Satellite imagery meets prepress - Producing image maps

Satellite imagery provided by Landsat, SPOT, AVHRR, and ERS-1 is being exploited for production of satellite image maps which incorporate images. Satellite image maps produced by transforming digital imagery acquired by spaceborn platforms into lithographic printed maps are used in two primary areas: large scale orthophoto maps for the engineering and construction industries and small-scale satellite image maps for the military and environmental resource organizations.