Landsat
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- proper noun
- /ˈlændˌsæt/
- Specialized
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Landsat
- The smallest scales observable from space using Landsat imagery are in the range of tens of meters.
- Landsat imagery
- Landsat image
- Landsat satellite
Examples
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A Landsat 7 image shows the Delta Junction study sites in 1999.
Academic text (2001) -
As a result, it was impossible to match surveyed plots with the cleared areas visible on the Landsat imagery.
Academic text (2007) -
We picked it up in the Landsat satellite.
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Listen, Senator, Landsat is sending a mission to the island.
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The figures on this page show two Landsat photographs of the Earth.
Academic text (1990) -
When the weather's good we use a Landsat satellite.
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Google has improved access by building the largest library of Landsat imagery on hard-drive storage, Sargent said.
Blog text (17) -
We estimated land-cover change in the Northern Piedmont by sampling Landsat remotely sensed images of ten randomly selected 20-by-20-kilometer sample blocks (Figure 2).
Academic text (2012) -
The figures on this page show two Landsat photographs of the Earth.
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In 2008, a U.S. policy change made Landsat images free over the web.
How Detailed
Surface Forms
Etymology
Landsat comes from land ('ground') and sat (short for satellite). Imagine a satellite looking down at the ground and taking pictures, so Landsat is the name for satellites that watch and take pictures of Earth's land.