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Landsat at Work: Satellites Help with Complex Crop and Water Issues

Landsat at Work: Satellites Help with Complex Crop and Water Issues

Groundwater is a crucial source of water for California, especially for its $59 billion agriculture industry.

But even when the water is underground...

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Landsat MSS products with inaccurate brightness values to be reprocessed

Landsat MSS products with inaccurate brightness values to be reprocessed

The USGS/NASA Calibration/Validation Team has recently discovered that over 44,000 Landsat 2 and Landsat 3 Multispectral Sensor (MSS) Level-1 products...

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Landsat at Work: A Path to Better Wireless Communication

Landsat at Work: A Path to Better Wireless Communication

Landsat’s mission isn’t communications, but its data is helping shape the networks we rely on every day. 

Imagine the task of designing clear paths for...

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AI Improving USGS Science and Efficiency

AI Improving USGS Science and Efficiency

Over 50 years ago, the first Landsat archive satellite imagery arrived at the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Earth Resources Observation and Science...

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Webinar to Highlight Best Practices for Cloud-based Landsat Data

Webinar to Highlight Best Practices for Cloud-based Landsat Data

Landsat Collection 2 data have been available ‘in the cloud’ since 2020 — but what does that mean to you as a user?  If you are unsure, an upcoming...

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Upcoming Interruption to EROS Processing and Distribution Systems

Upcoming Interruption to EROS Processing and Distribution Systems

From April 7-10, 2025, USGS EROS Landsat processing systems, data distribution, and many online tools will be unavailable due to planned maintenance...

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USGS Retires Cloud-Based Visualization Tool

USGS Retires Cloud-Based Visualization Tool

The LandsatLook Viewer, redesigned in 2020 as the first cloud-based visualization tool at the USGS EROS Center, is being retired. 

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FARMing with Data: OpenET Launches new Tool for Farmers and Ranchers

FARMing with Data: OpenET Launches new Tool for Farmers and Ranchers

A NASA and U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)-supported research and development team is making it easier for farmers and ranchers to manage their water...

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NLCD: Landscape Info Supporting our Safety and Economic Well-being

NLCD: Landscape Info Supporting our Safety and Economic Well-being

Hurricane flooding. City planning. A new natural gas pipeline. Preparing for future events—whether sudden or expected—requires high-quality data to...

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