The multispectral classification is the most common algorithm, which is applied for the creation of thematic maps (like land use / land cover maps) based on the satellite images. To obtain the final classification result having quality of cartometric material, it is requisite to carry out the geometric correction process. It’s possible to realize this process in two way: first of them consists in geometric image correction and to continue by classification of image being already georeferenced yet. Second way is to classify the source image and to continue by geometric correction of the image already classified. However, knowing the image digital treatment nature, we should ask – are the both results the same or not? The presented study show the results of the researches about impact of the moment of the image geometric correction versus of multispectral classification process. This study was done at the base of SPOT5 satellite images for two test sites in Poland: Żuławy (consolidate agrarian structure) and Wyszków (fine agrarian structure). According to the results the influence of the geometric correction of satellite images on the results of multispectral classification is exist. Nevertheless, the most important element of image processing is the algorithm, which is chosen for the image resampling and the pixel size of the resampled image.

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