This just in….
Department of the Interior is Considering Charging for Landsat Data
APRIL 24, 2018BY CAITLIN
DEMPSEYGIS LEARNING
Last year, the Farm
Service Agency (FSA) starting floating the idea of charging a licensing fee for its high resolution imagery of the United States starting in 2019. Now, an article in Nature is reporting that the Department of the Interior (DOI), which oversees
the USGS, has tasked a federal advisory committee with exploring how instituting a fee for Landsat data might impact scientists and other users. If implemented, a fee structure for Landsat data would be a departure from the Department
of the Interior’s current policy of releasing its Landsat products for free to the public.
https://www.gislounge.com/department-interior-considering-charging-landsat-data/
Joseph Young
Maine Office of GIS, Administrative Director
Maine Library of Geographic Information, Executive Director
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