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Geo-geeks rejoice (and, if you're in a country that has such things, pray for your download allowance): Google is now hosting Landsat and Sentinel-2 data on its public cloud. The NASA-US Geological Survey Landsat data stretches back to 1982, with images ranging from 15 to 60 metres per pixel; data collected from the European …

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  1. imanidiot Silver badge

    Since it's now publicly available, I give it a few weeks until someone builds an external system to do the searching and provide a link to the correct location. Frustration about wasting time is the best driver to get someone to waste time building a tool like that :)

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  2. Your alien overlord - fear me

    Sentinel-2 images are free under EU law - wonder what's going to happen after Brexit for UK users?

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    1. allthecoolshortnamesweretaken
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      That will depend on whatever the UK Space Agency and ESA will agree on, I guess... Not much use in trying to reactivate Prospero...

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    2. Andy Mc
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      Probably nowt, ESA's not part of the EU. Separate membership and rules.

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      1. pklausner
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        Yes, ESA (and Eumetsat for the weather satellites) are separate organisations.

        No, Sentinel x / Copernicus is funded (not operated) by the EU, so some untangling will be necessary.

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  3. Anonymous Coward
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    "Navigation is just as painful as this long-time Grass-GIS user remembers it"

    Surprised that someone who can hack it through Grass' user interface finds anything else painful. :)

    (it's great for scripting though, and I admit to using QGis for a front-end during manual work)

    Thanks for the links!

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