International Archives of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing. Vol. XXXII Part 7C2, UNISPACE III, Vienna, 1999 
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UNISPACE III - ISPRS Workshop on 
“Resource Mapping from Space ” 
9:00 am -12:00 pm, 22 July 1999, VIC Room B 
Vienna, Austria 
ISPRS 
urban buildings 
2 m 
foot paths 
2 m 
minor road network 
5 m 
fine hydrology 
5 m 
major road network 
10 m 
building blocks 
10 m 
The highest resolution from space, which is currently accessible 
on the civilian market is Russian KVR 1000 photography, 
digitized to 2 m pixels, in which individual houses can still be 
clearly identified (see figure 8). 
Figure 8: Digitized KVR 1000 image (DD5) with 2 m pixels over the city of Hannover, Germany