USGS Global Visualization Viewer for Aerial and Satellite Data
Dataset Summary
| Agency: | Department of the Interior |
| Sub-Agency: | US Geological Survey |
| Category: | Geography and Environment |
| Date Released: | 1972 |
| Date Updated: | Daily |
| Time Period: | 1972 - current |
| Frequency: | 16-days; Any given area is potentially imaged once every 16 days; images are added to the collection several times daily |
| Description: | Ten million archive images of the Earth's surface are available for immediate selection and free download via the USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center's Global Visualization Viewer at http://glovis.usgs.gov/. Users can preview thumbnail browse images and download full-image selections from 1.5 million aerial photos of U.S. sites and 8.5 million images captured worldwide by U.S. Earth-observing satellites. (more) |
Dataset Information
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Data.gov Data Category Type
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Tool Catalog
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| Specialized Data Category Designation | Geospatial |
| Keywords | Landsat, satellite, ETM+, MSS, TM, Multispectral Scanner, Enhanced Thematic Mapper, Thematic Mapper, remote sensing, earth observations |
| Unique ID | 93 |
Contributing Agency Information
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Citation
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http://edc.usgs.gov/about/customer/citation.html There are no restrictions on data received from the U.S. Geological Survey's Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center, unless expressly identified prior to or at the time of receipt. Depending on the product source, we request that the following statements be used when citing, copying, or reprinting data: USGS Products Acknowledgement: Data available from the U.S. Geological Survey. See USGS Visual Identity System Guidance for further details. Questions concerning the use or redistribution of USGS data should be directed to: ask@usgs.gov or 1-888-ASK-USGS (1-888-275-8747).
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| Agency Program Page | http://remotesensing.usgs.gov |
| Agency Data Series Page | http://landsat.usgs.gov |
Dataset Coverage
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Unit of Analysis
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Each Landsat image collected is a scene. Each Landsat scene is 115 x 106 miles long. The globe is divided into 57,784 scenes, and each Landsat scene has about 3 billion bytes of data.
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| Granularity | 15-meter to 120-meter pixels depending on the instrument used |
| Geographic Coverage | Global land areas |
Data Description
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Collection Mode
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satellite and satellite ground station antennas and related equipment
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| Data Collection Instrument | http://landsat.usgs.gov |
| Data Dictionary/Variable List | http://landsat.usgs.gov |
Additional Dataset Documentation
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Technical Documentation
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| FGDC Compliance (Geospatial Only) | |
| Additional Metadata | http://landsat.usgs.gov |
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