GEOGRAPHIC

DATABASE
Project Information
Area of Interest:
ARGENTINA: Bahia

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Argentina: Bahia
General Information

Satellite Imagery used (ASTER):

003_2018527476_09th November 2003
Project Parameters:
Datum:
WGS84 (GRS-1980)
Projection:
South UTM 20 (zone H)
Central Meridian: 63 West
Coverage
This geographic product covers a 20km x 20km area of Bahia in Argentina.

Geographic bounds:
(SW corner to NE corner)

UTM bounds:

38 37' 17" S
62 22' 54" W
62 09' 12" W
38 48' 11" S
5 724 900m Northing
553 700m Easting
573 700m Easting
5 704 900m Northing

Package content
The delivery contains four (4) dataset layers and a *.pdf document. The data was
processed on the 08th October 2008.
A 20 meter resolution Digital Terrain Model (DTM).
A 10 meter resolution ortho image.
A 20 meter resolution Land-Use Raster (morphology).
A vector network.
A Bahia.pdf document containing the project information (this document).

Digital Terrain Model

Format
The Digital Terrain Model is provided in an Atoll (Planet: file) (2bytes, signed) format.
Image information
Number of Columns (DIM_X) 1000 pixels
Number of Rows (DIM_Y) 1000 pixels
Northwest corner (553700m E, 5724900m N) meters
Southeast corner (573700m E, 5704900m N) meters
Z value unit:
meters
Pixel size (resolution):
20 meters
Planimetric accuracy:
20 meters
Vertical accuracy:
5 - 10 meters
Altimetric Information
The altitudes range between 0 meters and 100 meters, with an average altitude of
approximately 32 meters.

Ortho-image
Format
The Ortho image is provided in an Atoll (Planet: *.tif) format (RGB, unsigned), and derived
from the ASTER satellite imagery.
File Content
Number of Columns (DIM_X) 2000 pixels
Number of Rows (DIM_Y) 2000 pixels
Northwest corner (553700m E, 5724900m N) meters
Southeast corner (573700m E, 5704900m N) meters
Pixel size (resolution):
10 meters
Planimetric accuracy:
20 meters

Morphology
Format
The morphology is provided in an Atoll (Planet: file) format (2byte, signed) and derived
from the ASTER satellite imagery.
Image information
Number of Columns (DIM_X) 1000 pixels
Number of Rows (DIM_Y) 1000 pixels
Northwest corner (553700m E, 5724900m N) meters
Southeast corner (573700m E, 5704900m N) meters
Pixel size (resolution):
20 meters
Planimetric accuracy:
20 meters
Meaning of the pixel values
The values relate to each pixel stored in the image and corresponds to a code
representing the land-use type (class). A correspondence table between codes,
description and definition is provided. Below are the 18 classes:
Code Description

Definition

%
cover

Building
Heights

sea

Areas of coastal water,

including oceans, bays and
estuaries.

3.81 %

0m

inland water

Areas of permanent open

water. Including natural and
man-made bodies, which are
either static or flowing (rivers,
dams (i.e. reservoirs),
permanent pans and lakes)

0.42 %

0m

wetland

Areas of open or vegetated

land that is periodically
inundated with water or
covered with shallow standing
water.

0.00 %

0m

barren

Areas that contain no

vegetation.

11.53 %

0m

grass/
agriculture

Agricultural fields typically

characterized by their
geometric shape and used for
the production of annual crops
(orchards, vineyards, livestock
grazing and hay crops etc).
Includes actively tilled land,
undeveloped lots, parks and
golf courses.

56.79 %

0m

Image sample 1

Image sample 2

Code Description

Definition

%
cover

Building
Heights

rangeland

Scattered low scrub vegetation

and areas of mixed grassland.

8.23 %

0-2m

woodland

None-continuous, mixed
density (30% -60% canopy
cover), with young trees or
trees that are generally less
than five (5) meters.

2.67 %

< 5m

forest

Continuous cover of plantation

and/or native tree species with
an average height generally
greater than five (5) meters.

5.29 %

> 5m

village

Small built-up areas within

rural setting that include
suburban and urban classes.

0.92 %

3-8m

suburban

Areas of residential settlement

mainly single (1) story houses,
medium tree cover (<30%).
Impervious surface account for
20%-49% of total cover.

7.07 %

3-8m

dense
suburban

Areas of dense residential

settlement, mixed commercial
and multi(2-4)-story residential
structures, tree cover (<5%).
Impervious surfaces account
for 50%-79% of total cover.

0.91 %

8-20m

urban

Highly developed areas

consisting of mixed
commercial and multi-family
residential structures
(Apartments etc). Impervious
surface account for 80%-90%
of total cover. Average height
is below forty (40) meters

0.58 %

< 40m

dense urban

Areas within the urban

perimeter; dense urban with
built-up features generally
indistinct from each other;
heights of buildings below forty
(40) meters.

0.06 %

< 40m

10

11

12

13

Image sample 1

Image sample 2

%
cover

Building
Heights

core urban

Areas within the urban

perimeter; dense urban with
built-up features generally
indistinct from each other;
heights of buildings above forty
(40) meters. Includes single or
small isolated clusters of high
buildings.

0.04 %

> 40m

building
blocks

Groups of generally narrow

buildings that may be parallel
and separated by open space;
(mostly apartment or office
blocks).

0.01 %

20-40m

16

industrial

Industrial / commercial /
institutional areas including
buildings with large footprints.
Heights generally below twenty
(20) meters and separated by
streets wider than twenty (20)
meters.

1.56 %

< 20m

17

airport

Landing strips and runway

surfaces.

0.06 %

0m

18

Areas with little or no

vegetation (paved areas)
open in urban within the urban footprint,
including transportation
corridors.

0.02 %

0m

Code Description

14

15

Definition

Image sample 1

Image sample 2

Vectors
Format
The vector files are provided in an Atoll (Planet: *.asc) format, with nine (9) individual
feature files being supplied.
Origin and accuracy
The vector data was digitised from the ASTER satellite imagery.
Planimetric accuracy:
20 meters.
Vector Features captured
Below are the features classes contained in the vector files:
1 coastline
2 highway
3 inland water
4 major street
5 railway
6 runway
7 secondary road
8 single river
9 street