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Stereoscopic sensing by SPOT is used in elevation calculations
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Stereoscopic sensing by SPOT is used in elevation calculations.

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SPOT satellite can sense in three spectral bands (green, red and
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As SPOT has two visual and one near infrared channel it is ideally suited for vegetation mapping of small local areas.

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