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Buy digital format on media: Online | Local center or by phone
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National Aerial Photography Program (NAPP) |
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The National Aerial Photography Program (NAPP), is an interagency Federal effort coordinated by the USGS, which uses NAPP products to revise maps. |
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National High Altitude Photography (NHAP) |
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The National High Altitude Photography (NHAP) program, which was operated from 1980-1989, was coordinated by the U.S. Geological Survey as an interagency project to eliminate duplicate photography in various Government programs. |
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Digital Orthophoto Quadrangles (DOQ) |
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Digital images of aerial photos which combine the image characteristics of the photo with the georeferenced qualities of a map (1987 – present). |
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LIDAR: Light Detection and Ranging |
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LIDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) is an optical remote sensing technology that measures properties of scattered light to find range and/or other information of a distant target. |
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LIDAR Data Viewer |
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Interactive viewer with limited download capability |
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Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) |
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SCAR is charged with the initiating, developing and coordinating high quality international scientific research in the Antarctic region, and on the role of the Antarctic region in the Earth system. |
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Aircraft Scanners |
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Digital imagery acquired from several multispectral scanners on board NASA ER–2, NASA C–130B, and NASA Learjet aircrafts (1982 – 1995). |
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Historical Photographs |
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Aerial photos from a variety of sources (1939 – present). |
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Commercial Imagery |
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Status Graphics display of commercial imagery available through USGS. |
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USGS Commercial Data Purchases (UCDP) Imagery |
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The UCDP Imagery Collection consists of imagery from several commercial vendors. The UCDP supports the Commercial Remote Sensing Space Policy (CRSSP) by providing data to qualified users, primarily U.S. Federal agencies, at no cost for File Transfer Protocol (FTP) downloads or at a nominal cost for media. |
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Commerical distributors of value added data: Satellite
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ASTER (Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer) |
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High-resolution (15- to 90-meter) multispectral data from the Terra satellite (2000 to present). |
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AVHRR (Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer) |
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1-km multispectral data from the NOAA satellite series (1979 to present). |
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Hyperion and Advanced Land Imager (ALI) |
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10- to 30-meter multispectral and hyperspectral data from the Earth Observing-1 (EO-1) Extended Mission (2000 to present). |
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LANDSAT |
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Landsat satellites have been providing multispectral images of the Earth continuously since the early 1970's. |
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Landsat ETM+ (Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus) |
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High-resolution (15- to 60-meter) multispectral data from Landsat 7 (1999 to present). |
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Landsat MSS (Multispectral Scanner) |
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80-meter multispectral data from Landsats 1 to 5 (1972 to 1992). |
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Landsat TM (Thematic Mapper) |
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30- to 120-meter multispectral data from Landsat 4 and 5 (1982 to present). |
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LDCM (Landsat Data Continuity Mission) |
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Multispectral data from the proposed Landsat Data Continuity Mission. |
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MODIS (Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer) |
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Moderate-resolution (250- to 1000-meter) multispectral data from the Terra Satellite (2000 to present) and Aqua Satellite (2002 to present). |
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SRTM: Shuttle Radar Topographic Mission |
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SRTM data are used to generate a digital topographic map of the Earth's land surface with data points spaced every 1 arc second of latitude and longituded for the United States (approximately every 30 meters). |
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SRTM Data |
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Seamless "Finished" United States 1 Arc Second (~30 meters) and Global Coverage 3 Arc Second ( ~ 90 meters) |
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Global Multi-resolution Terrain Elevation Data 2010 (GMTED2010) |
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(No Charge) The Global Multi-resolution Terrain Elevation Data 2010 (GMTED2010) provides a new level of detail in global topographic data. The GMTED2010 product suite contains seven new raster elevation products for each of the 30-, 15-, and 7.5-arc-second spatial resolutions and incorporates the current best available global elevation data. GMTED2010 Viewer EarthExplorer |
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SIR-C (Spaceborne Imaging Radar C-band) |
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Imaging radar data (C-band and L-band) from two Space Shuttle missions (1994). |
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Declassified Satellite Images - Category 1 |
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Photographic imagery from the CORONA, ARGON and LANYARD satellites (1959 to 1972). |
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Declassified Satellite Images - Category 2 |
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Photographic imagery from KH-7 Surveillance and KH-9 Mapping system (1963 to 1980). |
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Commercial Imagery |
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Commercial imagery available through the USGS/EROS |
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USGS Commercial Data Purchases (UCDP) Imagery |
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The UCDP Imagery Collection consists of imagery from several commercial vendors. The UCDP supports the Commercial Remote Sensing Space Policy (CRSSP) by providing data to qualified users, primarily U.S. Federal agencies, at no cost for File Transfer Protocol (FTP) downloads or at a nominal cost for media. |
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Commercial Remote Sensing Data Contracts (CRSDC) |
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To search and order commercial imagery data available from aerial or satellite vendors (through the USGS) |
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North American Landscape Characterization (NALC)
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North American Landscape Characterization (NALC) data consists of Landsat Multi-Spectral Scanner (MSS) time-series triplicates that were acquired in 1973, 1986, and 1991 (+/- one year). |
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TerraLook |
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The Tri-Decadal Global Landsat Orthorectified data sets provide a pre-selected global coverage of the Earth’s surface at three epochs of time (circa 1975, 1990 and 2000), which can be combined to create a time series of images. The ASTER data set is a very large archive (from 2000 to the present) of satellite images from which you may derive TerraLook images. |
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Multi-Resolution Land Characteristics 2001 (MRLC2001) |
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Multi-Resolution Land Characteristics 2001 (MRLC 2001) is a collection of terrain-corrected Landsat 7 Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus (ETM+) and Landsat 5 Thematic Mapper (TM) scenes that have been acquired by the MRLC Consortium.
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NASA Landsat Data Collection (NLDC) |
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Selected MSS and TM scenes (Landsats 1-5) from the NASA Landsat Data Collection (1975 to present). |
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Tri-Decadal Global Landsat Orthorectified Overview |
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An overview of the Tri-Decadal Global Landsat Orthorectified data collection, with links to single scene and mosaic data products |
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Global Fiducial Library |
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The Global Fiducial Library is a long-term archive of images from U.S. National Imagery Systems which represents a long-term periodic record for selected scientifically important sites. |
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USGS Video and Image Gallery |
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The USGS Video and Image Gallery is our one-stop collection of videos, photography, and other imagery. All items in this gallery are considered public domain. |
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EROS Image Gallery |
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"Earth as Art" - images from aerial photography and satellites |
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Global Change |
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Landsat and other satellite images that show global change |
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Astrogeology Images |
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Maps and images of other planets |
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Space Acquired Photography
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Photos taken from the International Space Station (ISS), Shuttle, Skylab, Gemini, and Apollo missions (1965 – present). |