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.
Landsat Legacy Project Team
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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Pioneering Global Land Observations from Space
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