UK Landsat 4/5 imagery acquired by Landmap from Infoterra

Raw Landsat 4/5 data covering the UK were acquired from Infoterra by the Landmap project. Landmap subsequently orthorectified and mosaiced the images. Two types of image data from the satellite are available for the UK from 1988 to 1992: MultiSpectral Scanner (MSS) and Thematic Mapper (TM). Landsat 4 and 5 carry both the MSS and the TM sensors; however, routine collection of MSS data was terminated in late 1992. The MSS and TM sensors primarily detect reflected radiation from the Earth's surface in the visible and near-infrared (IR) wavelengths, but the TM sensor with its seven spectral bands provides more radiometric information than the MSS sensor. The Landsat Program is one of the longest running programmes for image acquisition from space, first launched in 1972 the program is managed between the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and NASA. Eight satellites have so far been launched, the most recent being Landsat 8, on February 11th, 2013. Landsat satellite imagery offers a unique resource for global change research and applications in agriculture, geology, forestry, regional planning, education, and national security. The Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) funded Landmap service which ran from 2001 to July 2014 collected and hosted a large amount of earth observation data for the majority of the UK. After removal of JISC funding in 2013, the Landmap service is no longer operational, with the data now held at the NEODC.

When using these data please also add the following copyright statement: Original Landsat 4 & 5 Landsat data copyright NOAA. Distributed by CHEST under licence from Infoterra International.

Identification info

Metadata Language: English (en)

Dataset Reference Date (): 2014-07-28T13:59:11

Dataset Reference Date (): 2014-07-28T13:59:11

Identifier: http://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/7ab8a717cb371584966f80a023d7eab7

Identifier: NERC Earth Observation Data Centre (NEODC) / 7ab8a717cb371584966f80a023d7eab7

Landmap - author

Infoterra Ltd. - author

NERC Earth Observation Data Centre (NEODC) - custodian

NERC - Earth Observation Data Centre , STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell Oxford , OX11 0QX , UK

+44(0)1235 446432

NERC Earth Observation Data Centre (NEODC) - distributor

NERC - Earth Observation Data Centre , STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell Oxford , OX11 0QX , UK

+44(0)1235 446432

NERC Earth Observation Data Centre (NEODC) - point_of_contact

NERC - Earth Observation Data Centre , STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell Oxford , OX11 0QX , UK

+44(0)1235 446432

NERC Earth Observation Data Centre (NEODC) - publisher

NERC - Earth Observation Data Centre , STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell Oxford , OX11 0QX , UK

+44(0)1235 446432

Maintenance and update frequency: notPlanned

Update scope: dataset

Keywords

Landmap

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 ()

orthoimagery

Limitations on Public Access: otherRestrictions

Other constraints: Restricted data: please submit an application using the REQUEST ACCESS link for access.

Use constraints: otherRestrictions

Other constraints: Use of these data is covered by the following licence: http://licences.ceda.ac.uk/image/data_access_condition/landmap.pdf . When using these data you must cite them correctly using the citation given on the CEDA Data Catalogue record.

Spatial representation type: grid

Topic category

Imagery base maps earth cover

Begin date: 1984-04-11T23:00:00

End date: 1992-12-31T00:00:00

Code: WGS 84

Distribution Information

Data format

Data availability and file format

UK data are available as img files which are raster image files created by ERDAS IMAGINE that contain one or more layers, called bands, which include multiple image tiles that comprise the image. The files can be opened in all earth observation image processing software including open/free software such as Erdas ER viewer. Data are archived in the directory structure of region/year/format/data for ease of use, xml metadata containing location information are provided with their respective data files.
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