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Landsat Enables Remote Detection of Dangerous Water Pollutants
A young Ohio business, Blue Water Satellite, Inc., is using Landsat 5 and 7 data to detect potentially harmful pollutants in water bodies across the U.S. used for recreation and
Landsat Ground Station Operations Working Group 38 Meeting Held
Contributor: Steven T. Labahn, USGS This year’s Landsat Ground Station Operators Working Group (LGSOWG#38) meeting was held in Berlin, Germany, September 28–October 5, 2009. The meeting was jointly organized by
GEO Announces New Annual Assessments of Forest Carbon
Source: Group on Earth Observations “The only way to measure forests efficiently is from space,” Group on Earth Observations (GEO) director, José Achache said referring to the group’s goal to make
Brazil's Space Agency Passes a Million Satellite Images Distributed for Free
Brazil’s Space Agency, National Institute for Space Research (INPE), passed a million images distributed for free on Sept. 29, 2009. INPE began to offer free CBERS-2 data in June 2008
USGS Scientists Survey Users of Moderate-Resolution Satellite Imagery
Source: USGS Understanding the benefits and value of the imagery provided by moderate-resolution satellites, such as Landsat, is essential as future land-imaging initiatives move forward. To identify the importance of
USGS Introduces New Bulk Download Tool for Free Landsat Data
Source: USGS For the first 1.1 million free Landsat scenes, users had to download one scene at a time. The Landsat Project has developed a bulk download tool so users can
Idaho-Developed Mapping Method Garners Prestigious Award
Source: Ron Beck, USGS Data from earth-observing Landsat satellites plays a central role in a new, award-winning type of mapping that tracks water use. Water-use maps help save taxpayer money by
Landsat Cultivates Fans Among Midwest Farmers
Contributor: Gretchen Cook-Anderson, NASA Earth Science News Team Noreen Thomas’ farm looks like a patchwork quilt. Fields change hue with the season and with the alternating plots of organic wheat, soybeans,
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Landsat at 2008 AGU Fall Meeting
At the annual fall AGU meeting in San Francisco, CA, Landsat was featured in 90 different scientific talks and posters. The wide scope of these presentations indicates the large array
Landsat Calibration Working Group Meeting Held
Contributor: Brian Markham The Landsat Calibration Working Group held their most recent semi-annual meeting at the USGS EROS facility in Sioux Falls, SD on December 3 and 4, 2008. USGS/EROS
The Carnegie Landsat Analysis System Lite (CLASLite) Receives New Grant
Source: Carnegie Institution for Science A new and improved tool to monitor deforestation and degradation in tropical forests has just gotten a huge boost. The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
LDCM's OLI Successfully Completes Critical Design Review
Source: Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. The Operational Land Imager (OLI) being built by Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. for the Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM), the eighth in the
Landsat Imagery Leads to Discovery of New Species
In 2005, conservation scientist Dr. Julian Bayliss was looking at Landsat images of northern Mozambique with Google Earth. He was in search of regions close to Malawi’sMt. Mulanje that could form potential
You Can Retrace the Journey of Lewis and Clark with Landsat Imagery
The U.S. Geological Survey has made it possible for you to retrace the historic journey of Lewis and Clark with a series of Landsat posters that feature significant stops and
80,000 Free Landsat 7 Scenes Downloaded Since Oct. 1
Source: USGS Landsat Update Electronic access to the entire USGS Landsat 7 archive, enabling users to download standard-format scenes at no charge, has been an amazing success, with over 80,000
Landsat Featured During Pecora 17
The 17th William T. Pecora Memorial Remote Sensing Symposium was held in Denver, Colorado from November 16–20. The theme of the meeting was “The future of land imaging… going operational.”
Group on Earth Observations Heralds Free, Global Access to USGS Earth Imagery
Source: GEO In a breakthrough announced here today by the Group on Earth Observations (GEO), scientists and decision-makers around the world will soon have unrestricted access at no charge to the
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Landsat at 2008 AGU Fall Meeting
At the annual fall AGU meeting in San Francisco, CA, Landsat was featured in 90 different scientific talks and posters. The wide scope of these presentations indicates the large array
Landsat Calibration Working Group Meeting Held
Contributor: Brian Markham The Landsat Calibration Working Group held their most recent semi-annual meeting at the USGS EROS facility in Sioux Falls, SD on December 3 and 4, 2008. USGS/EROS
The Carnegie Landsat Analysis System Lite (CLASLite) Receives New Grant
Source: Carnegie Institution for Science A new and improved tool to monitor deforestation and degradation in tropical forests has just gotten a huge boost. The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
LDCM's OLI Successfully Completes Critical Design Review
Source: Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. The Operational Land Imager (OLI) being built by Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. for the Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM), the eighth in the
Landsat Imagery Leads to Discovery of New Species
In 2005, conservation scientist Dr. Julian Bayliss was looking at Landsat images of northern Mozambique with Google Earth. He was in search of regions close to Malawi’sMt. Mulanje that could form potential
You Can Retrace the Journey of Lewis and Clark with Landsat Imagery
The U.S. Geological Survey has made it possible for you to retrace the historic journey of Lewis and Clark with a series of Landsat posters that feature significant stops and
80,000 Free Landsat 7 Scenes Downloaded Since Oct. 1
Source: USGS Landsat Update Electronic access to the entire USGS Landsat 7 archive, enabling users to download standard-format scenes at no charge, has been an amazing success, with over 80,000
Landsat Featured During Pecora 17
The 17th William T. Pecora Memorial Remote Sensing Symposium was held in Denver, Colorado from November 16–20. The theme of the meeting was “The future of land imaging… going operational.”
Group on Earth Observations Heralds Free, Global Access to USGS Earth Imagery
Source: GEO In a breakthrough announced here today by the Group on Earth Observations (GEO), scientists and decision-makers around the world will soon have unrestricted access at no charge to the
