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Lunar Calibration with Landsat

Lunar Calibration with Landsat

The next full moon will come on September 2, 2020. And when you look up to see it, so will Landsat 8. As probably the most accurate Earth imaging...

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Calibration Test Site Becomes Agricultural Hotspot

Calibration Test Site Becomes Agricultural Hotspot

The Landsat satellites were designed to detect landscape changes over time. However, sometimes what Landsat needs to see on the Earth’s surface is no...

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Data Quality, Geometric Accuracy are Key Topics for 2020 JACIE and ECCOE Workshops

Data Quality, Geometric Accuracy are Key Topics for 2020 JACIE and ECCOE Workshops

In a world where observing Earth’s landscapes from space has become more common for government agencies and commercial ventures, there is a question...

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Landsat, EROS Factor Heavily in New National Policy Plan for Earth Observation

Landsat, EROS Factor Heavily in New National Policy Plan for Earth Observation

The Landsat program and the USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center have long held and important place in the nation’s Earth...

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JACIE Team Meets with Man who Inspired Satellite Compendium

JACIE Team Meets with Man who Inspired Satellite Compendium

The Joint Agency Commercial Imagery Evaluation (JACIE) recently released a compendium of Land Remote Sensing Satellites.

The need for a quick-reference...

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Guest editors from USGS EROS contribute to Journal of Remote Sensing

Guest editors from USGS EROS contribute to Journal of Remote Sensing

Manuscripts for a special issue of Remote Sensing  through MPDI titled "Cross-Calibration and Interoperability of Remote Sensing Instruments" are...

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Imagery Evaluation Workshops to Focus on Interoperability, Opportunity

Imagery Evaluation Workshops to Focus on Interoperability, Opportunity

With the global inventory of Earth observation satellites growing by the week, questions of data quality and integration take on great significance.

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New ECCOE Publication Indicates Improved Ground Control

New ECCOE Publication Indicates Improved Ground Control

A recent publication by the ECCOE Geometry team shows improved accuracy in ground control by deploying a triangulation method on a continent by...

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

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

The 2019 Joint Agency Commercial Imagery Evaluation— Land Remote Sensing Satellite Compendium, released June 17, 2019, is the sum of three years of...

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EROS Leads Dialogue on Future of Earth Observation

EROS Leads Dialogue on Future of Earth Observation

Forty-six years ago, there was a single Earth observation satellite circling the globe – Landsat 1.

By 1988, four countries operated such satellites...

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Landsat Adds Value, Reliability to Cubesat Imagery

Landsat Adds Value, Reliability to Cubesat Imagery

Over the past five years, private companies have launched hundreds of shoebox-sized Earth observation “cubesat” satellites into space with promises of...

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EROS Calibration/Validation Center of Excellence Shares its Wisdom

EROS Calibration/Validation Center of Excellence Shares its Wisdom

In the world of optical Land Remote Sensing, USGS EROS’ work in the calibration of Landsat data stands up at the top as the best in the world.

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