Additional Remote Sensing Resources

Disclaimer:  These resources are provided for reference only.  Note that reference or mention to any products, services, processes, or websites/hypertext links contained anywhere in this book should not be deemed or construed as an endorsement or recommendation by the authors.

Landsat:

• Learn more about Landsat: http://landsat.usgs.gov/
• Landsat: Technical information  http://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/about/technical-information/
• Landsat:  Band designations  https://www.usgs.gov/faqs/what-are-band-designations-landsat-satellites
• Landsat 9:  https://www.usgs.gov/landsat-missions/landsat-9
• Landsat—A Global Land-Imaging Mission  https://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2012/3072/fs2012-3072.pdf
• Landsat Levels of Processing  https://www.usgs.gov/landsat-missions/landsat-levels-processing 
• International Ground Station (IGS) Network  https://landsat.usgs.gov/igs-network

Sentinel:

• The Sentinel missions   http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Observing_the_Earth/Copernicus/Overview4
• Sentinel Resolution and Swath   https://sentinel.esa.int/web/sentinel/missions/sentinel-2/instrument-payload/resolution-and-swath

Other images resources from the USGS:

• USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center Science Processing Architecture (ESPA) on Demand Interface https://espa.cr.usgs.gov/
• Geospatial Technician Education for Uncrewed Aircraft Systems http://www.geoted-uas.org
• The USDA NAIP Program: · https://www.fsa.usda.gov/Assets/USDA-FSA-Public/usdafiles/APFO/geospatial-services/pdfs/2017_apfo_webservice_10.pdf

Additional On-line (free) Educational Remote Sensing Resources:

• AmericaView Education Resource Portal
  • General resource search:  https://ckan.americaview.org/
  • Remote sensing specific search: https://ckan.americaview.org/dataset?q=remote+sensing
• Natural Resources Canada – Remote Sensing Tutorial: http://www.nrcan.gc.ca/node/9309
• NASA’s Astronomer’s Toolbox – The Electromagnetic Spectrum : https://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/science/toolbox/emspectrum1.html

or online Resources for ArcGIS®Pro:

• Geodatabases: https://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/help/data/geodatabases/overview/types-of-geodatabases.htm
• Symbolization methods: http://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/help/mapping/layer-properties/data-classification-methods.htm
• Resampling methods: http://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/help/data/imagery/resample-function.htm
• Spatial Analyst tools: http://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/tool-reference/spatial-analyst/complete-listing-of-spatial-analyst-tools.htm
• Raster functions: http://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/help/data/imagery/band-arithmetic-function.htm
• Image classification wizard: https://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/help/analysis/image-analyst/the-image-classification-wizard.htm

Geodetic datums

• National Geodetic Survey: https://www.ngs.noaa.gov/datums/index.shtml
• NOAA: https://www.ngs.noaa.gov/datums/newdatums/index.shtml

Map projections:

• NASA Landsat Science Worldwide Reference System: https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/the-worldwide-reference-system/
• National Geographic’s Investigating Map Projections:  https://www.nationalgeographic.org/activity/investigating-map-projections/
• Penn State University’s What are Map Projections?:  https://www.e-education.psu.edu/geog160/node/1918
• ESRI: https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/ea0519db9c184d7e84387924c84b703f

Metadata standards

• The Federal Geographic Data Committee Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata: https://www.fgdc.gov/metadata/csdgm-standard

Remote sensing / GIS theory/application (not free):

• Campbell, James B., Randolph H. Wynne and Valerie A. Thomas. 2023. Introduction to Remote Sensing – 6th Edition. The Guilford Press. New York, NY. 634 p.
• Jensen, John R. 2015.Introductory Digital Image Processing: A Remote Sensing Perspective (4th Edition)– 3rd Edition. Pearson. Upper Saddle River, NJ. 656 p.
• Shellito, Bradley. 2020. Introduction to Geospatial Technologies. W. H. Freeman. New York. 560 p.