The Landsat program: Its origins, evolution, and impacts
Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing
By: D. T. Lauer, S.A. Morain, and V.V. Salomonson
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Abstract
Landsat 1 began an era of space-based resource data collection that changed the way science, industry, governments, and the general public view the Earth. For the last 25 years, the Landsat program - despite being hampered by institutional problems and budget uncertainties - has successfully provided a continuous supply of synoptic, repetitive, multi-spectral data of the Earth's land areas. These data have profoundly affected programs for mapping resources, monitoring environmental changes, and assessing global habitability. The societal applications this program generated are so compelling that international systems have proliferated to carry on the tasks initiated with Landsat data.
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Lauer, D.T., Morain, S., and Salomonson, V., 1997, The Landsat program: Its origins, evolution, and impacts: Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, v. 63, no. 7, p. 831-838.
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | The Landsat program: Its origins, evolution, and impacts |
| Series title | Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing |
| Volume | 63 |
| Issue | 7 |
| Year Published | 1997 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | ASPRS |
| Contributing office(s) | Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center |
| Description | 8 p. |
| First page | 831 |
| Last page | 838 |