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Landsat I negatives are worth $7 million
O regon S tate U n iv e rs ity
now holds the la rg e s t c o l
le c t io n o f L a n d s a t I
s a te llite im a g e ry in the
w e ste rn U.S., thanks to a 17
m illio n g ift fro m the U S .
D e p a rtm e n t
of
A g ric u ltu re
The USDA gave OSU's
g e o g ra p h y d e p a rtm e n t
m o re
th a n
7 0 0 ,0 0 0
p h o to g r a p h ic
Photo by Scot! Newton
Karl Hull and son Erik, who’s almost three, take it easy
after a jog through Meinig Park earlier this week.
n e g a tiv e s —valued a t 110
e a ch —o f the e a rth 's su r
fa c e , a c q u ire d b e tw e e n
1972 78 by the N a tio n a l
A e ro n a u tics and Space Ad
m in is tra tio n 's L a n dsa t I
s a te llite
The 7 0 -m illim e te r film ,
w h ich d e ta ils fe a tu re s of
the e a rth 's su rfa ce la rg e r
than 80 m e te rs in size, w ill
be used fo r te a ching and
rese a rch a t the u n iv e rs ity ,
and w ill be m ade a v a ila b le
to the p u b lic
" T h is co lle c tio n is an in
va lu a b le a d d itio n to our
d e p a rtm e n t, and to O S U ,”
sa id g e o gra p h y c h a irm a n
T hom as M aresh.
“ We
have
a w e ll-
esta blish ed e xp e rtise in a
m ore th a n 60 w h ich w ere
in te re ste d as re c ip ie n ts of
the p h o to g ra p h s ."
M a re s h sa id the fo u r
u n iv e rs itie s have fo rm e d a
Landsat
c o n s o r t iu m ,
a g r e e in g to c o d e a n d
c la s s ify the im a g e ry in the
sam e m a n n e r and m a ke it
a v a ila b le to each o th e r on
an exchange basis
" N o t o n ly do we now hold
n e a r ly
a ll L a n d s a t I
n e g ative s in e x is te n c e ," he
noted, " b u t we w ill have
im m e d ia te access to the
o th e r th re e schools im
a g e ry of subsequent Land
sat II and I I I flig h ts as
w e ll.”
T o u t i l i z e th e f o u r -
s p e c tra l band negatives,
ta ke n by La n dsa t I in an o r
b it 570 m ile s above the
e a r th , th e g e o g r a p h y
d e p a rtm e n t has a cq u ire d
c o lo r e n la rg e rs , a c o n ta c t
p rin tm a k e r and a V a riS ca n
V ie w e r, w h ic h uses high
q u a lity o p tics to p ro je c t
segm ents on n e g a tive film
on a la rg e v ie w in g screen
T h a t e q u ip m e n t, along
w ith m ic ro fic h e indexes of
v a r ie ty
of
im a g e r y
analyses, such as th e rm a l
in fra re d and S L A R (side
lo o kin g a irb o rn e r a d a r ),
and the a c q u is itio n of the
I^andsat I im a g e ry w ill ex
pand th a t e x p e rtis e in to ye t
a n o th e r d im e n s io n ,” he ad
ded
O regon S tate is one of
fo u r u n iv e rs itie s to re ce ive
s a te llite im a g e ry fro m the
U S D A , w h ic h uses th e
p h o to s
to
m o n it o r
a g r ic u lt u r a l p r o d u c tio n
a ro u n d the w o rld
The
o th e r
in s titu
t i o n s —U n i v e r s i t y
of
A riz o n a . U C -S anta B a r
b a ra a nd W isco n sin a t
M ilw a u k e e - w e r e g iv e n
L a n dsa t I I and la n d s a t 111
im a g e ry ta ke n a fte r 1978,
w h ile OSU rece ive d a ll of
U S D A 's L a n dsa t I photos
"B e ca u se the USDA is
m ost concerned w ith c u r
re n t L a n d s a t f lig h ts ,
e a rlie r im a g e ry has been
s to re d ,” e xp la in e d M aresh
" A s I u n d ersta n d it, the
USDA s im p ly ra n out o f
sto ra g e space and selected
fo u r u n iv e rs itie s o u t of
the s a te llite im a g e ry , w ill
be housed in a c o m b in a tio n
te a c h in g r e s e a r c h
la b o ra to ry on the second
flo o r of W ilk 'n s o n H a ll on
the OSU cam pus
“ T h is c o lle c tio n is a ve ry
va lu a b le re s o u rc e .” said
M aresh " W h ile we w a n t to
p ro te c t it, we also w a n t to
m ake
th e
im a g e r y
a v a ila b le so it can be
u s e d —not o n ly by p r o
fessors and students in o u r
ow n d e p a rtm e n t—but by
persons in o th e r d is c ip lin e s
on cam pus, such as geology
and o c e a n o g ra p h y , and
p u b lic agencies and in
d iv id u a ls
"S o w e 're p la n n in g on
h a v in g one o r tw o people,
possibly g ra d u a te students,
on hand in the la b o ra to ry to
h a n d le th e d a ta a n d
m o n ito r its use by v a rio u s
vie w e rs because th e re a re
so m any a p p lic a tio n s th a t
can be m ade o f the tm
a g e ry
As an e x a m p le of the im -
a g e ry ’s
a p p lic a tio n .
M aresh c ite d a p ro je c t by
OSU g e o gra p h y professors
Jon K im e rlin g and Charles
R osenfeld, who a re study
mg the d o w n w in d e m is
sions fro m the B o a rd m a n
P ow er P la n t in eastern
O regon.
“ K im e r lin g
and
R o s e n fe ld a re u s in g a
v a rie ty of p h o to g ra p h ic im
agery such as th e rm a l in
f r a r e d a n d S L A R , to
m o n ito r possible effe cts the
pow er p la n t s p lu m e is h a v
in g on v e g e ta tio n .” said
M aresh
" W ith the La n dsa t im
a g e ry now a v a ila b le , they
have c o m p a ra tiv e reg io n a l
data on ve g e ta tiv e co ve r
fro m n e a rly a decade ago.
w h ic h s h o u ld a d d con
s id e ra b ly to th e ir research
p o te n tia l
• T h a t's ju s t one exam
p ie ," M aresh added ‘ but
th e a p p lic a tio n o f th e
s a te llite im a g e ry w ill also
extend across d is c ip lin e s to
a re a s s u c h as c o a s ta l
n a v ig a t i o n
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