Sunday 28 February 2016

DOWNLOAD DIGITAL WORLD SOIL MAP

DOWNLOAD NIGERIA LOCAL GOVERNMENT VECTOR DATASET (SHAPEFILE)

 
You can download nigeria boundaries' s shapefile/Vector dataset  for states and local  government of interest
  Download Here: Download link
Drop youe  comment as we promise to help you  in G I S

Band Designation For Landsat



Band Designations for the Landsat Satellites

Landsat Multispectral Scanner (MSS) images consist of four spectral bands with 60 meter spatial resolution. Approximate scene size is 170 km north-south by 185 km east-west (106 mi by 115 mi). Specific band designations differ from Landsat 1-3 to Landsat 4-5.


Multispectral Scanner (MSS)

Landsat
1-3

Landsat
4-5

Wavelength
(micrometers)

Resolution
(meters)

Band 4

Band 1

0.5-0.6

60

Band 5

Band 2

0.6-0.7

60

Band 6

Band 3

0.7-0.8

60

Band 7

Band 4

0.8-1.1

60

* Original MSS pixel size was 79 x 57 meters; production systems now resample the data to
60 meters.

HOW TO DOWNLOAD SATELLITE OR ELEVATION IMAGE

How to download Landsat Image.
Click  http://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/



USGS data were arranged in Path and Row,  to avoid confusion for beginners you can search by place for example notable city, country (e. g Akure, Nigeria), then click on SHOW, note if you have the path and row of the specified data you don’t need to search by place, just click on the path/Row icon and click show.
    After the display of the coordinates (lon 05 47, lat 06 35 E) click on DATASET tab , then list of satellite Dataset will be displayed from

    From these you can choose your required data, if it is Landsat image, you click on landsat archive drop down list, check the box OF Data you need, if it is Elevation data, check on Elevation drop downlist, etc  
  
Click RESULT tab. List of Data will be displayed

Click on GEOTIFF
Watch video here: https://youtu.be/EI68vJ58mLM