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