A sensor for collecting image data for use in a moving imaging system that is configured to move relative to a region of interest that is to be imaged, the sensor comprising: a single monolithic staring sensor device configured to capture image data, the single monolithic staring sensor device comprising an imaging surface area, the imaging surface area comprising an imaging width and having a spectral imaging portion configured for capturing spectral image data of the region of interest and a panchromatic imaging portion configured for capturing panchromatic image data of the region of interest, the panchromatic imaging portion being positioned adjacent to the spectral imaging portion in an expected direction of travel of the moving imaging system and having a width at least substantially the same as the imaging width; and a plurality of spectral filters (305a, 305b, 305c, 305d; 505a, 505b, 505c, 505d; 905a, 905b, 905c, 905d; 1005a, 1005b, 1005c, 1005d) each configured to transmit light within a different range of wavelengths, the spectral filters in aggregate covering the spectral imaging portion of the imaging surface area of the single sensor device, each spectral filter having a filter width at least substantially the same as the imaging width, and each spectral filter having a spectral filter height (307; 507; 907; 1007) greater than or equal to a minimum filter height and each spectral filter height oriented in an expected direction of travel such that each spectral filter is oriented in parallel to another spectral filter, wherein the minimum filter height equals a rate at which an image of the region of interest appears to move across the imaging surface area due to the relative motion, with respect to the region of interest, of the moving imaging system in which the sensor is for use divided by a rate of frame capture of the sensor, the panchromatic imaging portion of the imaging surface area of the single sensor device having a panchromatic imaging portion height greater than or equal to the minimum filter height with the panchromatic imaging portion height oriented in the expected direction of travel. a single monolithic staring sensor device configured to capture image data, the single monolithic staring sensor device comprising an imaging surface area, the imaging surface area comprising an imaging width and having a spectral imaging portion configured for capturing spectral image data of the region of interest and a panchromatic imaging portion configured for capturing panchromatic image data of the region of interest, the panchromatic imaging portion being positioned adjacent to the spectral imaging portion in an expected direction of travel of the moving imaging system and having a width at least substantially the same as the imaging width; and a plurality of spectral filters (305a, 305b, 305c, 305d; 505a, 505b, 505c, 505d; 905a, 905b, 905c, 905d; 1005a, 1005b, 1005c, 1005d) each configured to transmit light within a different range of wavelengths, the spectral filters in aggregate covering the spectral imaging portion of the imaging surface area of the single sensor device, each spectral filter having a filter width at least substantially the same as the imaging width, and each spectral filter having a spectral filter height (307; 507; 907; 1007) greater than or equal to a minimum filter height and each spectral filter height oriented in an expected direction of travel such that each spectral filter is oriented in parallel to another spectral filter, wherein the minimum filter height equals a rate at which an image of the region of interest appears to move across the imaging surface area due to the relative motion, with respect to the region of interest, of the moving imaging system in which the sensor is for use divided by a rate of frame capture of the sensor, each spectral filter having a filter width at least substantially the same as the imaging width, and each spectral filter having a spectral filter height (307; 507; 907; 1007) greater than or equal to a minimum filter height and each spectral filter height oriented in an expected direction of travel such that each spectral filter is oriented in parallel to another spectral filter, wherein the minimum filter height equals a rate at which an image of the region of interest appears to move across the imaging surface area due to the relative motion, with respect to the region of interest, of the moving imaging system in which the sensor is for use divided by a rate of frame capture of the sensor, the panchromatic imaging portion of the imaging surface area of the single sensor device having a panchromatic imaging portion height greater than or equal to the minimum filter height with the panchromatic imaging portion height oriented in the expected direction of travel.