Looking
for Global Satellite Image Data?
Geography 416/579, Spring 2006
Joy Suh
Good Places to Start (Free Satellite
Data)
The Global Land Cover Facility
(University of Maryland):
Georeferenced. Provide access to Landsat as well as MODIS and AVHRR
data.
USGS International
Program:
Collection of data dissemination servers that provide access to satellite
images
and data, aerial photographs, and maps such as EarthExplore, Earthshops,
Global
Land 1-KM AVHRR Project, and UNEP/GRID, etc.
USGS EROS Seamless Data Distribution
System:
View and download data for Othoimages (BLM Otho, LANDSAT7, LANDSAT MOSAIC).
Click on International.
Earth Observing
System
Data Gateway (NASA):
Best place to get data for LANDSAT7-ETM+ and other environmental data by
topics
such as air quality, clouds, vegetation, and snow, etc. You can view the
data
through GLOVIS (http://glovis.usgs.gov), which is an image viewer
developed
by USGS.
Earth Obervation Group
(National
Geophysical Data Center):
Provides Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) Data.
NASA's Global Hydrology and
Climate
Center:
Provides interactive Global Geostationary Weather Satellite images.
ASTER(Advanced Spaceborne
Thermal Emission
and Reflection Radiometer):
Offers detailed maps of land surface temperature, reflectance and elevation.
Link to Japan's Earth Remote Sensing Data Analysis Center (ERSDAC).
SPOT Vegetation:
Offers high quality of remote sensing image of vegetation cycle for the
entire
Earth ever day every day.
AFRICOVER:
A digital georeferenced database on land-cover, and a geographic referential
(geodesy, topography, roads, hydrography) at a 1:250,000 / 1:200,000 scale
for
the whole Africa and online Africa Atlas. Developed jointly by NASA, the
Dept
of Geography of the University of Maryland, and the Dept of Environmental
Sciences
of the University of Virginia.
GEO-3 Data Portal (UNEP):
Extensive,
global environmental and human data (Freshwater, Population, Forest,
Emissions,
Climate, Disasters, and Health).
CIESIN (Center for International Earth
Science Information Network): Provides downloadable data by subject
including
remote sensing. Coverage: China, Mexico, US Census, and World Bank
resources.
See also SEDAC for the use of remote sensing data for a variety of social
science
applications.
Center for Global and Regional
Environmental
Research, Geodata Information (Univ. of Iowa)
Provides extensive links to data sites by topics and by geographic
scales.
Geography Network (ESRI):
Allows access to substantial maps and data from the National Geospatial
Intelligence
Agency (NGA).
GIS Data Depot : Extensive
downloadable
GIS data by country. Coverage: International. Some are free and some are
fee-based.
Digital Chart of the World
(via
Penn State Univ.)
: national boundaries and layers of different
countries (Arc/Info
export format). Coverage: International
Global Change Master Directory
(NASA):
A directory of Earth Science Data and Service. Some data online; other data
to order. Extensive links to earth science data sites. Coverage:
International.
Center for
Global and Regional Environmental Research, Geodata Information (Univ.
of
Iowa):
Provides extensive links to data sites by topics and by geographic
scales.
Satellite Image Browser (jpg or gif images)
USGS Global Visualization Viewer
(GloVis):
An image viewer developed by USGS to display all available images form
USGS
Landsat data collection as well as ASTER, MODIS< and EO-1. and to
display
selected satellite images.
NASA World
Wind:
An open source software developed by NASA to display LANDSAT7, SRTM,
MODIS,
NASASVS, and etc.
TerraFly:
Developed as an end-user tool by the NASA Regional Application Centers
(RAC)
to diplay satellite and aerial data and image from SpaceImaging (the
IKONOS
Satellite), SPOT image, OrbImage, and USGS.
Google Earth or Googe Pro:
Displays 3D images for the whole world and visualization of other data for
overview.
MSN Virtual Earth
(http://local.live.com)
Worth a Look (Commercial)
MapMart : Digital mapping and data
including
World Topographic, Satellite, Aerial Photography and Digital Elevation
models.
Coverage: International.
Terraserver.com: online Digital
Orthophotos
and Satellite Image. Coverage: International.
WebGIS: Free terrain data for
worldwide
and DLG.
Ikonos
Satellite
Image: 2D/3D images. Coverage: International.
EUIMAGE : Landsat, Envisat, Aster,
and
other NOAA data available for purchase
CARTERRA/Space
Imaging:
Earthquake, Hurricane Katrina, IKONOS image
EUROMAP : offers IRS (Indian Remote
Sensing)
Satellite data
SPOT SIRIUS Catalogue : free
registration
to browse online SPOT images.
GMU Library Digital Data Collection (CD-ROM): All are
in
the Government Documents/Map unit, Fenwick Library.
- ESRI Data & Maps CD (2001-2005): World satellite color relief
Image.
Administrative and basic boundaries of infrastructure data such as
river,
road, and drainage for World, Europe, Canada, Mexico, U.S, South America
(in
governmetn documents office)
- Global GIS database (USGS): Digital Atlas of Central and South
America,
Africa, South Pacific, and South Asia (1:1 million scale): comprehensive
database
covering wide variety subject-base map, census/political boundaries,
transportation,
topography, land use, climate, hydrography, and vegetation. Vector and
Raster
format.(Govdoc: I 19.121:62-A, B,C,D)
- Map showing geology, oil, and gas fields,and geologic provinces of
AFRICA
(USGS open file report, 97-470-A), Caribbean Region (USGS Open file
report,
97-470-K), Arabian Peninsula (USGS Open file report, 97-470-k), Iran(
USGS
Open file report, 97-470H) South Asia (USGS Open file report, 97-470 C),
Soviet
Union (USGS open file report, 97-470-E), Europe including Turkey (USGS
open
file report, 97-470-I).
- NOAA environmental buoy data: meteorological and oceanographic data
(Govdoc:C55.297:B89/DISC1-7/CD).
- NOAA KLM user’s guide: describe the spacecraft characteristics,
orbital
consideration, sensor package, real-time data system for local users.
NOAA-K
through NOAA-M polar orbiter series of satellites (Govdoc:
C55-281/2-2:IM1/2/CD).
- NOAA/NASA Pathfinder Climate Data: data containing one by one-degree
gridded
files with many parameters, most of which are climate-related research
(for
global warming and vegetation database) (Govdoc:C55.54:P27/CD).
- NOAA Weather Charts: data for surface and upper air weather charts
including
initial forecasts (Govdoc: C 55.281/2-5).
- Preliminary Digital geologic Map database for Honduras
(USGS open file report; 98-774) (Govdoc: I19.76:98-774)
- Digital Geologic Map database forBangladesh (USGS open file report,
97-470-H):
1:500, 000 scale. ArcView and ArcInfo export files (Govdoc:
I19.76:97-470H)
Country Atlases and Tourism Guide: some are located in the Fenwick
Reference
Map Collection. Please search the GMU online catalog or search National
Geographic
Website.
International Topographic Maps in print: USGS Library, Reston VA,
Alexandria
Digital Project, Library of Congress,
UC Berkeley Library (Digital Topographic Map Sets at
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/EART/topo.html,
or try GeoMart.
Other maps: Aeronautical Maps (DMA) for selected regions and
cities.
World Political Maps (CIS), N & S America, Europe, Asia, and Africa
Wall
Maps (Shelved in the cabinet called “World Cities and World
Regions”)
in the government documents unit, Fenwick Library.