Welcome to the Landsat Advisory Process Questionnaire

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(The information from this questionnaire will be used in Landsat Program related activities only)
Name:
Organization/Affiliation:
Type of Organization:
Position/Title:
Mailing address:
City:
State/Country:
Zip code:
Telephone number:
Email:

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----->>> To proceed on to PART 2 of the questionnaire please CLICK HERE

Landsat Advisory Process Questionnaire: Part 2

Please enter or select responses to the following questions:

1. What are the primary interests of the organization you represent ? (check all that apply):
Hardware development
Software development
Education and training
Global change studies
Resource assessment and management
Remote sensing science
Other (specify)
2. Have you used land remote sensing data in the last five years?
If "yes", please indicate the data sources (check all that apply):
ADEOS
Aerial photography
Airborne scanner
AVHRR
ERS
IRS
JERS
KVR
Landsat MSS
Landsat TM
MOMS
Radarsat
SPOT
3. Is it likely you will use land remote sensing data in the next five years?
If "yes", what data sources are you considering (check all that apply):
ADEOS
Aerial photography
Airborne scanner
ASTER
AVHRR
CBERS
Clark
EarthWatch
IRS
Landsat TM
Landsat ETM+
Lewis
MISR
MODIS
Radarsat
Resource21
Space Imaging
SPOT
Other (specify)
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Landsat Advisory Process Questionnaire: Part 3

Please enter or select responses to the following questions:

4. What will be the critical factors in your selection of land remote sensing data in the next five years? (check all that apply):
Ground resolution
Spectral resolution
Revisit interval
Data type
Data delivery time
Other (specify)
5. What area/regions of the earth are of interest to you for land remote sensing? (check all that apply):
Conterminous USA
Alaska
Hawaii
Canada
Central America
South America
Scandinavia
Western Europe
Eastern Europe other than Russia
Southern Europe and Mediterranean Coast
Russia and UIR
Southwestern Asia
Arabian Peninsula
South Asia and India
East Asia and Japan
Southeast Asia
Australia and Pacific
Northern Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa
Arctic and Antarctic
Global
Equatorial
Mid latitudes
6. In which of the fields listed do you now use or plan to use Landsat type data (check all that apply):
Agriculture
Cartography
Coastal studies
Cold regions research
Construction
Engineering
Environmental monitoring
Forestry
Geology
Global change studies
Hydrology
Land cover change
Land use change
Ocean studies
Transportation
Vegetation analysis
Wetlands
Wildlife studies
Other (specify)
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Landsat Advisory Process Questionnaire: Part 4

Please enter or select responses to the following questions:

7. How important is Landsat data (TM or ETM+) to the completion of your objectives?
Essential
Very important
Moderately important
Marginal
Don't know
8. What factors discourage your current use of LANDSAT data? (check all that apply):
Ground resolution too coarse
Ground resolution too fine
Spectral resolution
Revisit interval
Data cost
Data processing requirements
Data distribution rate
Can't obtain data for area of interest
Other (specify)
9. Please indicate the importance to you of the following characteristics of the ETM+ system (1 = essential; 2 = important; 3 = nice to have; 4 = not important; 5 = don't know)
1 2 3 4 5 - 185 Km swath
1 2 3 4 5 - 15m pan band
1 2 3 4 5 - 30m multispectral bands in VNIR, SWIR.
1 2 3 4 5 - Absolute radiometric calibration to 5%
1 2 3 4 5 - Thermal infrared band
Other essential capabilities:
10. If you were designing a follow-on system to Landsat 7 that would address your requirements, how would you assess the following system (space and ground) capabilities? (1 = essential; 2 = important; 3 = nice to have; 4 = don't need it; 5 = don't know)
1 2 3 4 5 - 185 Km swath
1 2 3 4 5 - Less than 16 day revisit interval
1 2 3 4 5 - 5% absolute radiometric calibration
1 2 3 4 5 - All weather capability, i.e. radar
1 2 3 4 5 - Thermal infrared sensing
1 2 3 4 5 - Hyperspectral capability in VNIR and SWIR
1 2 3 4 5 - Direct reception of data from satellite
1 2 3 4 5 - Electronic transmission of image data from archive to user
1 2 3 4 5 - "Precision correction" of data as standard product.
1 2 3 4 5 - Full color browse files
Other essential capabilities:
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Landsat Advisory Process Questionnaire: Part 5

Please enter or select responses to the following questions:

11. How many scenes of Landsat 7 ETM+ data do you expect to acquire from the US ground station (EROS Data Center) per year?
0-1
2-5
6-15
16-50
More than 50; please enter approximate number:
12. ETM+ data from the US ground station will be distributed to users on request as a Level 0 or Level 1 raw data product. Are you familiar with the characteristics of those products?
If "yes," what product level will you request with your ETM+ scene order(s)?
All as Level 0
All as Level 1
Some of each, but more Level 0
Some of each, but more Level 1
Don't know
13. On what type(s) of media would you prefer to receive ETM+ data?
Hard copy
Electronic file transfer
Magnetic tape (9 track)
CD-ROM
Tape cartridge, e.g. 8mm
Other (specify)
14. In the last 6 months, have you used any commercial or public on-line service to search for and/or browse Landsat data?

If "yes", which one(s):?

Did the service(s) meet your needs?

If "no", please describe the problem(s) encountered:
15. How did you learn about this questionnaire?
Came across it while "surfing" the Internet.
Heard about it from a colleague, instructor or supervisor
Read about it in a government publication
Read about it in a professional journal or other non-government publication
Heard about it at a meeting or conference
Read about it through on-line newsgroup

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(Last revised: Wednesday, June 26, 1997)