New sensors benchmark report on SPOT7

The main objective of the present study is to assess whether SPOT7 sensor can be qualified for Control with Remote Sensing program (CwRS), in Common Agriculture Policy (CAP). The benchmarking presented herein aims at evaluating the usability of SPOT7 for the CAP checks through an estimation of its geometric (positional) accuracy, as well as measuring the influence of different factors (viewing angle, number of GCPs, software implementation) on this accuracy. For that purpose, the External Quality Control of SPOT7 orthoimagery conforms to the standard method developed by JRC and follows a procedure already adopted in the validation of previous high (HR) and very-high resolution (VHR) products.JRC.H.6-Digital Earth and Reference Dat