Landsat Analysis Ready Data

The USGS Landsat Analysis Ready Data (ARD) Program

October 22, 2017By Mark AltaweelGIS Data

Landsat data is available for download from EarthExplorer for the conterminous United States, Alaska, and Hawaii referenced using the WGS84 datum and provided as GeoTIFF data

Creating Ground-level Views from Satellite Imagery

Recreating a ground-level image and perspective using satellite imagery has only recently been developed.

A New Global Peatland Map Expected for 2020

A new global high-resolution peatland map is expected for 2020.

Maps are the primary tools by which spatial relationships are visualized. Maps therefore become important documents. There are several key elements that should be included each time a map is created in order to aid the viewer in understanding the communications of that map and to document the source of […]

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