Earth  ID: 3029

Zoom into Austin, Texas, using Landsat Imagery (WMS)

Visualizations by Eric Sokolowsky Released on January 12, 2005
The WMS Global Mosaic data set was developed at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). This global mosaic was produced from visual and near infrared bands taken by the Landsat-7 satellite. Using the panchromatic band to sharpen the final image, a final resolution of 0.5 arc seconds (about 15 meters) can be achieved. This mosaic is available through the Web Mapping Services (WMS) protocol at JPL. This series of images was obtained using a software program called the Digital Earth PC which can use the WMS protocol to obtain images covering an arbitrary region of the earth. These images can be arranged in such a way with the Digital Earth PC software that a nearly continuous zoom effect can be achieved.
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Global pseudo-color Landsat image from the JPL WMS server.

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Landsat view of the southern United States.

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Landsat view of central Texas.

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Landsat view of the Austin area, including Lake Travis and the Colorado River.

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Landsat view of Austin, including Town Lake.

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Closest view of downtown Austin, Texas, using the Landsat WMS global mosaic.

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Visualization Credits

Eric Sokolowsky (GST): Lead Animator
Lucian Plesea (NASA/JPL CalTech): Scientist
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NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio

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Mission:
Landsat

Data Used:
Landsat-7/ETM+/WMS Global Mosaic, Release 2
Release 2 of the WMS Global Mosaic, a seamless mosaic of Landsat-7 scenes.
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Keywords:
SVS >> Landsat
DLESE >> Physical geography
SVS >> Zoom
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Spectral/Engineering >> Visible Wavelengths >> Visible Imagery
SVS >> For Educators
SVS >> Location >> Texas >> Austin
NASA Science >> Earth

GCMD keywords can be found on the Internet with the following citation: Olsen, L.M., G. Major, K. Shein, J. Scialdone, S. Ritz, T. Stevens, M. Morahan, A. Aleman, R. Vogel, S. Leicester, H. Weir, M. Meaux, S. Grebas, C.Solomon, M. Holland, T. Northcutt, R. A. Restrepo, R. Bilodeau, 2013. NASA/Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Earth Science Keywords. Version 8.0.0.0.0