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Requirements Capabilities & Analysis for Earth Observations

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) National Land Imaging (NLI) Program is partnering with Federal agencies to document user requirements for Earth observation data and the benefits that these data provide to Federal programs.

RCA-EO was established to help the USGS and other agencies take fuller advantage of U.S. and international Earth observation capabilities, and develop requirements-driven, prioritized investment decisions for new EO systems, products, and services. What is and why do we need RCA-EO?

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Requirements
Provide a comprehensive view of Federal science and operational needs for Earth observations

Capabilities
Provide a consolidated source of information about Earth observing capabilities and data

Analysis
Provide databases and tools to enable data-driven decision making by managers and practitioners

 

 

 

 

 

 

News

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New Edition of JACIE Remote Sensing Compendium Released for 2020

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2019 Joint Agency Commercial Imagery Evaluation—Land remote sensing satellite compendium

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2020 Joint Agency Commercial Imagery Evaluation—Remote sensing satellite compendium

The Joint Agency Commercial Imagery Evaluation (JACIE) is a collaboration between five Federal agencies that are major users and producers of satellite land remote sensing data. In recent years, the JACIE group has observed ever-increasing numbers of remote sensing satellites being launched. This rapidly growing wave of new systems creates a need for a single reference for land remote sensing sate
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Core Science Systems, Earth Resources Observation and Science Center, National Land Imaging Program, Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center , EROS CalVal Center of Excellence (ECCOE), Requirements Capabilities & Analysis for Earth Observations

Bundle adjustment using space based triangulation method for improving the Landsat global ground reference

There is an ever-increasing interest and need for accurate geo-registration of remotely sensed data products to a common global geometric reference. Although the geo-registration has improved significantly in the last decade, the lack of an accurate global ground reference dataset poses serious issues for data providers seeking to make geometrically stackable analysis ready data. The existing Glob
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Earth Resources Observation and Science Center, Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center , EROS CalVal Center of Excellence (ECCOE), Landsat Missions, Requirements Capabilities & Analysis for Earth Observations

2019 Joint Agency Commercial Imagery Evaluation—Land remote sensing satellite compendium

The Joint Agency Commercial Imagery Evaluation (JACIE) is a collaboration between five Federal agencies that are major users and producers of satellite land remote sensing data. In recent years, the JACIE group has observed ever-increasing numbers of remote sensing satellites being launched. This rapidly growing wave of new systems creates a need for a single reference for land remote sensing sate
By
Earth Resources Observation and Science Center, National Land Imaging Program, Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center , EROS CalVal Center of Excellence (ECCOE), Requirements Capabilities & Analysis for Earth Observations
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