Landsat Shapefiles and KML Files

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Landsat Collection 2 U.S. Analysis Ready Data (ARD) Tile Grids

These maps display the U.S. Landsat ARD tiling grids used for Collection 2 Landsat 4-8 ARD. 

Collection 2 U.S. ARD Tile Grid Maps — CONUS    Alaska     Hawaii

Collection 2 U.S. ARD Tile Grid Shapefiles — CONUS     Alaska     Hawaii

Landsat Collection 1 U.S. Analysis Ready Data (ARD) Tile Grids

These maps display the U.S. Landsat ARD tiling grids used for Collection 1 Landsat 4-8 ARD. 

Collection 1 U.S. ARD Tile Grid Maps —  CONUS    Alaska     Hawaii

Collection 1 U.S. ARD Tile Grid Shapefiles —  CONUS    Alaska     Hawaii

Landsat Path/Row World Reference System (WRS) 

WRS is a global notation used in cataloging Landsat data. Landsat satelllites 1, 2 and 3 followed WRS-1, and Landsat satellites 4,5,7 , and 8 follow WRS-2.  

Worldwide Maps — Display the center points of WRS-2 paths/rows:   Ascending (nighttime)     Descending (daytime)

Routine Path/Rows —   CONUS      Alaska       Hawaii     

WRS-2 Corner Points —  All Path/Rows

Shapefiles — The WRS-1 and WRS-2 Path/Row shapefiles  display scene boundaries and geographic coordinates and can be uploaded into image processing software.

KML Files

The keyhole markup language (KML) files can be loaded into Google Earth or other geospatial software that implements KML encoding.  

• WRS-2 scene boundaries (worldwide)
• WRS-2 scene center points (north latitude and west longitude only)