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Inspiration and Ideas
Some Great Beginnings:
USGS EarthNow! Landsat Image Viewer
http://earthnow.usgs.gov/earthnow_app.html?sessionId=96e0a6c4e03ce3fb444c70f95bd7fcb040306
Near real time view of Earth by Landsat
NASA Satellite Overpass Predictor
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/MissionControl/overpass.html
NASA’s Earth Observatory
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov
Online journal for current satellite imagery and scientific information about our home planet, particularly
regarding climate and environmental change
Stories about how people use remote sensing. Well written, designed, and illustrated!
Earth System Science Data Services: Featured Research Articles
http://nasadaacs.eos.nasa.gov/articles/index.html
Earth Imaging Journal: “Global Change: Revealing Humanity’s Impact on Earth”
http://www.eijournal.com/Global_Change.asp
NASA and USGS
NASA Home Page
http://www.nasa.gov
NASA Landsat
http://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov
Landsat Data Users Handbook
http://landsathandbook.gsfc.nasa.gov/handbook.html
NASA Applied Sciences Program
http://science.hq.nasa.gov/earth-sun/applications/index.html
USGS Home Page
http://www.usgs.gov
USGS Landsat
http://landsat.usgs.gov/
Science at NASA
http://science.hq.nasa.gov/
GIS Resources
Books
www.esri.com/esripress
(Also see link to “request a desk copy”)
ESRI Education
http://edcommunity.esri.com
ESRI Higher Education
http://www.esri.com/highered
ESRI Primary and Secondary Education:
http://www.esri.com/schools
ESRI Libraries and Museums:
http://www.esri.com/libraries/
Tutorials – Online Help files for ArcGIS accessed through software Help menu when ArcGIS is open
Cartography and Maps
ESRI’s Mapping Center
http://mappingcenter.esri.com/
New Web site that helps you make great looking maps with ArcGIS by using the same cartographic concepts
that professional cartographers use. Visit the Mapping Center to learn a
variety of cartographic techniques and find information on best practices
for mapping and cartography with GIS. Features of this new web site include:
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Blog: Read about and participate in the latest topics of conversation.
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Maps: See a variety of cartographic techniques and learn how they are done.
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ArcGIS Resources: Download resources to create your own cartographic effects.
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Ask a Cartographer: Request solutions to your particular mapping challenges.
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Other Resources: Find links to additional resources and a special collection of Cartographers’
Favorites
AGRICULTURE
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Agricultural Systems at the Center for Sustainability
and the Global Environment
http://www.sage.wisc.edu/pages/agriculture.html
At SAGE, we focus on examining the interactions between land management, vegetation, climate, soils, and
hydrology to better understand how human activity has changed the cycling of carbon, nitrogen, and water in the
soil-plant-atmosphere system during the past century. We are specifically interested in how we might best
manage agricultural land in the future to maximize food production while minimizing environmental damage.
Kansas Applied Remote Sensing Program (University of Kansas)
http://www.kars.ku.edu/
KARS is a research program of the Kansas Biological Survey at the University of Kansas that conducts research
on environmental and agricultural applications of remote sensing technology.
North Dakota State University Extension Service and North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station,
Educational Publications List
http://www.ag.ndsu.edu/pubs/
Regional Agricultural Forecasts
Done by the University of Maryland; South Dakota State University; the National Corporation for Atmospheric
Research (NCAR); US Group on Earth Observations (USGEO); GEOSS
UN FAO and IGOL
Choose an organization from the list above, and search online for URL.
USDA Crop Explorer
http://www.pecad.fas.usda.gov/cropexplorer/
For the United States: http://www.pecad.fas.usda.gov/cropexplorer/imageview2.cfm?regionid=us
USDA National Agricultural Imagery Program
http://www.fsa.usda.gov/FSA/apfoapp?area=home&subject=prog&topic=landing
Acquires imagery during the agricultural growing seasons in the continental U.S. A primary goal of the NAIP
program is to enable availability of digital orthophotography within a year of acquisition
USDA Foreign Agricultural Service
http://www.pecad.fas.usda.gov/remote.cfm
Articles
Agriculture Dept. Develops Tools To Speed Imagery Distribution
http://www.space.com/spacenews/archive04/imageryarch_020904.html
Creating new products from NASA Earth observation data to help the U.S. Department of Agriculture monitor
more quickly the health of crops worldwide and improve the government’s ability to make decisions about global
agriculture issues, trade policy and food aid.
Landsat – Protecting the Price of Bread
http://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/news/news-archive/soc_0010.html
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 stability…(or) that Landsat satellite data are behind
the accurate global crop production estimates that enable such price stability. By L. Rocchio
DISASTER MANAGEMENT
(See also, “Fire,” below.)
Natural Hazards on Earth Observatory
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/
Freely available satellite images to help people visualize where and when natural hazards occur, and to
help mitigate their effects. Updated at least weekly
Observing Volcanoes, Satellite Thinks for Itself
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Study/VolcanoSensorWeb/
The Washington Emergency Management Division's (WA EMD) SPURS-EM Project
Funded under NASA's Earth Science Applications Program
http://www.spurs-em.org/
Articles
FSU Geographer Charting New Herritory with Hurrican Relief Mapping
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/MediaAlerts/2006/2006081622900.html
Measuring Vegetation: NDVI and EVI
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Library/MeasuringVegetation/measuring_vegetation_1.html
Locust!
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Study/Locusts/locusts.html
About predicting locust swarm development, which is closely tied to rainfall and green vegetation (7/30/07)
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES / NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
GENERAL
County Level Easily Accessible Resource
http://clear.tamu.edu/
CARBON MANAGEMENT
Forest Disturbance and the North American Carbon Flux
http://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/news/news-archive/news_0139.html
"Historic Landsat data play a key role in linking forest inventories and process models to assess continental
forest-related carbon fluxes."
North American Carbon Program
http://www.nacarbon.org/nacp/
CORAL REEFS
Landsat and MODIS Data Help Assess the Health of Florida's Coral Reefs
http://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/news/news-archive/soc_0007.html
CHESAPEAKE BAY
Landsat’s Role in Chesapeake Bay Management – by Laura Rocchio
http://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/news/news-archive/soc_0017.html
COASTAL ISSUES
Remote Sensing for Coastal Management
http://www.csc.noaa.gov/crs/rs_apps/sensors/landsat.htm
Coastal Land Cover and Change Maps by NOAA
Coastal land cover and change maps, circa 1996-2001, are available for the conterminous U.S. from NOAA’s
Coastal Services Center. In addition, land cover updates for 2006 and their corresponding change maps are
available for the Gulf Coast region and parts of the Northeast.
http://www.csc.noaa.gov/crs/lca/locateftp.html
Applications of landsat data by NOAA in coastal areas.
http://www.csc.noaa.gov/crs/lca/apps.html
Articles
The Rise and Disappearance of Southeast Louisiana
http://www.nola.com/speced/lastchance/multimedia/flash.ssf?flashlandloss1.swf
Shoreline Change
Using Landsat, USGS Reports Post-Katrina and Rita Land Change Estimates for Louisiana Coast
http://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/news/news-archive/sci_0006.html
ECOLOGICAL FORECASTING
North American Network for Remote Sensing Park Ecosystem
Condition
http://science.nature.nps.gov/im/monitor/narsec/narsec_home.htm
A loosely organized group to promote and facilitate the use of
remotely sensed imagery for monitoring and managing National
Parks and other protected areas.
FIRE
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Geospatial Task Group (GTG) website and clearinghouse
http://gis.nwcg.gov/index.html
A coordinated point of contact dedicated to providing high-quality information and expertise on the use of
geospatial data, standard, applications, and processes in support of interagency wildland fire management.
LANDFIRE
http://www.landfire.gov/index.php
Five-year, multi-partner project producing consistent and comprehensive maps and data describing vegetation,
wildland fuel, and fire regimes across the United States. LANDFIRE uses Landsat data to generate vegetation,
fire, and fuel characteristic maps for the United States. These maps are used to prioritize and manage both
hazardous fuel reduction and post-fire ecosystem restoration.
MODIS Rapid Response
http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/
Provides rapid access to MODIS data globally, with initial emphasis on 250m color composite imagery and
active fire data
Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity
http://svinetfc4.fs.fed.us/mtbs/
Multisensor Fire Observations
http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a000000/a002700/a002707/index.html
National Interagency Fire Center
http://www.nifc.gov/index.html
Article
Fire Alarms from Orbit
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Study/FireAlerts/
Feature article on NASA’s Earth Observatory
FORESTRY
Forest Service's Remote Sensing Applications Center (RSAC)
http://www.fs.fed.us/eng/rsac/
Provides national assistance to agency field units in applying the most advanced geospatial technology toward
improved monitoring and mapping of natural resources. Includes
INVASIVE SPECIES
Invasive Species
National Institute for Invasive Species Science
http://www.niiss.org/
NASA/USGS Invasive Species Forecasting System
http://isfs.gsfc.nasa.gov/
LAND COVER/LAND USE CHANGE
Earth Science and Applications from Space (National
Academy of Sciences, Decadal Survey)
http://www.nap.edu/catalog/11820.html
The Future of Land Imaging
http://www.landimaging.gov/index.html
Global Land Cover Facility at the University of Maryland
www.landcover.org
Research center focusing on the investigation of land cover dynamics and the development and distribution of
products that explain aspects of land cover and land cover change.
Land Cover Development (Earth Imaging Journal)
http://www.eijournal.com/Landcover_Development.asp
Land Cover/Land Use Change
http://www.geo.ucl.ac.be/LUCC/lucc.html
Land Cover Land Use Change Program
http://lcluc.umd.edu
Interdisciplinary science program in the Earth Science Division of the Science Mission Directorate. LCLUC is
part of the Carbon Cycle and Ecosystems Focus Area but has strong links to the Terrestrial Hydrology program
of the Water and Energy Cycle Focus Area.
Landsat Ecosystem DIsturbance Adaptive Processing System (LEDAPS)
http://ledaps.nascom.nasa.gov/ledaps/ledaps_NorthAmerica.html
Articles
Global Consequences of Land Use
Foley, et al., 2005. “Global Consequences of Land Use.” Science Vol. 309, 22 July 2005, pp. 570-574
(www.sciencemag.org)
Land Cover Classification
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Library/LandCover/
By using such imaging satellites as Landsat 5, Landsat 7 and Terra, scientists have the ability to observe
large tracts of the Earth's surface in a fraction of the time needed to complete aerial or ground surveys.
SLEUTH Model for Urban Growth
NASA Uses a “SLEUTH” to Predict Urban Land Use
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NasaNews/2004/2004032516711.html
and:
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=16507
Tropical Deforestation
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Library/Deforestation/
Introduction and impacts of deforestation; climate impacts; causes of deforestation; NASA tropical deforestation
research; sustaining tropical forests
WATER
Dragon Lake, China
Mapping Evapotranspiration from Satellites
http://www.idwr.idaho.gov
Idaho Dept. of Water Resources (IDWR)
This project won the prestigious Ash Award (Harvard University’s Ash Award for Innovations in American
Government) in April, 2007.
Contact: Anthony Morse, Geospatial Technology Manager
Phone: (208) 287-4879
E-mail: tony.morse@idwr.idaho.gov
Platte River Cooperative Hydrological Study
http://calmit.unl.edu/cohyst/
Multi-agency effort that seeks to improve the understanding of the hydrological conditions in the Platte River
watershed in Nebraska upstream of Columbus, NE
Article
Precious Resources: Water & Landsat’s Thermal Band
http://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/news/news-archive/soc_0011.html
Conserving water with Landsat. By L. Rocchio
WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT
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Landsat Data Help National Park Service Manage Bison in Yellowstone
http://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/news/news-archive/soc_0009.html
Five-year, NASA-funded project that uses NASA satellite data and computer modeling to help park officials
better understand the relationship between snow accumulation and the way it melts during the period when
bison migrate between habitats at lower and higher elevations. By G. Cook-Anderson
CAREERS
ASPRS Careers Brochure
www.asprs.org/career/
10-year Industry Forecast – ASPRS
10-Year Industry Forecast (Phase IV) (Full Text in Adobe Acrobat format - 4Mb)
The full version of the Ten-Year Industry Forecast, as published in the September 2006 issue of PE&RS.
EDUCATION PROGRAMS
Advancing Geospatial Skills in Science and Social Science (AGSSS)
http://agsss.tamu.edu/
Advancing Geospatial Skills in Science and Social Science (AGSSS) connects geospatially skilled graduate and
advanced undergraduate Fellows with science and social science Teachers, grades 6-12, in a collaborative two-year
cycle to enhance Teacher and Student knowledge and skills in spatial thinking. This project is a partnership among
geoscientists and other spatial science faculty at Texas A&M University, College Station (Texas) Independent School
District, Navasota ISD, and Educational Service Center VI
NASA DEVELOP Internship
http://develop.larc.nasa.gov/
This summer internship program is intended for undergraduate and graduate students with an interest in GIS or
Remote Sensing. Contact: Cindy Schmidt, (650) 604-0021
EDUCATION – Technology
ISTE Education Technology Standards for Students
http://www.iste.org/Content/NavigationMenu/NETS/ForStudents/2007Standards/NETS_for_Students_2007.htm
By the International Society for Technology Standards in Education (www.iste.org)
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY
American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS)
http://www.asprs.org
Scientific association serving over 7,000 professional members around the world. Our mission is to advance
knowledge and improve understanding of mapping sciences to promote the responsible applications of
photogrammetry, remote sensing, geographic information systems (GIS), and supporting technologies.
ASPRS Guide to Land Imaging Satellites (developed by William Stoney, Mitretek Systems)
http://www.asprs.org/news/satellites/
TUTORIALS
American Museum of Natural History: Remote Sensing Resources
http://cbc.rs-gis.amnh.org/
GIS and RS Centers by State
http://www.murraystate.edu/qacd/cos/marc/marc_dpt_txt.htm
(July 31, 2007: Some of the links within that site not functioning.)
ITT VIS: Seminars on ENVI
http://www.ittvis.com/training/index.asp
Canada Centre for Remote Sensing: Fundamentals of Remote Sensing
http://ccrs.nrcan.gc.ca/resource/tutor/fundam/index_e.php
Excellent resource on fundamentals of remote sensing, digital imagery analysis, creating 3D imagery from 2D
Designing Effective Courses: Tewksbury, Barbara (Hamilton College) and Macdonald, R. Heather Macdonald
(College of William and Mary) A Practical Strategy for Designing Effective and Innovative Courses, NSF grant DUE
#0127018. This is a free, online tutorial: http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/coursedesign/tutorial/strategies.html
The Institute for Advanced Education in GeoSpatial Sciences
http://geoworkforce.olemiss.edu/
Online courses
DATA VISUALIZATIONS AND ANALYSIS SOFTWARE
NASA Earth Observations (NEO)
http://neo.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov
and Image Composite Editor
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Laboratory/ICE/ice_about.html
About NASA Imagery for Google Earth
http://ti.arc.nasa.gov/projects/planetary/earth.php
NASA LaRC Satellite Overpass Predictor
http://www-angler.larc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/predict/predict.cgi?map=CVERDETOPO.GIF
TerraLook
http://terralook.cr.usgs.gov
http://asterweb.jpl.nasa.gov/TerraLook.asp
TerraLook consists of a collection of JPEG images created from ASTER images from the Land Processes Distributed
Active Archive Center and Landsat Orthorectified images from the USGS EROS archive. The TerraLook images are
user-selected, geo-registered, simulated natural color bundled with footprints of the images …TerraLook products are
available at no charge, and may be selected and ordered through the USGS Global Visualization Viewer (GloVIS),
http://glovis.usgs.gov/
WorldWind
http://worldwind.arc.nasa.gov
WorldWind on Mars
http://www.worldwindcentral.com/wiki/Mars
DATA FOR THE MOON AND MARS
Ask Jeannie Allen if you want to
know more about moon & Mars
for the classroom.
NASA MAPS THE MOON WITH GOOGLE
Google Moon's visible imagery and topography are aligned with the recently updated lunar coordinate system and can
be used for scientifically accurate mission planning and data analysis. …
http://moon.google.com
Giovanni:: Interface with the Distributed Active Archive Center at NASA GSFC — allows you to pose science
questions and see what types of data re available.
Java based GIS:
http://jmars.asu.edu/
Java based geographical information system. It provides easy access to many different Mars data sets, including
MOC, MOLA and THEMIS, and allows the user to combine these into a single image.
ISIS (at USGS) “Most of our planetary geologists use it to get planetary data.”
IMAGERY
NASA Earth Observatory: Visible Earth
http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/
NASA Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth
http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/
and
Earth from Space: Astronaut View of the Home Planet
http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/sseop/EFS/
NASA GSFC Scientific Visualization Studio
http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/index.html
Zooms a speciality
State Mosaics of Landsat Imagery: “Tri-Decadal Global Landsat Orthorectified States”
http://eros.usgs.gov/imagegallery/index.php/collection/landsat_states
USGS EROS Image Gallery Collections
http://eros.usgs.gov/imagegallery/
WMS Global Mosaic (Landsat)
http://wmt.jpl.nasa.gov/
AND MORE
Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS)
Comprised of 65 nations and 43 associations. GEOSS is designed to improve coordination of strategies and
observation systems, link all platforms including in situ, aircraft, and satellite networks, identify gaps in global
capacity, facilitate exchange of data information and finally to improve decision-makers’ abilities to address
pressing policy issues. The GEOSS program is also implementing GEONetcast, an open and worldwide data
and information exchange using the same technology as DirectTV.
Group on Earth Observations
http://www.earthobservations.org/index.html
Organization dedicated to developing and instituting an international Global Earth Observation System of
Systems, or GEOSS
International Symposium on Digital Earth
http://www.isde5.org/index.htm
The Data and Information Application Layer (DIAL) ACCESS Project
(Presentation at NASA GSFC, Edu. Colloquium, April 11, 2007)
Uses plug-in technology to add NASA data visualization and access tools to the Adobe Director multimedia
application authoring environment.
NASA GSFC Science Presentations at the Library of Congress (2007)
http://neptune.gsfc.nasa.gov
Who Left the Freezer Door Open? What the Poles Are Telling Us about Climate Change
Honey Bees, Satellites, and Climate Change
City Lights, Spy Satellites, and Urban Sprawl
Observing, Fighting, and Mitigating Damage from Fires. (October 17, 2007)
NASA GSFC Science Presentations at the Smiithsonian Institution (2005)
http://neptune.gsfc.nasa.gov
Climate Change and Ecosystems
Where's the Missing Carbon?
Fire, Disturbance, and Man
Floods, Droughts and Water
Understanding Hurricanes: Nature's Supercharged Heat Engines
Observing the Living Oceans from Space Controlling Invasive Species in the U.S. Space-Based Ornithology: On the Wings of Migration and Biophysics
Searching for Clients from Above
http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB118584306224482891.html
Wall Street Journal article about small business using satellite and aerial remote sensing for applications such
as roofing, landscaping, swimming pools, insect spray, etc.
Servir
http://servir.nsstc.nasa.gov/
Mesoamerican Regional Visualization and Monitoring System
US Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) Strategic Research Questions 2006
http://www.usgcrp.gov/usgcrp/Library/ocp2006/ocp2006-hi-land.htm
Book from National Academies Press:
Using Remote Sensing in State and Local Government: Information for Management and Decision
Making
http://books.nap.edu/books/0309088631/html/index.html
NASA Satellite Overpass Predictor
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/MissionControl/overpass.html