{"id":1834397,"date":"2024-10-06T16:58:49","date_gmt":"2024-10-06T20:58:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=1834397"},"modified":"2024-10-06T16:58:51","modified_gmt":"2024-10-06T20:58:51","slug":"satellite-imagery-before-landsat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2024\/10\/satellite-imagery-before-landsat\/","title":{"rendered":"Satellite Imagery Before Landsat"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Speaking of historical satellite imagery, Bill Morris went digging<\/a> for satellite imagery of what preceded Manicouagan Reservoir<\/a> before it was created in the 1960s by Quebec\u2019s massive hydro dam projects. But since Landsat first launched in 1973, after the dam was completed, what imagery was there? Answer: CIA spy satellite imagery from 1965\u2014when satellites took pictures on film<\/em> that was then sent back to Earth\u2014that was declassified in 1996. Read more<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Speaking of historical satellite imagery, Bill Morris went digging for satellite imagery of what preceded Manicouagan Reservoir before it was created in the 1960s by Quebec\u2019s massive hydro dam projects. But since Landsat first launched… More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"autoblue_enabled":true,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[],"autoblue_post_url":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[442],"tags":[701,177,1697],"class_list":["post-1834397","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-surveying","tag-quebec","tag-satellite-imagery","tag-spy-satellites","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2349,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2016\/06\/googles-cloud-free-mosaic-gets-updated\/","url_meta":{"origin":1834397,"position":0},"title":"Google’s Cloud-Free Mosaic Gets Updated","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"28 June 2016","format":"link","excerpt":"Google's low- and medium-resolution satellite imagery has gotten a comprehensive update with new imagery\u00a0from the Landsat 8 satellite. 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