Matt Hansen talks about the value of Landsat data as an infrastructure for research and innovation.
Landsat In Action
The Landsat Program provides over 40 years of calibrated medium spatial resolution data in support of a range of applications in areas such as global change research, agriculture, forestry, geology, land cover mapping, resource management, and water and coastal studies.
This page contains examples of regional and global Landsat data applications that can assist policy makers and land managers in making informative decisions about our environment and Earth's natural resources.
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National Park Service Cartographer Tom Patterson Talks Landsat
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Satellites, supercomputers, and machine learning provide real-time crop type data
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Landsat Data Valuable in the Assessment of Forest Change in Canada
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Google Powers Platform for Earth Science Data and Analysis
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LandsatLinkr - Harmonizing the Landsat Archive
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Landsat Provides Near Real-Time Global Agricultural Analysis
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Landsat Maps Global Surface Water and its Long-Term Changes
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Landsat 8 Tracks the Velocity of Glaciers and Ice Sheets in Near Real-Time
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Monitoring the World's Forests
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Matt Hansen talks about the value of Landsat data as an infrastructure for research and innovation.
Matt Hansen talks about the value of Landsat data as an infrastructure for research and innovation.
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Google's Noel Gorelick talks about the value of Landsat data in the Earth Engine project.
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Kass Green talks about the role Landsat plays to help create high resolution maps, the benefits of the archive at EROS and the value of Landsat imagery to agencies throughout the government.
Landsat in Action - Forestry Research with Warren CohenWarren Cohen with the USDA Forest Service talks about the value of Landsat's long history of observations in monitoring and assessing forests.
Warren Cohen with the USDA Forest Service talks about the value of Landsat's long history of observations in monitoring and assessing forests.
Landsat in Action - Monitoring Crop Land with Martha AndersonMartha Anderson with the US Department of Agriculture talks about the value of Landsat and its thermal data in studying agricultural land.
Martha Anderson with the US Department of Agriculture talks about the value of Landsat and its thermal data in studying agricultural land.
Landsat in Action - Minnesota Lakes with Leif OlmansonLeif Olmanson from the University of Minnesota talks about the value of Landsat data in monitoring the thousands of lakes in Minnesota.
Leif Olmanson from the University of Minnesota talks about the value of Landsat data in monitoring the thousands of lakes in Minnesota.
Landsat in Action - Free & Open Landsat Archive with Barbara RyanBarbara Ryan, Director of GEO talks about the distribution of Landsat data, starting in 1972, and ultimately transitioning to the free and open policy of today.
Barbara Ryan, Director of GEO talks about the distribution of Landsat data, starting in 1972, and ultimately transitioning to the free and open policy of today.
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Mike Wulder with Canada's Forest Service talks about the value Landsat images have for mapping and monitoring Canada's forested areas.
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