PHOTOGRAMMETRIC ENGINEERING & REMOTE SENSING
October 2017
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After more than 15 years of research and writing, the Landsat Legacy
Project Team is about to publish, in collaboration with the American
Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS), a seminal
work on the nearly half-century of monitoring the Earth’s lands with
Landsat. Born of technologies that evolved from the Second World
War, Landsat not only pioneered global land monitoring but in
the process drove innovation in digital imaging technologies and
encouraged development of global imagery archives. Access to this
imagery led to early breakthroughs in natural resources assessments,
particularly for agriculture, forestry, and geology. The technical
Landsat remote sensing revolution was not simple or straightforward.
Early conflicts between civilian and defense satellite remote sensing
users gave way to disagreements over whether the Landsat system
should be a public service or a private enterprise. The failed attempts
to privatize Landsat nearly led to its demise. Only the combined
engagement of civilian and defense organizations ultimately saved
this pioneer satellite land monitoring program. With the emergence
of 21st century Earth system science research, the full value of the
Landsat concept and its continuous 45-year global archive has been
recognized and embraced. Discussion of Landsat’s future continues
but its heritage will not be forgotten.
The pioneering satellite system’s vital history is captured in this notable
volume on Landsat’s Enduring Legacy. The expected publication
date November 2017.
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Samuel N. Goward
Darrel L. Williams
Terry Arvidson
Laura E. P. Rocchio
James R. Irons
Carol A. Russell
Shaida S. Johnston
Landsat’s Enduring Legacy
Hardback. 2017, ISBN 1-57083-101-7
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LANDSAT’S ENDURING LEGACY
Pioneering Global Land Observations from Space
Landsat Legacy Project Team
