FYI, if you want to be involved perhaps the thing to do is contact Dan
Walters at USGS to get your name on the list.
 
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Michael Smith
State GIS Manager
Maine Office of GIS 

 
 
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From: ISESS [mailto:[log in to unmask]] 
Sent: Monday, June 23, 2008 9:31 PM
To: Redmond, Anji
Subject: USGS Study of the Societal Benefits of Moderate Resolution
Imagery

 



 

Dear Potential Moderate Resolution Imagery User, 

 

I am writing to ask your help in a nationwide study of users of moderate
resolution imagery such as Landsat. As you may know, the design of the
next generation of moderate resolution imagery satellites is underway.
This imagery is used by Government, commercial, industrial, civilian,
military, and educational communities throughout the United States and
worldwide. The data support a wide range of applications in such areas
as global change research, agriculture, forestry, geology, resource
management, geography, mapping, water quality, and oceanography. This
study is an effort to better understand the varied uses and applications
of this imagery and the societal benefits it provides. 

 

Researchers from the Policy Analysis and Science Assistance Branch
(PASA) at U.S. Geological Survey's (USGS) Fort Collins Science Center
are conducting this study and will be contacting you via e-mail soon. To
identify users of moderate resolution imagery, they will use a
"snowball" process where they will ask potential users such as you to
name others whom they believe to be users of moderate resolution
imagery. Later this year, PASA will conduct a survey of those users to
better understand the applications and societal benefits of this
imagery.

 

As the USGS Associate Director for Geography, I want to thank you in
advance for participating in this important study and supporting our
efforts to better understand the societal benefits of land remote
sensing data such as Landsat. 

 

To learn more about the USGS Land Remote Sensing Program and this study,
visit online at http://remotesensing.usgs.gov/ 

 



 

Barbara J. Ryan

Associate Director for Geography

U.S. Geological Survey