edit

2 pts IKONOS radiometric resolution is…

Reveal answer

Correct: 11-bit (2 048 grey levels)

Model answer

  • Delivered as 16-bit unsigned with 5 bits of zero padding.
💡

IKONOS = ELEVEN bits (2048). SPOT/Landsat 5-7 = 8-bit (256). L8 = 12-bit. L9 = 14-bit. IKONOS was best-in-class for its era.