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February 16, 2016 – Landsat Phase 2 Ground Control Points Updates Complete

By Landsat Missions

The reprocessing effort that started in January 2016 to update the Phase 2 Ground Control Points is now complete.

Phase 2 updates affect 1,151 WRS-2 paths/rows, covering island areas and inland regions where the estimated absolute accuracy of the original Global Land Survey 2000 (GLS2000) ground control varied between 50 to 75 meters.

More details about Phase 2 updates can be found in the January 7, 2016 Headline.