Sources of Remote Sensing Data

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To get the most recent and least manipulated remote sensing data it is useful to return to the original source of the data. It is also important to maintain a connection to the original data so that it can be properly referenced and to provide feedback to the originator so that they can maintain metrics on data usage and justify the costs behind their development and collection.

Coordinates for the Harvard Forest

Latitude: 42.531612 (42^o 31' 53.803")
Longitude: -72.189963 (72^o 11' 23.867")
WRS-2 (landsat) Path/Row: 108/214 (ascending) 13/30 (descending)
UTM: Zone 18T, 730782m Easting, 4712631m Northing
Mass State Plane (EPSG: 26986, SPCS:2001): 143313m Easting, 920347m Northing

Source Links

• G-LiHT (http://gliht.gsfc.nasa.gov)
• LVIS (http://lvis.gsfc.nasa.gov)
• USGS Earthexplorer (https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov )
• Alaska Satellite Facility (http://www.asf.alaska.edu)
• MassGIS (https://wiki.state.ma.us/confluence/display/massgis/Home )
• NASA EOSDIS (http://earthdata.nasa.gov)
• Oak Ridge National Laboratory DAAC for Biogeochemical Dynamics (http://daac.ornl.gov) 

Links by Sensor Type

Landsat and orthophotos

• USGS Earthexplorer (https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov )
• NASA EOSDIS (http://earthdata.nasa.gov)
• Oak Ridge National Laboratory DAAC for Biogeochemical Dynamics (http://daac.ornl.gov) 

Lidar

• G-LiHT (http://gliht.gsfc.nasa.gov)
• LVIS (http://lvis.gsfc.nasa.gov)

Radar

• Alaska Satellite Facility (http://www.asf.alaska.edu)

Hyperspectral

• G-LiHT (http://gliht.gsfc.nasa.gov)