Download or read book Viewing the Earth written by Pamela Etter Mack and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 1990 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Viewing the Earth examines the role played by interest groups in shaping the process of technological change, offering valuable insights into how technologies evolve. It traces the history of Landsat from its origins through the launch and use of the first few satellites, showing how a variety of forces shape the form and the eventual reception of any new technology. The Landsat earth resources satellite system was a project of The National Aeronautics and Space Administration that was created to collect data about earth resources from space. The first satellite was launched in 1972 with great fanfare and high expectations. The data proved useful for everything from finding oil to predicting harvests, yet today the successful commercialization of the program is still uncertain. Why? To answer this question, Pamela E. Mack focuses on the negotiating process that went on among different parts of the space agency, other interested government agencies, and various organizations that were potential users of the data. This formal and informal negotiating process, she points out, involved not only choices between alternative technologies and the satellite but also conflicting definitions of what the satellite would do. The story is full of fascinating detail, from the concerns of the intelligence community over civilian satellites looking at the earth to the politics of agricultural survey. Pamela E. Mack is Associate Professor in the History Department at Clemson University.

Download or read book Landsat s Enduring Legacy written by Samuel N. Goward and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 586 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Landsat written by and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 4 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Landsat written by William Donald Nixon and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Landsat Data Users Notes written by and published by . This book was released on 1980-11 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Landsat Data Users Handbook written by Geological Survey (U.S.). and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 612 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Landsat Data Users Handbook written by and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Landsat 4 Data Users Handbook written by and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Landsat Program written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science, Space, and Technology and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Scientific Military and Commercial Applications of the Landsat Program written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science, Space, and Technology and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Landsat Program Management Plan and H R 3614 the National Land Remote Sensing Policy Act of 1991 written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. Subcommittee on Environment and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Effects on Users of Commercializing Landsat and the Weather Satellites written by United States. General Accounting Office and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Landsat and Beyond written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2014-01-03 with total page 77 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1972 NASA launched the Earth Resources Technology Satellite (ETRS), now known as Landsat 1, and on February 11, 2013 launched Landsat 8. Currently the United States has collected 40 continuous years of satellite records of land remote sensing data from satellites similar to these. Even though this data is valuable to improving many different aspects of the country such as agriculture, homeland security, and disaster mitigation; the availability of this data for planning our nation\'s future is at risk. Thus, the Department of the Interior\'s (DOI\'s) U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) requested that the National Research Council\'s (NRC\'s) Committee on Implementation of a Sustained Land Imaging Program review the needs and opportunities necessary for the development of a national space-based operational land imaging capability. The committee was specifically tasked with several objectives including identifying stakeholders and their data needs and providing recommendations to facilitate the transition from NASA\'s research-based series of satellites to a sustained USGS land imaging program. Landsat and Beyond: Sustaining and Enhancing the Nation's Land Imaging Program is the result of the committee\'s investigation. This investigation included meetings with stakeholders such as the DOI, NASA, NOAA, and commercial data providers. The report includes the committee\'s recommendations, information about different aspects of the program, and a section dedicated to future opportunities.

Download or read book Mapping Irrigated Cropland from Landsat Data for Determination of Water Use from the High Plains Aquifer in Parts of Colorado Kansas Nebraska New Mexico Oklahoma South Dakota Texas and Wyoming written by Gail P. Thelin and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: See journals under US Geological survey. Prof. paper 1400-C.

Download or read book Landsat 4 Science Characterization Early Results written by and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 724 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Landsat Story written by and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book State and Local Government Perspectives on a Landsat Information System written by United States. Natural Resource and Environment Task Force and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: