Baarle-Nassau counter-exclaves in Netherlands

Sentinel-2 MSI acquired on 21 April 2019 at 10:50:39 UTC
Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 08 June 2019 at 05:50:12 UTC
Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 20 June 2019 at 05:50:13 UTC
Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 02 July 2019 at 05:50:14 UTC
Author(s): Sentinel Vision team, VisioTerra, France - svp@visioterra.fr
Keyword(s): Urban, frontiers, city planning, Belgium, Netherlands
Fig. 1 - S1 (mean 08.06.2019 to 02.07.2019) - vv,vh,ndi(vh,vv) colour composite - Rotterdam is at NW, Antwerp at SW, Eindhoven at east.
2D view
Fig. 2 - S2 (21.04.2019) - 11,8,2 colour composite - The complex border between Antwerp Province (BE) and North Brabant (NL) in yellow..
2D view
Encompassing 22 Belgian exclaves, this border is very complicated as a result of numerous medieval treaties, agreements, land-swaps and sales.
Fig. 3 - S1 (mean 08.06.2019; 20.06.2019; 02.07.2019) - vv,vh,vv colour composite - The Belgian exclaves in the NL are outlined in blue.
2D view
Fig. 4 - S2 (21.04.2019) - 11,8,2 natural colour - There are also six Dutch counter-exclaves (red) located within the largest Belgian exclave.
2D view
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Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2024, processed by VisioTerra.
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