# Advanced Image Processing
*analysis-service . products*

Advanced Image Processing is a Simera Sense processing service for L0-to-L1C image processing with vicarious geometric and radiometric calibration following ESA EDAP+ best-practice guidance.

## Specifications
- **manufacturer**: simera-sense
- **analysis service**: {"processing_capabilities":["L0 to L1C processing","absolute radiometric calibration","geometric calibration","orthoready Level 1 products","analysis-ready data support"]}
- **deployment context**: ground
- **entity type**: analysis_service
- **last verified date**: 2026-06-10
- **verified by**: operator
- **claim status**: unclaimed
- **provider**: simera-sense
- **attributes**: {"kind":"analysis-service","product_status":null,"manufacturer":"simera-sense","description":"Advanced Image Processing is a Simera Sense processing service for L0-to-L1C image processing with vicarious geometric and radiometric calibration following ESA EDAP+ best-practice guidance.","sensor":null,"bus":null,"ground_segment":null,"launcher":null,"analysis_service":"{\"processing_capabilities\":[\"L0 to L1C processing\",\"absolute radiometric calibration\",\"geometric calibration\",\"orthoready Level 1 products\",\"analysis-ready data support\"]}","deployment_context":"ground"}
- **relevance**: in-scope

## Editorial
Advanced Image Processing is a ground-segment processing service from Simera Sense that takes raw sensor data from the xScape50, xScape100, and xScape200 instrument families and produces calibrated, orthorectified image products ready for downstream analysis.[^simera-sense-ipt] The service covers the full L0-to-L1C chain: decompression and GPS synchronisation at L0, radiometric correction and georeferencing at L1B, and orthorectification to a projected L1C orthoready product.

Calibration follows ESA EDAP+ best practice guidelines and is performed jointly with VITO Remote Sensing, which provides the underlying processing software and vicarious calibration expertise.[^vito-partnership] In-flight radiometric calibration uses Libya-4, Niger-2, and RadCalNet reference sites alongside dark-current updates from night-orbit acquisitions. Geometric accuracy is achieved through bundle adjustment with ground control points. Cross-validation against Sentinel-2A and Sentinel-2B provides an independent radiometric consistency check.[^simera-sense-ipt]

The service is available as Software-as-a-Service and is intended for satellite operators using Simera Sense instruments who require mission-grade calibrated products rather than rapid-turnaround pre-flight-coefficient imagery.[^vito-partnership]

## Sources
- [simera-sense-ipt] | Image Processing Tools for EO Missions - Simera Sense | https://simera-sense.com/data-processing/ | tier=operator-engineering | accessed=2026-06-10
- [vito-partnership] | Simera Sense and VITO Remote Sensing Partner to Revolutionize the EO Value Chain | https://remotesensing.vito.be/news/simera-sense-and-vito-remote-sensing-partner-revolutionize-eo-value-chain | tier=operator-press | accessed=2026-06-10

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