US Government
- Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) - part of NASA's Earth Observing System. ASTER is a cooperative effort between NASA, Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and Japan's Earth Remote Sensing Data Analysis Center . ASTER is being used to obtain detailed maps of land surface temperature, reflectance and elevation.
- The Landsat Program is the longest running enterprise for acqusition of imagery of the earth from space. The images, archived in the United States and at Landsat receiving stations around the world, are a unique resource for global change research and applications in agriculture, geology, forestry, regional planning, education and national security.
- Landsat 7 Program is a part of NASA's Earth Science Enterprise. Landsat 7 is the latest NASA satellite in a series that has produced an uninterrupted multispectral record of the Earth's land surface since 1972. It provides repetitive coverage of continental Earth surfaces in the visible, near-infrared, short-wave, and thermal infrared regions of the electromagnetic spectrum.
- Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) is playing a vital role in the development of validated, global, interactive Earth system models able to predict global change accurately enough to assist policy makers in making sound decisions concerning the protection of our environment.
- Multi-Resolution Land Characteristics (MRLC) Consortium is specifically designed to meet the current needs of Federal agencies for nationally consistent satellite remote sensing and land-cover data. However, the consortium also provides imagery and land cover data as public domain information, all of which can be accessed through this website.
- NASA Earth Observatory provides a freely-accessible publication on the Internet where the public can obtain new satellite imagery and scientific information about our home planet. The focus is on Earth’s climate and environmental change.
- NASA's Destination Earth initiative to gather a variety of land cover information for environmental analysis.
- National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS) - NOAA's NESDIS provides and ensures timely access to global environmental data from satellites and other sources, provides information services, and develops science products.
- U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) archives photographs from its mapping projects and from those of some other Federal agencies. In addition, many images from such space programs as Landsat are held by the USGS. Most satellite scenes can be obtained only in digital form for use in computer-based image processing and geographic information systems, but in some cases are also available as photographic products.
- USGS Commercial Remote Sensing Space Policy (CRSSP) USGS is the lead federal civil agency for implementation of the civil aspects of the CRSSP and is responsible for inter-agency short-term requirements and the establishment of an operational infrastructure.
Other Government
- Australia's Bureau of Meteorology - Satellite images from geostationary and polar orbiting satellites. The Bureau collects and uses data from satellites in the World Meteorological Organization's World Weather Watch system. This satellite information enables national weather services to monitor day to day weather conditions and longer term climate change over the entire globe.
- Canada's RADARSAT - Earth observation (EO) satellite developed by Canada to monitor environmental change and the planet's natural resources.
- European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT) - Operates a fleet of meteorological satellites and their related ground systems to deliver data, images and other products.
- Japan's Earth Remote Sensing Data Analysis Center (ERSDAC) - Accelerates the research and development of remote sensing technology to be applied to exploration for non-renewable resources as well as environmental monitoring on a global scale.
Private
- Core Software Technology Corp provider of geospatial information management solutions and imagery products.
- DigitalGlobe - offers highly accurate, commercial high-resolution imagery of Earth.
- Satellite Imaging Corporation - provides a multispectral data gallery for use in land cover and topographic mapping, physical and biological oceanography, and archaeology.
- Spot Corporation - distributor of geographic information products and services derived from the Spot Earth observation satellites.
- The Weather Channel - provides weather data, such as current conditions, five day forecasts, severe weather alerts and maps.
US Government
- National Agriculture Imagery Program (NAIP) acquires imagery during the agricultural growing seasons in the continental U.S. A primary goal of the NAIP program is to enable availability of digital ortho photography within a year of acquisition.
- National Aerial Photography Program (NAPP) provides a standardized set of cloud-free aerial photographs covering the conterminous U.S. over five-to-seven year cycles. The program began in 1987 and continues to be our most recent and consistent source of high-quality aerial photography.
- National Digital Orthophoto Program (NDOP) is a consortium of Federal agencies with the purpose of developing and maintaining national orthoimagery coverage in the public domain by establishing partnerships with Federal, State, local, tribal, and private organizations.
Private
- Microsoft's Terraserver providing free public access to a vast data store of maps and aerial photographs of the United States. TerraServer is designed to work with commonly available computer systems and Web browsers over slow speed communications links.
- California Geographical Survey - a resource of the Department of Geography at California State University, Northridge.
For additional information regarding this Web page, contact Chris Lett, in the Division of Information Resources and Technology Management, at Chris_Lett@fws.gov.
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