USGS Satellite
Product Information
- Satellite: Products, descriptions, and
search
engines
http://edcwww.cr.usgs.gov/products/satellite.html
- Landsat Project Website
http://landsat.usgs.gov/general.html
- Landsat 7 ETM+
http://edc.usgs.gov/products/satellite/landsat7.html
- Landsat7 Science Data Users Handbook
http://ltpwww.gsfc.nasa.gov/IAS/handbook/handbook_toc.html
- Landsat 1-5 TM
http://edc.usgs.gov/products/satellite/tm.html
- Landsat 1-5 MSS
http://edc.usgs.gov/products/satellite/mss.html
- The "Thematic" Description of the Landsat
TM sensor
http://sdview.sdstate.edu/Main_UsefulLinks/RS/TM
Description.htm
Download Free Geospatial Data
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Global Land Cover Facility: Satellite Imagery and
products derived
from satellite imagery
http://glcf.umiacs.umd.edu
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Seamless Data Distribution System: Orthoimagery (Landsat
mosaic),
Land cover, elevation, hydrography, boundaries, transportation, and
structures
http://seamless.usgs.gov/
- Digital NGP (Northern Great Plains): Landsat imagery and Landsat-
derived products
http://digital-ngp.umac.org/
- UMAC - NDVI Image Browser v1.0:
Normalized Difference Vegetation
Index of medium & low
resolution satellite imagery
http://www.umac.org/content/data/ndvi.shtml
Geospatial Information Search
- TerraFly: Image
and data dispenser
http://www.terrafly.com/
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TerraServer-USA: Aerial Photo and Topo map
http://terraserver.microsoft.com/
- Topozone: Topo map
http://www.topozone.com/
- Geographic Names
Information System (GNIS): Physical and cultural
geographic features
http://gnis.usgs.gov/
Remote
Sensing Tutorials
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NCGIA Core Curriculum (high school, undergraduate)
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NASA Tutorial (middle and high school, undergraduate)
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http://cobweb.ecn.purdue.edu/~biehl/MultiSpec/tutorials.html
(middle,
and high school, undergraduate)
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Canadian Centre for Remote Sensing Tutorial (high
school,
undergraduate)
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University of Arizona Remote Sensing Tutorials
(undergraduate)
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Earth Observation Magazine Tutorial (high school,
undergraduate)
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West Virginia GLOBE Program Land Cover-Biology Tutorials
(Data
Access,
ArcCatalog,
ArcMap)
Remote
Sensing Outreach Sites
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http://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/ Goddard Space Flight
Center Landsat
Program Site
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http://rockyweb.cr.usgs.gov/outreach/activity.html USGS
Education
Program
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http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/ NASA Climate and
Environmental
Change
On-line Remote Sensing Education Guides
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The Center for Biodiversity Conservation, American
Museum of Natural
History
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NASA IMAGERS, Interactive Multimedia Adventures for
Grade School
Education Using Remote Sensing (K-5)
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Reading Satellite Images, the Discovery Channel's
Education Site (6-8)
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ASPRS Guide to Land Imaging Satellites (all levels)
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NOAA's Weather Satellite Guide (K-12)
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University of Illinois Online Guide to Remote Sensing
(high school,
undergraduate)
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The Nature Conservancy Primer (high school,
undergraduate)
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US Forest Service "Weed Manager's Guide to Remote Sensing
and GIS"
(professionals)
Remotely Sensed Image Galleries
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http://earthshots.usgs.gov/ USGS Earthshots – Satellite
Images of
Environmental Change
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USGS-EROS - Source for state mosaics
USGS-EROS – source for state mosaics
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NASA's Gateway to Astronaut Photography
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The National Snow and Ice Data Center
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NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Image Gallery
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http://earthasart.gsfc.nasa.gov/index.htm
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http://landsat.usgs.gov/gallery/index.php
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NASA Visible Earth
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ASTER Gallery
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University of Wisconsin's Space Science and Engineering
Center (Real-
Time Images)
Others
-
A compilation of links to remote sensing topics (scroll down
to find
links of each topic under
"Airborne Remote Sensing Topics:")
http://carstad.gsfc.nasa.gov/
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Geographic Information System
http://www.gis.com/
- GIS Getting Started
http://www.esri.com/getting_started/index.html
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