A Planetary Perspective: With Landsat and Google Earth Engine

Congratulations to the Landsat program on 40 years of continuous earth observation! Since July 1972, NASA's Landsat satellites have gathered images over the entire land surface of the Earth, creating the most complete record ever assembled. These images, archived at USGS, reveal dynamic changes over time due to human activity (deforestation, urbanization) and natural processes (volcanic eruptions, wildfire). Now, Google Earth Engine allows scientists, researchers and the public to easily view and analyze this treasure trove of planetary data. http://earthengine.google.org.

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[IJailbreakz]

Nice



[Guilherme Machado]

Engenharia É

[jtnoodle]

Wonderful. Another tool for the gov't to regulate our lives.

[johncharlycastro]

We are the only animals that destroys its own habitat

[LCJquebec]

terroriste ecologiste

[andregenni]

That's the access that google earth gives you.

[acmetabitw]

Lendset lendsat Lansatt ... TESTOHHH

[Andres Morales]

Did he say that we can all access the images for free? How do I do that?

[OldRangeRat]

I worked as a Landsat Payload Tech at Goldstone from 1974 -1978. Back then the MSS data stream at 15Mb serial stream and then processed per channel and recorded on a 1 inch FR1928 recorder, then tape was bused to Las Vegas. Is the format still the same? I'll bet not. I heard that it still used the same wavelength sensors. How much better is the resolution? Still 28 channels?

[kingdavidjapan]

<3 Google

[SniperFabs]

Yes! ;)