GEOGRAPHIC

DATABASE
General Information
Area of Interest:
COLOMBIA: Bacaramanga

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Colombia: Bacaramanga
General Information

Satellite Imagery used (SPOT4):

4-647-336_23rd September 2006

Project Parameters:
Datum: WGS84 (GRS-1980)
Projection: North UTM 18 (zone N)
Central Meridian: 75° West

Coverage
This geographic product covers a 20km x 20km area of Bacaramanga in Colombia.

7° 11' 49" N
Geographic bounds: 73° 12' 27" W 73° 01' 33" W
(SW corner to NE corner) 7° 01' 01" N

796 000m Northing

UTM bounds: 698 000m Easting 718 000m Easting
776 000m Northing

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Package content
The delivery contains four (4) dataset layers and a *.pdf document. The data was
processed on the 21st February 2007.
• A 10 meter resolution Digital Terrain Model (DTM).
• A 5 meter resolution ortho image.
• A 10 meter resolution Land-Use Raster (morphology).
• A vector network.
• A Bacaramanga.pdf document containing the project information (this document).

Digital Terrain Model

Format
The Digital Terrain Model is provided in an Asset (*.bin) and Planet-EV (MapInfo: *.tab +
*.grd) (2bytes, signed) formats.

Image information
Number of Columns (DIM_X) 2000 pixels
Number of Rows (DIM_Y) 2000 pixels
Northwest corner (698000m E, 796000m N) meters
Southeast corner (718000m E, 776000m N) meters
Z value unit: meters
Pixel size (resolution): 10 meters
Planimetric accuracy: 10 meters
Vertical accuracy: 2 - 5 meters

Altimetric Information
The altitudes range between 562 meters and 2683 meters, with an average altitude of
approximately 1131 meters.

Ortho-image
Format
The Ortho image is provided in an Asset (*.tif) and MapInfo (*.tab and .tif) formats (RGB,
unsigned), and derived from the SPOT4 satellite imagery.

File Content
Number of Columns (DIM_X) 4000 pixels
Number of Rows (DIM_Y) 4000 pixels
Northwest corner (698000m E, 796000m N) meters
Southeast corner (718000m E, 776000m N) meters
Pixel size (resolution): 5 meters
Planimetric accuracy: 10 meters

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 Morphology
Format
The morphology is provided in an Asset (*.bin) and Planet-EV (MapInfo: *.tab + *.grd)
formats (2byte, signed) and derived from the SPOT4 satellite imagery.
Image information
Number of Columns (DIM_X) 2000 pixels
Number of Rows (DIM_Y) 2000 pixels
Northwest corner (698000m E, 796000m N) meters
Southeast corner (718000m E, 776000m N) meters
Pixel size (resolution): 10 meters
Planimetric accuracy: 10 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:
% Building
Code Description Definition Image sample 1 Image sample 2
cover Heights

Areas of coastal water,

1 sea including oceans, bays and 0.00 % 0m
estuaries.

Areas of permanent open

water. Including natural and
man-made bodies, which are
2 inland water 0.15 % 0m
either static or flowing (rivers,
dams (i.e. reservoirs),
permanent pans and lakes)

Areas of open or vegetated

land that is periodically
3 wetland inundated with water or 0.00 % 0m
covered with shallow standing
water.

Areas that contain no

4 barren 9.17 % 0m
vegetation.

Agricultural fields typically

characterized by their
geometric shape and used for
the production of annual crops
grass/
5 (orchards, vineyards, livestock 0.24 % 0m
agriculture
grazing and hay crops etc).
Includes actively tilled land,
undeveloped lots, parks and
golf courses.

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 % Building
Code Description Definition Image sample 1 Image sample 2
cover Heights

Scattered low scrub vegetation

6 rangeland 78.36 % 0-2m
and areas of mixed grassland.

None-continuous, mixed
density (30% -60% canopy
7 woodland cover), with young trees or 2.70 % < 5m
trees that are generally less
than five (5) meters.

Continuous cover of plantation

and/or native tree species with
8 forest 0.19 % > 5m
an average height generally
greater than five (5) meters.

Small built-up areas within

9 village rural setting that include 0.33 % 3-8m
suburban and urban classes.

Areas of residential settlement

mainly single (1) story houses,
10 suburban medium tree cover (<30%). 0.64 % 3-8m
Impervious surface account for
20%-49% of total cover.

Areas of dense residential

settlement, mixed commercial
dense and multi(2-4)-story residential
11 3.97 % 8-20m
suburban structures, tree cover (<5%).
Impervious surfaces account
for 50%-79% of total cover.

Highly developed areas

consisting of mixed
commercial and multi-family
residential structures
12 urban 1.25 % < 40m
(Apartments etc). Impervious
surface account for 80%-90%
of total cover. Average height
is below forty (40) meters
Areas within the urban
perimeter; dense urban with
built-up features generally
13 dense urban 0.28 % < 40m
indistinct from each other;
heights of buildings below forty
(40) meters.

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 % Building
Code Description Definition Image sample 1 Image sample 2
cover Heights
Areas within the urban
perimeter; dense urban with
built-up features generally
indistinct from each other;
14 core urban 0.00 % > 40m
heights of buildings above forty
(40) meters. Includes single or
small isolated clusters of high
buildings.

Groups of generally narrow

buildings that may be parallel
building
15 and separated by open space; 0.01 % 20-40m
blocks
(mostly apartment or office
blocks).

Industrial / commercial /
institutional areas including
buildings with large footprints.
16 industrial Heights generally below twenty 1.44 % < 20m
(20) meters and separated by
streets wider than twenty (20)
meters.

Landing strips and runway

17 airport 0.02 % 0m
surfaces.

Areas with little or no

vegetation (paved areas)
18 open in urban within the urban footprint, 1.23 % 0m
including transportation
corridors.

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Vectors
Format
The vector files are provided in an Asset (*.asc) and MapInfo (*.tab) formats, with nine (9)
individual feature files being supplied.

Origin and accuracy

The vector data was digitised from the SPOT4 satellite imagery.
Planimetric accuracy: 10 meters.

Vector Features captured

Below are the features classes contained in the vector files:
1 highway
2 inland water
3 mainroad
4 major street
5 railway
6 runway
7 secondary road
8 single river
9 street