CBERS Satellite Images

The CBERS program is a partnership between the Brazilian and Chinese governments to develop remote sensing technologies.

One of the satellites launched by this program, the CBERS-2B Satellite, had a HRC sensor capable of producing 2.7m imagery for the whole South America.

After consulting DPI-INPE, the Brazilian institution responsible for distributing these images, it was confirmed that they can be used to produce derivated data to OpenStreetMap.

How to use these images

Potlach

Add this link as a custom background:

http://osm.arkemie.org/cgi-bin/tiles/1.0.0/cbers/!/!/!

JOSM

Using the WMS Plugin, add this custom link:

http://osm.arkemie.org/cgi-bin/cbers_osm_wms?map=/mapsite/cbers/cbers.map&service=wms&request=getmap&version=1.1.1&format=jpeg&CRS=EPSG:4326&layers=maceio_20091009_warp,atalaia20081020,riolargo20081115,saojosedalaje20090923,cajueiro20090923,santanadomundau20080418,uniaodospalmares20080921,saojoao_20090103_hrc_warp,branquinha_20081020,jacuipe20091009,palmares20090622,catende_20091001_warp,quebrangulo20090103,joaquimgomes20090622&

Area Covered

You can see the area covered by the WMS server in this link:

CBERS 2B HRC Coverage

• Maceió 63264645 63264645
• Quebrangulo 64718859 64718859
• Palmares 63264656 63264656
• Joaquim Gomes 66158435 66158435
• Alagoas - Interior 66158436 66158436

New Images Request

Put your city/region in here:

- Rio Verde (GO)

- Unaí (MG)

- Monteiro Lobato (SP)

- Siderópolis (SC)

- Santa Rita do Passa Quatro (SP)

- Vitória (ES) - Grande Vitória, including Vila Velha, Cariacica, Serra, Viana and Guarapari

- Brochier (RS)

- Vitória da Conquista (BA)

- Uruguaiana (RS)

- Pitangueiras (SP)

Poços de Caldas, Minas gerais

The WMS Server is kindly hosted by Jean-Guilhem Cailton.

Como baixar imagens

Tutorial para baixar imagens CBERS