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NASA's GeoCover 2000 Landsat Product Promotes Geo-commerce Globally
In 2000, NASA sponsored the creation of an orthorectified Landsat 7 mosaic of all of Earth’s landmasses (with the exception of Antarctica) as part of the GeoCover 2000 project. This
USGS Landsat Archive reaches 2,000,000 scenes
From The Landsat Project Update (a USGS publication): “The Landsat archive at USGS EROS is a continuous record that stores data from the very first Landsat mission up to the
Landsat Data Used in Chevron Discovery
Recently a landform called a chevron was noted on a Landsat 7 image of Madagascar. These chevrons may have been formed by a mega-tsunami produced 4,800 years ago by a
Landsat Data Used to Understand Urban Environments
A new website featuring Landsat images of 77 international cities has been published by the Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). By analyzing urban reflectance (both visible and infrared) and
Landsat Helps Monitor Toxic Algal Blooms in New Zealand
Every summer in New Zealand, recreational swimming in Okawa Bay is often prohibited because of toxic algal blooms. According to a Jan. 20 article in the New Zealand Herald, Waikato University
Landsat Data Part of MSN® Virtual Earth™
MSN® Virtual Earth™ is a web map server that offers search and mapping capabilities. As described in a July 2005 Microsoft press release, “the service enables users to search, discover,
LDCM Instrument Request for Proposals Released
The LDCM Operational Land Imager (OLI) Request For Proposals (RFP) has been posted to the NASA Acquisition Internet Service website. The following documents that are referenced in the OLI RFP are
As Population Grows, So Do Urban Areas
Source: USGS News Release Contact: Jonathan H. Smith, 703 648-4516 USGS Release : December 27, 2006 A new USGS publication – Rate, Trends, Causes, and Consequences of Urban Land-Use Change in the United
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Geospatial Education Workshop Report Released
The Landsat Education & Public Outreach staff co-wrote the recently published report, “Integrating Geographic Information Systems and Remote Sensing for Technical Workforce Development at Two-Year Colleges.” The report, partially funded
Landsat 5 Resumes Operations: Solar Array Drive Problem Resolved
USGS and NASA engineers were able to alter the normal operating procedures for the L5 back-up solar array drive, enabling the array to provide adequate power for the mission to
An LDCM Free-flyer Announced
The Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) issued a memorandum signed by Dr. John Marburger, III adjusting the Landsat Data Continuity Mission strategy. NASA was instructed to acquire a
Solar Array Drive Problem Causes Suspension of Landsat 5 Data Acquisitions
Landsat 5’s back-up solar array drive began exhibiting unusual behavior today, with its rotation becoming sporadic and failing to maintain proper solar array sun-pointing resulting in its inability to provide
Salish-Kootenai Tribal College Internships
Student projects from summer 2005: Landcover classification specific to timber typing in the buffer zone of the Mission Range. This student was looking for dominant species composition using both aerial
Monitoring lake inventories and health
Contributor: John Schott, Rochester Institute of Technology As snow begins to melt at the close of winter, large lakes receive warm spring river run-off carrying pollutants that are potentially harmful
Monitoring volcanic flow activity
Location: Mt. St. Helens, Washington These satellite images show the area around Mount St. Helens, in southwestern Washington, before and after its eruption of May 18, 1980. The initial volcanic
Monitoring urban growth
Contributor: Jeffrey G. Masek, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Traffic jams and air pollution in large metropolitan areas are sure signs of expanding populations. Across the globe, 50 percent of
Monitoring crop and forest harvests
Contributor: David Skole Michigan State University Even though tropical deforestation is a well-known problem, the rate of deforestation in the tropics is currently known to only a very general degree.
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Geospatial Education Workshop Report Released
The Landsat Education & Public Outreach staff co-wrote the recently published report, “Integrating Geographic Information Systems and Remote Sensing for Technical Workforce Development at Two-Year Colleges.” The report, partially funded
Landsat 5 Resumes Operations: Solar Array Drive Problem Resolved
USGS and NASA engineers were able to alter the normal operating procedures for the L5 back-up solar array drive, enabling the array to provide adequate power for the mission to
An LDCM Free-flyer Announced
The Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) issued a memorandum signed by Dr. John Marburger, III adjusting the Landsat Data Continuity Mission strategy. NASA was instructed to acquire a
Solar Array Drive Problem Causes Suspension of Landsat 5 Data Acquisitions
Landsat 5’s back-up solar array drive began exhibiting unusual behavior today, with its rotation becoming sporadic and failing to maintain proper solar array sun-pointing resulting in its inability to provide
Salish-Kootenai Tribal College Internships
Student projects from summer 2005: Landcover classification specific to timber typing in the buffer zone of the Mission Range. This student was looking for dominant species composition using both aerial
Monitoring lake inventories and health
Contributor: John Schott, Rochester Institute of Technology As snow begins to melt at the close of winter, large lakes receive warm spring river run-off carrying pollutants that are potentially harmful
Monitoring volcanic flow activity
Location: Mt. St. Helens, Washington These satellite images show the area around Mount St. Helens, in southwestern Washington, before and after its eruption of May 18, 1980. The initial volcanic
Monitoring urban growth
Contributor: Jeffrey G. Masek, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Traffic jams and air pollution in large metropolitan areas are sure signs of expanding populations. Across the globe, 50 percent of
Monitoring crop and forest harvests
Contributor: David Skole Michigan State University Even though tropical deforestation is a well-known problem, the rate of deforestation in the tropics is currently known to only a very general degree.
