FOSS4G 2018

STEPS TO OBTAIN 30M RESOLUTION SATELLITE DATA SETS FOR PARTICULAR AREA OF INTEREST.

1. Visit USGS earth explorer Website: http://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/
2. First time users, click on register tab.
3. Once registration is done you can login.
4. On the search criteria tab enter interested place name. For ex. Bangalore

5. After entering place name, select Date range. For ex. 01.01.2000 to
21.03.2015

6. Now click on datasets and choose Landsat Archive in the “SELECT YOUR DATA SET” tab
7. Check both L8 tabs and click on results (Note: Refer annex3 to decide satellite and sensors)

8. Select the tab Show metadata and browse.

9. In the attribute table check for cloud cover. Preferably cloud cover should be less than 0.5%

10.Now click on Download options tab and select Level 1 GeoTIFF Data
Product to download.

DONE!!! YOUR DATA WILL BE DOWNLOADED IN FEW MINS.

Annex1: Landsat 8 bands

Annex2: Landsat series - sensors

USGS-Satellite data download steps

Annex4: The Multispectral Scanner System (MSS) aboard Landsats 1–5 had four bands. The Thematic Mapper (TM) aboard Landsats 4 & 5 had seven bands. Landsat
7’s Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus (ETM+) has 8 bands and Landsats 8 & 9 have
11 bands. The atmospheric transmission values for this graphic were calculated using MODTRAN for a summertime mid-latitude hazy atmosphere (circa 5 km visibility).