the Earth, and an associated texture, which describes the appearance of the surface, either as panchromatic or natural color, depending on sensor used for image collection. The density of the mesh is irregular, with a higher density in areas and surfaces that are more complex, and sparser in areas that are flat. All other WorldView 3D data products are derived from the WorldView 3D 3D surface model. This assures that there is nearly zero alignment error between the different WorldView 3D data products. WorldView 3D DSM WorldView 3D DSM describes the elevation of the Earth’s surface in a raster format. The data represents the average elevation in the post spacing area. WorldView 3D Bundle WorldView 3D Bundle includes WorldView 3D 3D Surface Model (3DSM), WorldView 3D Digital Surface Model (DSM), and WorldView 3D True Ortho. The WorldView 3D True Ortho describes the texture (panchromatic or natural color) of a seamless true orthographic projection of the Earth in a raster format; it is only available as part of the WorldView 3D Bundle.

See Vivid Terrain and WorldView 3D Products.

Tasking

You can request to task a new image, or a "collect," to meet mission requirements for recent or frequently viewed imagery over a small geographic area.

Use the Tasking panel to request tasking over a new or existing area. Select several options for tasking—such as GSD, priority, start and end dates, and other order parameters—before placing the tasking request. Completed tasking requests are delivered to the Orders panel.

See Placing a WorldView 2D Tasking Request: EO.

Tasking API

Use the Tasking API to request imagery collection over an area of interest (AOI) within a specified time frame. Content production and delivery will occur as imagery is captured, even if imagery is captured for only some part of the requested AOI. When a new tasking order is placed, credits are reserved (not available for use) until the order is fulfilled.

See https://developers.vantor.com/docs/tasking/guides/tasking-guide.

Additional Archive Ordering Parameters

The following OR2A output bands have been added to archive ordering:

• 3 Band Pansharpen

• 4 Band Pansharpen

• 4 Band Bundle

These output band parameters are available for all sensors (except WV01), and are available in addition to any previous output bands available for a sensor.

See Ordering Archive Imagery.

Admin UI Language Translations

If you want to view the Vantor Hub Administrator Portal user interface in another language, you can change your preferred language setting from the User Profile menu. You can view Vantor Hub Administrator Portal in the following languages:

• English (en-us)

• Spanish (es-mx)

• Japanese (js)

The Vantor Hub Administrator Portal Help is also available in these languages. The user guide defaults to your browser localization setting. To view the user guide in another language, select the globe icon in the user guide interface, then select a new language from the drop-down.

ArcGIS Pro v1.1.2

The ArcGIS Pro Add-in for Hub brings georeferenced high-resolution satellite imagery into your GIS project using OGC-compliant web services. The add-in lets you stream imagery and Vivid basemaps. This update removes WorldView-3 SWIR from the sensor filter options and removes the Vivid Premium product from the layers menu.

See https://developers.vantor.com/docs/integrations/arcgispro.

Area Enhancements

Several enhancements have been made to areas in this release.

First, you can now set any area as your "home" area. Your home area is preserved between sessions, so when you log in to Hub, the system automatically zooms to the extent of your home area.

There are also several new ways to create an area:

• Pre-Defined Square Templates In addition to drawing an area using the rectangle or polygon tool, you can now draw areas using a pre-defined square template in three sizes: 50 sq km, 100 sq km, and 144 sq km.

• Select Cells You can also use a coordinate grid to select up to 10 contiguous 1-degree cells. Once selected, these cells form a new area.

• Import Using WKT You can also create an area of interest using an imported well-known text (WKT) string.

Finally, you can now select multiple areas at one time. You can then use options in the With Selected menu to work with your selected area(s), such as zooming to the extent of the area(s), deleting multiple areas, or deselecting multiple areas.

See Areas.

Change Management Analytics Name Update

The Persistent Change Management analytics layer has been renamed to Change Management.

See Change Monitoring (CM).

Copy Coordinates

The Map Pins tool now supports all coordinate formats, including MGRS format. When you paste coordinates in the Map Pins tool, they display in the tool and in the viewport as a lat/long pair.

See Dropping Map Pins.

Export Archive Imagery to a Shapefile

You can now export archive imagery selections to a shapefile, which you can open using third-party imagery software (e.g., QGIS).

See Exporting Selected Imagery.

GeoEye-1 Sensor Support

Exploit Mode and online image ordering now support the GeoEye-1 sensor.

See Exploiting Imagery and Ordering Online Imagery.

Measuring Tool Color/Line Change

The measuring tool has been updated to use a light blue color that is easier to see on the map.

See Measuring Distance.

OGC Web Coverage Service (WCS) Added to Streaming - Imagery API

The WCS endpoint provides download access to the "raw" images that are displayed by the WMS endpoint. While these images are also 8-bit RGB, they are not rendered with the goal of screen display. Instead they can be downloaded in file formats like GeoTIFF for use in other processes. The specification supports subsetting and resampling of the image if needed.

See https://developers.vantor.com/docs/streaming-imagery/guides/wcs.

Ordering from Archive to Online

When placing an archive order, you can now select Ingest to Streaming as a delivery option. This delivers the order to the Imagery panel, where you can view it as an online image. Orders delivered to the online imagery catalog are viewable by anyone on the same account.

See Ordering Archive Imagery.

Order Lifecycle Graphic

The Order Information status panel has been updated with a more robust ordering lifecycle graphic.

See Viewing Order Information.

User Settings

When you select a user interface language, that language setting is preserved to your next session.

See Changing Your Language Setting.

Version Number

The current version of Hub now displays at the bottom of the user profile menu.

See Viewing Your Profile.