articleRemote Sensing of EnvironmentFeb 27, 2019HYBRID OA

Benefits of the free and open Landsat data policy

ZZZhe ZhuMAMichael A. WulderDPDavid P. RoyCECurtis E. WoodcockMCMatthew C. Hansen

University of Connecticut · Canadian Forest Service · +14 more institutions

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Abstract

The United States (U.S.) federal government provides imagery obtained by federally funded Earth Observation satellites typically at no cost. For many years Landsat was an exception to this trend, until 2008 when the United States Geological Survey (USGS) made Landsat data accessible via the internet for free. Substantial increases in downloads of Landsat imagery ensued and led to a rapid

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  • Government (linguistics)
  • Remote sensing
  • Geological survey
  • Open data
  • Satellite imagery
  • Earth observation
  • Relevance (law)
  • The Internet
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