{"id":362,"date":"2018-05-03T14:34:35","date_gmt":"2018-05-03T12:34:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.fu-berlin.de\/reseda\/?page_id=362"},"modified":"2018-09-25T11:00:01","modified_gmt":"2018-09-25T09:00:01","slug":"usgs-earth-explorer","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.fu-berlin.de\/reseda\/usgs-earth-explorer\/","title":{"rendered":"Landsat \/ EarthExplorer"},"content":{"rendered":"

You will get to know an online platform that lets you search and download Landsat 8 data – the USGS EarthExplorer. You need dozens of images? – No problem! Have a look at the section for bulk and BIG DATA downloading<\/a> and do not forget to test your knowledge at the end of this section!<\/p>\n

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Section in a Box<\/h1>\n

In this section, the following content awaits you:<\/p>\n

1 USGS EarthExplorer User Interface<\/strong><\/a>
\n– visiting USGS EarthExplorer for the first time
\n2 Registration<\/strong><\/a>
\n– do a registration in order to be allowed to download products
\n3 Perform a Search<\/strong><\/a>
\n– create a search query to get products from the database
\n4 Download a Dataset<\/strong><\/a>
\n– download Landsat Level 1 and Level 2 products
\nEXERCISE<\/strong><\/a>\n<\/div>\n

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1 USGS EarthExplorer User Interface<\/h1>\n

The EarthExplorer supports online search in comprehensive databases, quicklook visualizations, metadata export, and data download for earth science data from the archives of the U.S.Geological Survey (USGS). You get to the USGS EarthExplorer via the following URL using any web browser (Firefox in our RESEDA VM):<\/p>\n

https:\/\/earthexplorer.usgs.gov\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Once clicked, the main EarthExplorer graphical user interface (GUI) should be loaded, which is composed of three key elements:<\/p>\n

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USGS EarthExplorer user interface <\/span><\/div>\n