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Best of "Earth As Art"
The Top 5 images from the USGS “Earth As Art” collection. thumbnail: http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a010000/a011000/a011052/Earth_as_Art_Top_5_youtube_hq_gal.png
9 Million Landsat Downloads…and Counting
Source: USGS Landsat Mission The use of Landsat data has exploded since the USGS began distributing the data at no cost via the internet. In the best sales year, around
Landsat Adds Tremendous Value to Decision-Making and Bottom Line
Dr. Stephanie Hulina, President of Geospatial Data Analysis Corporation (GDA Corp) discusses how access to free Landsat imagery from USGS enables her business to provide value-added products to her company’s clients. The long-term continuity of the Landsat mission is essential to her company’s ability to maintain a competitive edge in today’s global economy.
Analyzing Landsat to Mitigate Bird/Aircraft Collisions
The presence of birds near an aircraft runway is a constant concern. Although deadly crashes are rare, a bird strike to the windshield can cause visibility issues for pilots, and
USGS Landsat Update – Volume 6 Issue 3, 2012 now available
Aug. 29, 2012 • The USGS Landsat Update is now available. Articles include: Landsat 40th Anniversary The LandsatLook Viewer Now Available Landsat Stories – The Uses and Benefits of Landsat Data Upcoming Meetings
Landsat Data Bit by Bit: What Goes into Getting it Right
The great strength of Landsat data is its long record, the ability to look at our planet over the past 40 years and see what changes man and nature have
Mapping Water Use from Space
[Source: Library of Congress] Dr. Martha Anderson, research scientist, USDA, talks about using images from the Landsat satellite program to monitor water use and drought on U.S. farms with pinpoint
Landsat Metadata Release Moves Forward
Source: USGS Landsat Mission Aug. 24, 2012 • A large metadata and file name update will be released on August 29, 2012. All access to Landsat data will be down for the
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New Landsat Filenames and Metadata Updates to be Released
Source: USGS Landsat Mission On August 21, 2012, all newly processed Landsat data will have updated filenames and metadata to better align all 40 years of Landsat data and to
Changing Precipitation Patterns Impacting Tibetan Plateau Glaciers
In the July issue of Nature Climate Change, Tandong Yao and colleagues report on the changing status of Tibetan Plateau glaciers over the past three decades. Using an array of data
New NASA Supercomputer Facility Set to Advance Earth Research
Source: Steve Cole, NASA HQ & Ruth Dasso Marlaire, NASA Ames • NASA soon will open a new chapter of discovery using enhanced Landsat Earth-observing data in a state-of-the-art, high-performance computing
New Way to Explore Landsat Data
Source: Byron Spice, Carnegie Mellon News • Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University’s Robotics Institute, working with colleagues at Google and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), have adapted their technology for interactively
Congressional Briefing on Landsat
Source: AGU On July 23, 2012, AGU co-hosted a briefing for the 40th anniversary of the Landsat program along with Congressional hosts Representative Bruce Braley and Representative Tom Latham .
Sen. Mark Udall Recognizes Landsat's 40th Anniversary
Source: Congressional Record • Senator Mark Udall of Colorado recognized Landsat on its 40th anniversary on Monday, July 23, 2012. Here are his remarks as recorded on the congressional record: Madam
Introducing the LandsatLook Viewer
Source: USGS Landsat Mission • In honor of the 40th Anniversary of the Landsat 1 launch, and in preparation for Landsat 8 in February 2013, the USGS has rolled out a
Celebrating Landsat's 40th
• In honor of the first Landsat launch on July 23, 1972, NASA and USGS held a news conference highlighting Landsat’s accomplishments at the Newseum in Washington, DC. During the news conference,
40 Years of Earth Observation: From the Beginning
• The first Landsat satellite was launched forty years ago on July 23, 1972. At the time, the satellite had an awkward and rather hard-to-say original name: The Earth Resources
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New Landsat Filenames and Metadata Updates to be Released
Source: USGS Landsat Mission On August 21, 2012, all newly processed Landsat data will have updated filenames and metadata to better align all 40 years of Landsat data and to
Changing Precipitation Patterns Impacting Tibetan Plateau Glaciers
In the July issue of Nature Climate Change, Tandong Yao and colleagues report on the changing status of Tibetan Plateau glaciers over the past three decades. Using an array of data
New NASA Supercomputer Facility Set to Advance Earth Research
Source: Steve Cole, NASA HQ & Ruth Dasso Marlaire, NASA Ames • NASA soon will open a new chapter of discovery using enhanced Landsat Earth-observing data in a state-of-the-art, high-performance computing
New Way to Explore Landsat Data
Source: Byron Spice, Carnegie Mellon News • Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University’s Robotics Institute, working with colleagues at Google and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), have adapted their technology for interactively
Congressional Briefing on Landsat
Source: AGU On July 23, 2012, AGU co-hosted a briefing for the 40th anniversary of the Landsat program along with Congressional hosts Representative Bruce Braley and Representative Tom Latham .
Sen. Mark Udall Recognizes Landsat's 40th Anniversary
Source: Congressional Record • Senator Mark Udall of Colorado recognized Landsat on its 40th anniversary on Monday, July 23, 2012. Here are his remarks as recorded on the congressional record: Madam
Introducing the LandsatLook Viewer
Source: USGS Landsat Mission • In honor of the 40th Anniversary of the Landsat 1 launch, and in preparation for Landsat 8 in February 2013, the USGS has rolled out a
Celebrating Landsat's 40th
• In honor of the first Landsat launch on July 23, 1972, NASA and USGS held a news conference highlighting Landsat’s accomplishments at the Newseum in Washington, DC. During the news conference,
40 Years of Earth Observation: From the Beginning
• The first Landsat satellite was launched forty years ago on July 23, 1972. At the time, the satellite had an awkward and rather hard-to-say original name: The Earth Resources
