USGS EROS Archive - Landsat Legacy - Global Land Survey (GLS)
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) have collaborated on the creation of the Global Land Surveys (GLS) datasets. This collection contains images acquired from 1972 to 2012.
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) collaborated from 2009 to 2011 to create the Global Land Surveys (GLS) datasets. Each of these collections were created using the primary Landsat sensor in use at the time for each collection epoch. The scenes used were a pre-collection format that met strict quality and cloud cover standards at the time the GLS files were created.
Additional details about the Global Land Survey collection.
The Global Land Survey collection consists of images acquired from 1972 to 2012 combined into one dataset.
All Global Land Survey datasets contain the standard Landsat bands designated for each sensor. Band Designations information.
| GLS2010 | GLS2005 | GLS2000 | GLS1990 | GLS1975 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Level of Processing | Terrain Corrected | Terrain Corrected | Terrain Corrected | Terrain Corrected | Terrain Corrected |
| Number of bands | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 4 |
| Sensor | Landsat 5 Thematic Mapper (TM) Landsat 7 ETM+ OLI Landsat 8 | Landat 7 ETM+ | Landsat 5 Thematic Mapper (TM) Landsat 7 ETM+ EO-1 ALI | Landsat 4-5 Thematic Mapper (TM) | Landsat 1-3 Multispectral Scanner (MSS) Landsat 4-5* Multispectral Scanner (MSS) *Landsat 4-5 data were used to fill gaps in the Landsat 1-3 data |
| Dates | Images acquired from 2008 - 2012 | Images acquired from 2003 - 2008 | Images acquired from 1999 - 2003 | Images acquired from 1987 - 1997 | Images acquired from 1972 – 1983 Images acquired from 1982 - 1987 |
| Resolution Pan | 15.0m | 15.0m | |||
| Thermal Reflection | 30.0m | 30.0m | 30.0m | 30.0m | |
| Projection | Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) | Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) | Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) | Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) | Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) |
| Datum | WGS84 | WGS84 | WGS84 | WGS84 | WGS84 |
| Resampling | Cubic Convolution | Cubic Convolution | Cubic Convolution | Cubic Convolution | Cubic Convolution |
| Format | GeoTIFF | GeoTIFF | GeoTIFF | GeoTIFF | GeoTIFF |
| Download | Available | Available | Available | Available | Available |
Access Data
Global Land Survey data are available to search and download through EarthExplorer and USGS Global Visualization Viewer (GloVis). The collection can be found under the Global Land Survey category in EarthExplorer.
Users can download the full resolution LandsatLook jpg images and the Level 1 Data Products.
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
Global Land Survey (GLS) Digital Object Identifier (DOI) number: /10.5066/F7M32TQB
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) have collaborated on the creation of the Global Land Surveys (GLS) datasets. This collection contains images acquired from 1972 to 2012.
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) collaborated from 2009 to 2011 to create the Global Land Surveys (GLS) datasets. Each of these collections were created using the primary Landsat sensor in use at the time for each collection epoch. The scenes used were a pre-collection format that met strict quality and cloud cover standards at the time the GLS files were created.
Additional details about the Global Land Survey collection.
The Global Land Survey collection consists of images acquired from 1972 to 2012 combined into one dataset.
All Global Land Survey datasets contain the standard Landsat bands designated for each sensor. Band Designations information.
| GLS2010 | GLS2005 | GLS2000 | GLS1990 | GLS1975 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Level of Processing | Terrain Corrected | Terrain Corrected | Terrain Corrected | Terrain Corrected | Terrain Corrected |
| Number of bands | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 4 |
| Sensor | Landsat 5 Thematic Mapper (TM) Landsat 7 ETM+ OLI Landsat 8 | Landat 7 ETM+ | Landsat 5 Thematic Mapper (TM) Landsat 7 ETM+ EO-1 ALI | Landsat 4-5 Thematic Mapper (TM) | Landsat 1-3 Multispectral Scanner (MSS) Landsat 4-5* Multispectral Scanner (MSS) *Landsat 4-5 data were used to fill gaps in the Landsat 1-3 data |
| Dates | Images acquired from 2008 - 2012 | Images acquired from 2003 - 2008 | Images acquired from 1999 - 2003 | Images acquired from 1987 - 1997 | Images acquired from 1972 – 1983 Images acquired from 1982 - 1987 |
| Resolution Pan | 15.0m | 15.0m | |||
| Thermal Reflection | 30.0m | 30.0m | 30.0m | 30.0m | |
| Projection | Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) | Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) | Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) | Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) | Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) |
| Datum | WGS84 | WGS84 | WGS84 | WGS84 | WGS84 |
| Resampling | Cubic Convolution | Cubic Convolution | Cubic Convolution | Cubic Convolution | Cubic Convolution |
| Format | GeoTIFF | GeoTIFF | GeoTIFF | GeoTIFF | GeoTIFF |
| Download | Available | Available | Available | Available | Available |
Access Data
Global Land Survey data are available to search and download through EarthExplorer and USGS Global Visualization Viewer (GloVis). The collection can be found under the Global Land Survey category in EarthExplorer.
Users can download the full resolution LandsatLook jpg images and the Level 1 Data Products.
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
Global Land Survey (GLS) Digital Object Identifier (DOI) number: /10.5066/F7M32TQB