FLORIDA GEOGRAPHIC DATA LIBRARY DOCUMENTATION
VERSION 2005
TITLE: MULTI-SPECTRAL SCANNER (MSS) SATELLITE IMAGERY - 1990's
Geodataset Name: MSS1991 Geodataset Type: Image Geodataset Feature: Image
GENERAL DESCRIPTION:
These datasets contain satellite imagery collected from the Landsat series of satellites, using the Multi-Spectral Scanner (MSS) sensor. These MSS images are made up of 60m pixels.
RESOLUTION: 60 meter
DATA SOURCE(S): U.S.G.S. EROS DATA CENTER, NORTH AMERICAN LANDSCAPE
CHARACTERIZATION PROJECT.
SCALE OF ORIGINAL SOURCE MAPS: N/A
DATE OF AUTOMATION OR SOURCE: 1991
GEODATASET EXTENT: State of Florida. Certain counties may only have 2
of the 3 dates available, due to lack of data or
extreme cloud cover for any given area. Other images
may have slivers of missing image data. These are areas
where image data was unavailable for a given year, but
enough was available to warrant inclusion.
USER NOTES:
The MSS sensor captures image data in 4 distinct portions of the electromagnetic spectrum. Three of the 4 bands are represented here (4,2,1), rendering a false color infrared image. Band 4 is near infrared, bands 2 and 1 correspond to the red and green portions of the visible spectrum. There are 3 different MSS images available, one from 1973, 1986 and 1991, plus or minus one year. Instances where images are named mss70s, mss80s, or mss90s refer to the fact that multiple images were stitched together to form an image mosaic to cover the geographic extent of any given county. Though MSS satellite imagery is of relatively poor spatial resolution by today's standards, it is still a valuable tool for general landscape identification and classification, as well as temporal studies of change detection over time. The imagery may be used to view growth, urbanization patterns and land usage over the 3 decade time span. It can also simply be used as a background image on which to overlay other datasets.
FGDL QUALITY ASSURANCE STATUS:
-Reprojected data to FGDL Albers
REFERENCES:
http://eosims.cr.usgs.gov:5725/CAMPAIGN_DOCS/nalc_proj_camp.html#9
Moik, Johannes G., 1980. Digital Processing of Remotely Sensed Images. NASA Scientific and Technical Information Branch.
Campbell, James B., 1987. Introduction to Remote Sensing. The Guilford Press.
Manual of Remote Sensing, Second Edition, 1983. American Society of Photogrammetry.
DATA LINEAGE SUMMARY:
MAP PROJECTION PARAMETERS
Projection ALBERS Units METERS Datum HPGN Spheroid GRS1980 1st standard parallel 24 0 0.000 2nd standard parallel 31 30 0.000 central meridian -84 0 0.000 latitude of projection's origin 24 0 0.000 false easting (meters) 400000.00000 false northing (meters) 0.00000
DATA SOURCES CONTACT(S):
Name: EARTH RESOURCES OBSERVATION SYSTEMS DATA CENTER
DISTRIBUTED ACTIVE ARCHIVE CENTER
Abbr.name: EDC DAAC
Address: EROS Data Center
Mundt Federal Building
Sioux Falls, SD 57198
Phone: (605) 594 6116
Fax: (605) 594 6963
Web site: http://edcwww.cr.usgs.gov/landdaac/pathfinder/pathpage.html
Email: edc@eos.nasa.gov
FGDL CONTACT:
Name: FLORIDA GEOGRAPHIC DATA LIBRARY
Abbr. Name: FGDL
Address: Florida Geographic Data Library
431 Architecture Building
PO Box 115706
Gainesville, FL 32611-5706
Web site: http://www.fgdl.org
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