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Posted on December 30, 2022 (Updated on July 10, 2025)

Poor Landsat 5 coverage in Google Earth Engine

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Does Google Earth use Landsat data?

The highest-resolution forest cover map of Mexico ever was created by Google Earth Engine using 53,000 Landsat scenes.

What is the difference between Google Earth Engine and Google Earth?

Google Earth allows you to see satellite imagery pixels and GEE allows you to perform sophisticated analytics on those satellite imagery pixels. Google Earth Engine (GEE) is a cloud computing platform which enables data scientists to do planetary satellite imagery analysis.
 

How do I download Landsat data from Google Earth Engine?

Quote from video: So you go to uh data sets uh on the googlers engine platform. And uh if you click here landsat collections you have landsat 8 here.

What Landsat satellite does Google Earth presently use to provide imagery in high quality and with great frequency?

Landsat 8

The satellite that Google Earth uses is called the Landsat 8. It is an earth imaging satellite launched in 2013 and still in operation. It captures images with high quality and more frequency than Landsat 7.

Is Landsat 5 Still operational?

After 29 years in space, Landsat 5 was officially decommissioned on June 5, 2013.



Landsat 5.

Mission type Earth imaging
Operator NASA / NOAA
COSPAR ID 1984-021A
SATCAT no. 14780
Spacecraft properties

How accurate is Landsat?

The nominal spacecraft altitude is 705 km. Cartographic accuracy of 12 m or better (including compensation for terrain effects) is required of Landsat 8 data products.

Is there higher resolution than Google Earth?

Zoom Earth



The best part is that you can see high-resolution aerial views of the many places in a zoomable map. I have been using Google Earth for the past many years and it seems Zoom definitely offers a better image quality.
 

Is Google Earth higher resolution than Google Maps?

Google Earth is for the explorer



Its satellite view is higher resolution and more complex than what you’ll find in Maps. Google Earth also includes a full 3D rendering of its satellite data. This way, you’ll get an understanding of topography and building sizes in the place you’re checking out.
 

Do police use Google Earth?

While the cops would have been able to find the fields strictly based on the GPS coordinates, their use of Google Earth demonstrated just one way in which law enforcement agencies across the country and around the world are using the popular mapping service, both to fight crime and to offer valuable information to the
 

Does Google Maps use Landsat?

Google Maps and Google Earths only uses Landsat imagery for its most distant views. As you zoom in, you are viewing commercial satellite imagery that Google has purchased.

What is Landsat on Google Earth?

For access to Collection 2 data, use Google Earth Engine. Landsat is an ongoing mission of Earth observation satellites developed under a joint program of the USGS and NASA. The Landsat mission provides the longest continuous space-based record of Earth’s land, dating back to 1972 and the Landsat 1 satellite.

What terrain data does Google Earth use?

Google Earth uses digital elevation model (DEM) data collected by NASA’s Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) enabling 3D view of the whole earth.

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