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- MARIPOSA IMAGE MAP
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- The Mariposa image map was prepared using three images from the
- Landsat multispectral scanner (MSS). The satellite images were:
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- Scene ID Date
- E-40467-17565 October 26, 1983
- E-40474-18025 November 2, 1983
- E-40113-18073 November 6, 1982
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- The Landsat satellites circle the earth in sun-synchronous
- polar orbits with an orbit period of approximately 97 minutes. The MSS
- sensor recorded reflectance values for the Mariposa area at about 10:30
- a.m. each time it passed 705 km above on its 16 day repeat cycle.
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- Standard image processing techniques were used to enhance the
- detail and the data were resampled to a resolution of 50 meters per
- picture element (pixel) and cast in the Universal Transverse Mercator
- (UTM) projection. It is 2294 lines by 3628 samples in size.
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- Three bands of data were used in the Mariposa image mosaic.
- Band 1 (0.50 - 0.60 um) was used to control the amount of blue in the
- composite, band 2 (0.60 - 0.70 um) to control the amount of green, and
- band 4 (0.80 - 1.1 um) to control the red. The resulting image
- simulates a false-color infrared composite as it would appear using
- these MSS channels to display on an 24-bit color monitor typically found
- on larger image processing systems. This composite was processed as a
- single image file and its respective color palette containing an optimum
- subset of 255 colors. This subset is from the thousands of colors need
- to show the original two channel composite as displayed on the 24-bit
- monitor. This optimum subset allows display of color composite images
- representing multiple MSS sensor channels on PC's having an 8-bit VGA
- graphics capability.
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- On false-color infrared mosaics, vegetation appears in various
- tones of red instead of green. The "redness" indicates vegetation
- density and type and whether growing on dry land or in a swamp (a
- mixture of reddish vegetation and dark blue surface water produce dark
- tones). Grasslands appear light red, deciduous trees and croplands
- appear red, and coniferous forests appear dark red or maroon. Desert
- areas appear white and urban areas (pavement and buildings) appear
- bluish green. Lakes, rivers, and oceans appear in various shades of
- blue, dark blue for deep water and light blue for shallow or turbid
- water. Exposed bedrock generally appears as a dark bluish-green or
- other dark tone.
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- The files in this directory for these images are:
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- MARIPOSA.RED data file for MSS band 4
- MARIPOSA.GRN data file for MSS band 3
- MARIPOSA.BLU data file for MSS band 2
- MARIPOSA.RGB data file for 3-band color composte
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- MARI_R.LBL IMDISP label file for band 4
- MARI_G.LBL IMDISP label file for band 3
- MARI_B.LBL IMDISP label file for band 2
- MARI_RGB.LBL IMDISP label file for the 3-band color
- composite
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- MARIPOSA.PAL IMDISP color palette
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- Further information on the image enhancement techniques and the
- identification of the specific images used in the mosaic may be obtained
- from the U.S. Geological Survey, EROS Data Center, Customer Services,
- Sioux Falls, SD 57198. A two-sided color map of the mosaic is available
- for a nominal fee by requesting the Mariposa experimental image map from
- the U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO 80225.
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