Dear All:
Version 1.1 of the TerraLook desktop software has just been released and is available at http://terralook.sourceforge.net This free desktop software is a simple and intuitive image processing and GIS package.
TerraLook provides free, recent and historical satellite images in a simple jpeg format. Although no special software is required to use the TerraLook images, we do offer the TerraLook desktop software for those who wish to manipulate images and overlays. More information on TerraLook, including how to order images, is provided below, or just go to http://terralook.cr.usgs.gov
V1.1 is a big improvement over V1.0. Aside from internal improvements and bug fixes it supports a variety of new capabilities including true pan, image adjustment, collection merging, user-settable preferences, and is fully multilingual in English and Spanish (menus can also be viewed in French but the Help has not yet been translated). V2.0, which will completely remake the look and feel, will be available in 2009.
Comments welcome!
Best wishes,
Gary
The US Geological Survey is the operational partner with NASA and they provide the tools to find and order the images. They are also working on outreach and providing materials explaining how images can be used and for various workshops. The TerraLook website is at http://terralook.cr.usgs.gov
To obtain images the process is simple: - Select and Order Images. Use the USGS GloVis tool, which is explained at the above website.
For most countries coverage includes: complete coverage for 1975, 1990, and 2000, and coverage of protected areas from 2000-2007
NOTE: Most of these collections are large and require a very good Internet connection (apologies for that; size is specified in the .txt file associate with each collection.) We hope that CD or DVD distribution can be routinely available in the future; in the meantime I can send out a limited number by CD/DVD for those with no other options.
The images are in a "georeferenced JPEG" format. Being JPEGs, essentially everyone with a computer has an appropriate tool to view them. And being georeferenced means that, with any tool that has some GIS capabilities you can add overlays such as park boundaries, poaching sites, and trails.
The free TerraLook software is one of these GIS tools. It is a free, Open Source package that supports common GIS and Image Processing functions. One advantage of this software is that it displays the "footprints" of all the images in a collection--very useful for finding the specific image of interest in collections with more than just a few images.
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Gary N. Geller, Ph.D.
Gary Geller (NASA-JPL) wrote:
Dear All:
Version 1.1 of the TerraLook desktop software has just been released
and is available at http://terralook.sourceforge.net
http://terralook.sourceforge.net%A0 This free desktop software is a
simple and intuitive image processing and GIS package.
TerraLook provides free, recent and historical satellite images in a
simple jpeg format. Although no special software is required to use
the TerraLook images, we do offer the TerraLook desktop software for
those who wish to manipulate images and overlays. More information on
TerraLook, including how to order images, is provided below, or just
go to http://terralook.cr.usgs.gov http://terralook.cr.usgs.gov%A0
V1.1 is a big improvement over V1.0. Aside from internal improvements
and bug fixes it supports a variety of new capabilities including true
pan, image adjustment, collection merging, user-settable preferences,
and is fully multilingual in English and Spanish (menus can also be
viewed in French but the Help has not yet been translated). V2.0,
which will completely remake the look and feel, will be available in 2009.
Comments welcome!
Best wishes,
Gary
The US Geological Survey is the "operational partner" with NASA
and they provide the tools to find and order the images. They are
also working on outreach and providing materials explaining how images
can be used and for various workshops. The TerraLook website is at
http://terralook.cr.usgs.gov http://terralook.cr.usgs.gov%A0
To obtain images the process is simple:
Full-country image collections have been created for many
countries and can be downloaded--no need to order them. These are
available at http://asterweb.jpl.nasa.gov/TerraLook_download.asp
Currently available countries include:
For most countries coverage includes: complete coverage for 1975,
1990, and 2000, and coverage of protected areas from 2000-2007
NOTE: Most of these collections are large and require a very good
Internet connection (apologies for that; size is specified in the .txt
file associate with each collection.) We hope that CD or DVD
distribution can be routinely available in the future; in the meantime
I can send out a limited number by CD/DVD for those with no other options.
The images are in a "georeferenced JPEG" format. Being JPEGs,
essentially everyone with a computer has an appropriate tool to view
them. And being georeferenced means that, with any tool that has some
GIS capabilities you can add overlays such as park boundaries,
poaching sites, and trails.
The free TerraLook software is one of these GIS tools. It is a
free, Open Source package that supports common GIS and Image
Processing functions. One advantage of this software is that it
displays the "footprints" of all the images in a collection--very
useful for finding the specific image of interest in collections with
more than just a few images.
Gary N. Geller, Ph.D.
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