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Locating Malaria Danger Zones with Landsat and SRTM
A team of scientists led by Julia Clennon reported in this month’sInternational Journal of Health Geographics, that locating mosquito breeding grounds responsible for malaria transmission may be possible with a
Landsat Feeds ESA-led TalkingFields
TalkingFields, a European Space Agency-led project, is poised to help European farmers. Using TalkingFields farmers will be better able to allocate fertilizer and water and to more quickly identify disease
Landsat Enables Amazon Accounting
Source: Climate Central [external link] The University of Maryland’s Dr. John Townshend talks to Climate Central scientist Dr. Heidi Cullen about Landsat’s central role in measuring the biomass of the the massive
Landsat Ground Station Operators Working Group Held (LGSOWG #39)
Source: USGS Landsat Project The Landsat Ground Station Operators Working Group (LGSOWG#39) meeting was held September 27–October 1, 2010, in Rome, Italy. Jointly organized by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and
Landsat Backbone of Forest Monitoring
In a recent EarthSky interview, Landsat science team member Curtis Woodcock talks about the importance of Landsat data to global forest monitoring. Podcasts: • 90 second podcast interview (1.7 Mb) • 8 min.
Global Consortium of Space Agencies to Meet at USGS
Contributor: Ron Beck, USGS The U.S. Geological Survey will host the 24th Secretariat and Board meetings of the International Charter for Space and Major Disasters in Washington, D.C. on October 4-7,
Free Landsat Data = More Deforestation Monitoring
Matt Hansen, the co-director of South Dakota State University’s Geographic Information Science Center for Excellency, spoke with Mongabay.com about the importance of Landsat data to forest cover monitoring. The historical Landsat database
Landsat Used to Investigate Shrinking Avocado Acreage
The California Avocado Commission will be using a combination of Landsat, SPOT, and USDA aerial photography information to determine if the acreage of avocado groves is still shrinking. Between 2005
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Deforestation Driven by 21st Century Urbanites
• A recently published Nature Geoscience article by Ruth DeFries et al. reveals that urban pressures (for food and resources) have replaced subsistence farmers as the leading driver of tropical deforestation this
Landsat Images Offer Clearer Picture of Changes in Chesapeake Watershed
• Images taken from satellites more than 400 miles above the Earth’s surface are bringing land-cover changes throughout the Chesapeake Bay watershed into tighter focus. The images, which capture tracts
Landsat in the President's NASA FY11 Budget Request
The President’s NASA Fiscal Year 2011 budget request is now available online. The Earth Science portion of the budget includes information about the Landsat project. Key information is excerpted below. For full
USGS Landsat Update
The USGS Landsat Update, Volume 4 Issue 2 is now available. Updates include: + Landsat 5 Anomaly + LDCM News – Launch Date Confirmed! + New Bulk Download Tool Available for Landsat Data
Landsat Helps Identify South America's Largest Meteor Impact Crater
Argentinian geologist, Max Rocca, used Landsat data to find an massive impact crater in Columbia. By viewing large online mosaics of Landsat data available from Stennis Space Flight Center, Rocca noticed
Landsat 4–7 Thermal Data to be Resampled to 30 Meters
Source: USGS Commercial software has difficulty aligning the 30 meter multispectral data of Landsats 4-7 with the dissimilar thermal pixel sizes. This forces users of the Landsat thermal band to resample
President's FY 2011 Budget for USGS Includes LDCM Funding
Source: USGS In a fiscally responsible budget that emphasizes cost containment, management efficiencies and program savings, the President’s proposed $1.1 billion budget for the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in fiscal year
Landsat 7 Project Scientist Retires from NASA
After 34-plus years of government service, Dr. Darrel Williams retired on January 29, 2010. Over the tenure of his career, Williams made a lasting impact on the study of the
Landsat Contributes to New NASS Geospatial Data Product Release
Source: Audra Zakzeski, USDA The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) today announced the release of new satellite images depicting agricultural land cover across most of the nation
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Deforestation Driven by 21st Century Urbanites
• A recently published Nature Geoscience article by Ruth DeFries et al. reveals that urban pressures (for food and resources) have replaced subsistence farmers as the leading driver of tropical deforestation this
Landsat Images Offer Clearer Picture of Changes in Chesapeake Watershed
• Images taken from satellites more than 400 miles above the Earth’s surface are bringing land-cover changes throughout the Chesapeake Bay watershed into tighter focus. The images, which capture tracts
Landsat in the President's NASA FY11 Budget Request
The President’s NASA Fiscal Year 2011 budget request is now available online. The Earth Science portion of the budget includes information about the Landsat project. Key information is excerpted below. For full
USGS Landsat Update
The USGS Landsat Update, Volume 4 Issue 2 is now available. Updates include: + Landsat 5 Anomaly + LDCM News – Launch Date Confirmed! + New Bulk Download Tool Available for Landsat Data
Landsat Helps Identify South America's Largest Meteor Impact Crater
Argentinian geologist, Max Rocca, used Landsat data to find an massive impact crater in Columbia. By viewing large online mosaics of Landsat data available from Stennis Space Flight Center, Rocca noticed
Landsat 4–7 Thermal Data to be Resampled to 30 Meters
Source: USGS Commercial software has difficulty aligning the 30 meter multispectral data of Landsats 4-7 with the dissimilar thermal pixel sizes. This forces users of the Landsat thermal band to resample
President's FY 2011 Budget for USGS Includes LDCM Funding
Source: USGS In a fiscally responsible budget that emphasizes cost containment, management efficiencies and program savings, the President’s proposed $1.1 billion budget for the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in fiscal year
Landsat 7 Project Scientist Retires from NASA
After 34-plus years of government service, Dr. Darrel Williams retired on January 29, 2010. Over the tenure of his career, Williams made a lasting impact on the study of the
Landsat Contributes to New NASS Geospatial Data Product Release
Source: Audra Zakzeski, USDA The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) today announced the release of new satellite images depicting agricultural land cover across most of the nation
