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From the August 30th GIS Monitor newsletter from Reed Business Geo, Inc.
The full article is available here: www.gismonitor.com. Update: 09/04 16:07 GMT by S : Sorry, this is a duplicate story covered three weeks ago.The U.S. Landsat program has a 35-year history of providing indispensable land-imaging data. Yet, no U.S. government agency has ever had the responsibility to plan, budget, and be accountable for the continuation of this capability. Now, to fill this gap in management and leadership and provide for long-term continuity of moderate-resolution, multi-spectral land imaging for the United States, a report by the Future of Land Imaging Interagency Working Group (FLI-IWG), A Plan For A U.S. National Land Imaging Program, recommends the establishment of a National Land Imaging Program (NLIP) led by the U.S. Department of the Interior. The establishment of the NLIP would not require Congressional action."
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Plan for a National Land Imaging Program
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