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408 July 2020 PHOTOGRAMMETRIC ENGINEERING & REMOTE SENSING
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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LANDSAT’S ENDURING LEGACY
Pioneering Global Land Observations from Space
Landsat Legacy Project Team
Landsat’ s Enduring LEgacy
Pioneering global land observations from sPace
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