USGS EROS Archive - Products Overview
Science Center Objects
Explore the world’s largest civilian collection of images of the Earth’s surface. Find satellite images and data, aerial photography, elevation and land cover datasets, digitized maps, and our Image Gallery collections.
USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center archive spans from 1937 aerial photographs to millions of satellite images of the Earth’s surface, starting with the original Earth orbits in the 1960’s and first Landsat satellite in 1972, to our current hourly additions of satellite images. Click on any product category to review detailed information on the products, plus how to order or download selected images at no charge. Data Use and Citation
Aerial Photography
- Advanced Solid-state Array Spectroradiometer (ASAS)
- Aerial Photo Mosaics
- Aerial Photo Single Frames
- Aircraft Scanner
- Antarctic Flight Line Maps
- Antarctic Single Frame Records
- Digital Orthophoto Quadrangle (DOQs)
- High Resolution Orthoimagery (HRO)
- National Aerial Photography Program (NAPP)
- National Agriculture Imagery Program (NAIP)
- National High Altitude Photography (NHAP)
- Public Affairs Office (PAO) Image Gallery
- SD Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Section Photography
- Side-Looking Airborne Radar (SLAR) Mosaics
- Space Acquired Photography
Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR)
- Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR)
- AVHRR Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) Composites
Committee on Earth Obervation Satellites (CEOS) Legacy
Commercial Satellites
- Commercial Data Purchases (CDP) Imagery
- OrbView-3
- SPOT - North American Data Buy
- SPOT Controlled Image Base 10 meter (CIB-10)
- SPOT Historical
Declassified Data
- Declassified Satellite Imagery - 1
- Declassified Satellite Imagery - 2
- Declassified Satellite Imagery - 3
Digital Elevation
- Coastal National Elevation Database (CoNED) Project - Topobathymetric Digital Elevation Model (TBDEM)
- Elevation Derivatives for National Applications (EDNA) Seamless Three-Dimensional Hydrologic Database
- Global 30 Arc-Second Elevation (GTOPO30)
- Global Multi-resolution Terrain Elevation Data 2010 (GMTED2010)
- HYDRO1K
- Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (IFSAR) Alaska
- Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM)
- Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) 1 Arc Second Global
- Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) Non-Void Fill
- Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) Research Grade
- Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) Void Fill
- Shuttle Radar Topography Mission Water Body Dataset
Digital Line Graphs (DLGs)
Digital Maps
Earth Observing One (EO-1)
Global Fiducials
Heat Capacity Mapping Mission (HCMM)
ISERV
ISRO Resourcesat
Land Cover Products
Landsat Archives
- Landsat 1-5 Multispectral Scanner (MSS) Level-1 Data Products
- Landsat 4-5 Thematic Mapper (TM) Level-1 Data Products
- Landsat 4-5 Thematic Mapper (TM) Level-2 Data Products - Surface Reflectance
- Landsat 4-8 Collection 1 Level-2 U.S. Albers Scene Bundles
- Landsat 7 Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus (ETM+) Level-1 Data Products
- Landsat 7 Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus (ETM+) Level-2 Data Products - Surface Reflectance
- Landsat 8 OLI (Operational Land Imager) and TIRS (Thermal Infrared Sensor)
- Landsat 8 OLI/TIRS Level-2 Data Products - Surface Reflectance
- Landsat Analysis Ready Data (ARD) Tiles
- Landsat Level-2 Provisional Surface Temperature (ST)
- Landsat Level-3 Burned Area (BA) Science Product
- Landsat Level-3 Dynamic Surface Water Extent (DSWE) Science Product
- Landsat Level-3 Fractional Snow Covered Area (fSCA) Science Product
Landsat Legacy
- Global Land Survey (GLS)
- Landsat Image Mosaic Of Antarctica (LIMA)
- Landsat Multispectral Scanner (MSS) Film Only
- Landsat Thematic Mapper (TM) Film Only
- Return Beam Vidicon (RBV) Film Only
- Tri-Decadal Global Landsat Orthorectified Single Scenes
- Tri-Decadal Global Landsat Orthorectified Mosaics
NASA Land Processing Distributied Active Archive Center (LPDAAC) Collections
- Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER)
- Community
- Making Earth System Data Records for Use in Research Environments (MEaSUREs)
- Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS)
- Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS)
Radar
Sentinel-2
Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS)
Vegetation Monitoring
- AVHRR Remote Sensing Phenology
- eMODIS (EROS Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer) Land Surface Temperature (LST)
- eMODIS (EROS Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer) Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI)
- eMODIS Remote Sensing Phenology
- NOAA Climate Data Record (CDR) Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI)
- Quick Drought Response Index (QuickDRI)
- Vegetation Drought Response Index (VegDRI)
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Date published: December 21, 2018Fire Danger Forecast Viewer
USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center, in conjunction with the US Forest Service Pacific Southwest (PSW) Region, has developed several new products for understanding and forecasting the probability of large wildland fires on all land in the conterminous U.S.
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Date published: July 19, 2018LandsatLook Viewer
The USGS LandsatLook Viewer allows comprehensive searching and downloading of full-resolution Landsat images. Features include temporal comparison functionality, export customizable graphic file, generate and download a video animation of the oldest and newest images displayed in the viewer, to name a few.
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Date published: July 18, 2018Sentinel2Look Viewer
The USGS Sentinel2Look Viewer allows comprehensive searching and downloading of full-resolution Sentinel-2 images. Features include temporal comparison functionality, export customizable graphic file, generate and download a video animation of the oldest and newest images displayed in the viewer, to name a few.
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Date published: May 9, 2018EarthExplorer
The EarthExplorer (EE) user interface is an online search, discovery, and ordering tool developed by the United States Geological Survey (USGS). EE supports the searching of satellite, aircraft, and other remote sensing inventories through interactive and textual-based query capabilities.
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Date published: February 1, 2018LANDFIRE Data Distribution
Map interface to view and download LANDFIRE data sets, receive alerts and notifications.
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Date published: July 18, 2017GloVis
The USGS Global Visualization Viewer (GloVis) is an online search and order tool for selected remote sensing data.