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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,
Landsat-Based Water-Use Mapping Method Hailed as an Important American Government Innovation
Contributor: Laura E.P. Rocchio Last night, Harvard University’s prestigious Ash Institute selected a Landsat-based water-use mapping method as a 2009 Innovations in American Government Award winner. “The 2009 Innovations finalists
USGS Landsat Project Update Available
The latest issue of the USGS Landsat Project Update is available on theUSGS Landsat website. The 2009, Volume 3 Issue 4, includes the following articles: + Landsat 5 – Not Ready
NASA's Tour of the Cryosphere Incorporates Landsat Image Mosaic of Antarctica (LIMA)
Back in 2002, NASA created a film using satellite data that took viewers on a tour of Earth’s frozen regions. This year, NASA visualizers are taking viewers on a return
Free Landsat Scenes Go Public by the Million
Source: USGS On August 17, someone who wanted to see how the Earth looks from 440 miles away in space downloaded the one-millionth Landsat satellite image scene from a U.S. Geological
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LDCM Mission Operations Element (MOE) Acquisition Schedule Update
An update to the LDCM Acquisition Schedule for Mission Operations Element (MOE) is now available. + Read update at NASA Acquisition Internet Service
A Closer Look: the Landsat Image Mosaic of Antarctica
Source: NASA SVS The Landsat Image Mosaic of Antarctica (LIMA) is a data product jointly produced by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), the British Antarctic Survey (BAS), the National Aeronautics and
Roles of NASA and USGS for the LDCM Mission Defined
Source: USGS Scientists and engineers from the Department of the Interior’s U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and NASA are moving forward in planning a successor to the Landsat 7 satellite mission. With
Landsat – Protecting the Price of Bread
Contributor: Laura Rocchio Year-to-year we expect the price of bread to remain relatively stable, but rarely do we realize the complex interactions and activities that are responsible for that price
L5 TM Radiometric Calibration Update
Source: USGS Effective April 2, 2007, updates to the radiometric calibration of Landsat 5 (L5) Thematic Mapper (TM) data processed and distributed by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Center for Earth
Landsat 7 Transitions to Bumper Mode
As reported on the USGS Landsat website: “On April 1, 2007, the Landsat 7 mission will begin imaging in an alternate mirror-scanning control mode from the original Scan Angle Monitor
Landsat Provides Evidence of Ancient Mega-Lake in Northern Darfur
Researchers at the Boston University Center for Remote Sensing used recently acquired topographic data from satellites to reveal a now dry, ancient mega-lake in the Darfur province of northwestern Sudan.
Landsat Mid-Decadal Global Land Survey on the Horizon
In the tradition of the Landsat GeoCover data products, a new mid-decadal global land survey is being created via partnership with USGS and NASA. The global data set, which will be
Satellite Offers a Room With the Best View of Antarctica
Researchers from NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Golden, Colo., have woven together more than a thousand images from the Landsat 7 satellite to create the most detailed, high-resolution
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LDCM Mission Operations Element (MOE) Acquisition Schedule Update
An update to the LDCM Acquisition Schedule for Mission Operations Element (MOE) is now available. + Read update at NASA Acquisition Internet Service
A Closer Look: the Landsat Image Mosaic of Antarctica
Source: NASA SVS The Landsat Image Mosaic of Antarctica (LIMA) is a data product jointly produced by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), the British Antarctic Survey (BAS), the National Aeronautics and
Roles of NASA and USGS for the LDCM Mission Defined
Source: USGS Scientists and engineers from the Department of the Interior’s U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and NASA are moving forward in planning a successor to the Landsat 7 satellite mission. With
Landsat – Protecting the Price of Bread
Contributor: Laura Rocchio Year-to-year we expect the price of bread to remain relatively stable, but rarely do we realize the complex interactions and activities that are responsible for that price
L5 TM Radiometric Calibration Update
Source: USGS Effective April 2, 2007, updates to the radiometric calibration of Landsat 5 (L5) Thematic Mapper (TM) data processed and distributed by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Center for Earth
Landsat 7 Transitions to Bumper Mode
As reported on the USGS Landsat website: “On April 1, 2007, the Landsat 7 mission will begin imaging in an alternate mirror-scanning control mode from the original Scan Angle Monitor
Landsat Provides Evidence of Ancient Mega-Lake in Northern Darfur
Researchers at the Boston University Center for Remote Sensing used recently acquired topographic data from satellites to reveal a now dry, ancient mega-lake in the Darfur province of northwestern Sudan.
Landsat Mid-Decadal Global Land Survey on the Horizon
In the tradition of the Landsat GeoCover data products, a new mid-decadal global land survey is being created via partnership with USGS and NASA. The global data set, which will be
Satellite Offers a Room With the Best View of Antarctica
Researchers from NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Golden, Colo., have woven together more than a thousand images from the Landsat 7 satellite to create the most detailed, high-resolution