FNR 66Lecture 08 2/12/2014
• GIS UPDATE!• QUIZ 1 (50 pts)• Discussion led by Todd Becker:• Improved Floodplain Delineation Method Using
High-Density LiDAR Data (Deshpande, 2012)• Complete Lab 3
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=83099&src=fb
The map above—one of the first views of the United States from Landsat 8—is an example of how scientists are testing Landsat 8 data. David Roy, a co-leader of the USGS-NASA Landsat science team and researcher at South Dakota State University, made the map with observations taken during August 2013 by the satellite’s Operational Land Imager.
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