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USGS portal for searching, browsing, and downloading Landsat, Sentinel-2, MODIS, and 100+ other satellite datasets for water and environmental monitoring
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At a glance
- Region
- Global
- Coverage
- Global multi-mission satellite archive (1972-present)
- Access
- Registration Required
- Category
- Government
What's inside
- Satellite Imagery
- Landsat
- Sentinel-2
- MODIS
- Aerial Photography
- Data Search
Terms explained
What you can do with it
Typical work that data of this type supports.
- 01
No-gauge areas
Monitor places with no ground stations.
Because it has: Satellite Imagery
- 02
Long records
Use consistent records going back decades.
- 03
Change mapping
Map changes in water, land and vegetation.
Where AI adds value
Ideas for machine learning and AI agents built on this kind of data.
- 01
Segmentation
Map water, crops and land use pixel by pixel with deep learning.
- 02
Data fusion
Blend satellite and ground data into one better estimate.
- 03
Change detection
Find what changed, at national scale, automatically.
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