Landstat Data available on the Internet
Jenny Houge, Robert Bates, Travis Crowder
LINKS for General Information
http://geo.arc.nasa.gov/sge/landsat/landsat.html
1972 - First Surveying Satellite (Landsat)
The first Landsat satellite was called the Earth Resources Technology Satellite, or
ERTS. Since its launch on July 23, 1972, six Landsats have followed, with the
latest, Landsat 7, lifting off on April 15, 1999. Over the years successive Landsats
have not only carried better land-viewing sensors, but they have created a valuable
archive of images that are being used to see how the land is changing over the
years. Landsat 7 carries the Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus, which scans the
Earth in eight bands of visible and invisible light.
At this site there is information on the Landsat Program and Landsat data access,
major events in the Landsat program from 1965 to the present, and information on
Landsat 7.
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http://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/
Landsat 7 Gateway
Updated December 7, 2001
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7 is a U.S. satellite used to acquire remotely sensed images of the
Earth's land surface and surrounding coastal regions. This site features Landsat 7
data characteristics, science and education applications, technical documentation,
program policy, and history. It is maintained by the Landsat 7 Project Science
Office at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, MD.
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http://landsat7.usgs.gov/index.html
At this site you can see sample images of interesting places that you can view in
your browser, find out where Landsat 7 is right now and which paths the satellite
will fly today, and locate the international operated ground stations that track the
satellite.
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http://www.landsat.org/
About Landsat.org
Landsat.org supports the purchasing, distribution, and sharing of Landsat 7 imagery
worldwide by providing a simplified, platform-independent user interface and
search engine with online data ordering. Landsat.org supports research centers,
science teams, and educational organizations by providing customized search
interfaces, access to data hosting services, clearinghouse services, data brokering,
and imagery cooperatives.
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http://ls7pm3.gsfc.nasa.gov/mainpage.html
The Flight Operations Team (FOT) is responsible for all command control and
telemetry operations with the satellite. In addition, they provide offline engineering
support, anomaly response, performance analysis for the satellite, and planning and
scheduling of system (spacecraft and ground) resources. This site also provides an
overview of Landsat 7, as well as the objectives of the project. It also has links to
other landsat information.
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Landsat 7 Links
http://ls7pm3.gsfc.nasa.gov/links.html
This links page has information for the lay person, scientists, and children. It has
links to information such as the L7 Science Team, L7 Image Assessment System,
L7 software system, Science Data User's Handbook, Earth Images, landsat projects,
landsat legislation, Teacher's Guide and Spaceflight Learner's Handbook.
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LINKS for Children
http://www.eoscenter.com/
The Earth Observing System (EOS) Education Project disseminates Earth system
science imagery and supportive curriculum to the global kindergarten through
undergraduate level (K-16) education community. The EOS Education Project
provides Internet-based and on-site training for the K-16 education community in
the interpretation, utilization and relevancy of EOS mission imagery. We
investigate how EOS information can enhance existing interdisciplinary
curriculums that explore the diverse and changing landscapes of the world.
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http://imagers.gsfc.nasa.gov/
The Adventure of Echo the Bat is a program with both online and classroom
components. It teaches "understanding light" and the "electromagnetic spectrum" as
a foundation for Remote Sensing.
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http://ltpwww.gsfc.nasa.gov/landsat7/teacherkit/index.html
Curriculum Materials for 5th to 8th Grade Level Students
Developed by:
Carolyn Merry, Ph.D., Visiting Scientist, USRA (1997-98)
Dept. of Civil & Environmental Engineering, The Ohio State University
with assistance by:
Karen Chu, MCTP, University of Maryland
The purpose of this teacher's kit is to provide educators with materials and ideas
about teaching changes on the earth using remote sensing data. The educational
materials have been targeted for the fifth through eighth grade level. The materials
are structured according to the 5 E's constructivist model: Engagement,
Exploration, Explanation, Extension, and Evaluation. This structure allows teachers
to alter the lessons according to their students' level.The teacher's guide contains
lesson plans, worksheets, glossary of terms, standards, and a list of resources to
enhance the lessons. In each lesson plan, you will find a section called Tips for
Teachers. This section is written for the consideration of teachers with various
science backgrounds and contains tips to make each lesson successful.
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http://eospso.gsfc.nasa.gov/eos_homepage/dp/
EOS Desktop Pictures
Introduction
These images are derived from the Earth Observatory's Image of the Day and
Visible Earth. They include text from the original captions to help explain the
image. We're working on text-less versions of these images for those just wanting
the image. We hope you find these as great back-drops for work or play. Enjoy!
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LINKS for Scientists
http://eospso.gsfc.nasa.gov/eos_homepage/scientists.html
For Scientists
These are program resources for EOS and non-EOS scientists/researchers to help them gain the
information they need about the program and our missions. Popular reference material like the
EOS Reference Handbook and EOS Data Products Handbook can be found under Science
Publications & Reports. ATBD's can also be found in that section. Links and information on our
various missions can be found under Mission Profiles.
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http://edcdaac.usgs.gov/pathfinder/pathpage.html
Landsat Pathfinder Program
The goal of the Landsat Pathfinder Program is to establish long-term, medium- to high-resolution
data sets for particular regional and global applications to global change research. The Landsat
Pathfinder Science Working Group has defined several projects to address land cover change.
The Landsat Pathfinder Program was initiated in 1991 as a component data development effort
of the NASA Pathfinder Program. Landsat's global coverage with consistent data characteristics
and format over a 20-year period offer the opportunity to develop consistently processed, multidate, medium to high resolution Earth image data bases of sites selected for their local, regional,
and global importance in global change research. The intent of the Landsat Pathfinder effort is to
re-configure selected portions of the Landsat data archive to optimize the utility of Landsat data
for global change research. The 20-year historical archive of Landsat MSS data at a spatial
resolution of 80-meters, and 10-year archive of 30-meter Landsat Thematic Mapper (TM) data
will provide multi-date, medium to high resolution data sets most effective for local studies of
global change processes and for comparing analyses of global change processes from local to
regional and/or global scales.
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The University of Maryland - Department of Geography
NASA LandSat Pathfinder Humid Topical Deforestation Project
http://www.geog.umd.edu/tropical/
The NASA Landsat Pathfinder Humid Tropical Deforestation Project is funded through a
collaborative effort between the University of Maryland at College Park's Geography
Department, The University of New Hampshire's Complex Systems Research Group and NASA
Goddard Space Flight Center's GIMMS Group. The goal of this work is to map global
deforestation for the humid tropics. Data sets from both the TM (Thematic Mapper) and MSS
(Multispectral Scanner System) of Landsat are being used for three time periods in the 1970s,
1980s, and 1990s.
The project is focusing on the three regions where most of the tropical deforestation in the world
has occurred - the Amazon Basin, Central Africa, and Southeast Asia. Mapping deforestation in
these three regions will account for the majority of deforestation activities in closed tropical
forests worldwide. As currently configured, the Pathfinder will not compile an inventory of the
entire tropics. Some parts of South Asia, West Africa, Madagascar, and Central America will not
be covered. About 75% of the tropical rain forest areas are included in the Pathfinder data plan.
The University of Maryland has responsibility for the non-Brazilian Amazon Basin (also known
as the Pan-Amazon) and central Africa. The University of New Hampshire has responsibility for
the Brazilian Amazon Basin and Southeast Asia.
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Commercial Sale of Landsat Data
http://members.aol.com/landsatcd/index.html
This site provides information on obtaining free or low cost Landsat, GOES, and Space Shuttle
images. Also included are links to free satellite image processing software. Tip sheets will show
you how to create 3D perspective views of Landsat images and how to colorize GOES weather
satellite imagery. I have included two "Satellite Art" images I made of places I enjoy visiting.
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