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Table 2 Potential of the method per type of image resolution

From: A new tool for the remote sensing of groundwater tables: satellite images of pastoral wells

 

Resolution

Radiant Tracks

Ring of Organic Matter

Cattle Tracks

Landsat 7 and 8

30 m

Often discernible on busy wells

Discernible, but not measurable

Never visible

SPOT 6 and 7

2 m

Always discernible

Often clearly visible and measurable

Often visible and sometimes measurable

Worldview 3 and 4

0.3 m

Always discernible

Always clearly visible and measurable

Always visible and measurable; cattle are often even countable