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Landsat 7 ETM+ image of Scranton, PA
A map of the Scranton area with what the satellite image covers in the green box.
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This image was taken by the Landsat 7 Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus (ETM+) satellite. It was acquired on July 28, 1999. The metadata for the image can be seen by clicking on this link: metadata. WRS stands for Worldwide Reference System. It is the coordinate system used by Landsat 7 in order for it to take its images. The Path, of which there are 233, refers to longitude, and the Row, of which there are 248, refers to latitude. The Path of this image is 15, and the Row is 31. The area covered by the image is outlined in the green box of the map above. The image is of Scranton, PA, and the surrounding areas. The location of Scranton is denoted by the yellow dot on the map. The urban areas are the brown colors in the image. The Scranton and Wilkes-Barre area is the area of brown in the southeast quadrant that juts out of the Susquehanna River like a knife. Wilkes-Barre is located on the river, and Scranton is located near the tip of the brown area. The brown/urban area in the central-north is Binghamton, NY. The Susquehanna River is the main feature in this image that covers northeastern PA and southern upstate NY. I thought that the image would have Scranton at its central point, but that is not the case. The image is so large that it does not show the Lackawanna River, which branches off of the Susquehanna and runs through the brown area into Scranton. The blue shapes in the upper left corner are two of the Finger Lakes. The cost, to the general public, of a Level or Raw Uncorrected Single Scene is $475.00 for a Compact Disc, a DVD, or an Electronic File Transfer. For multiple scenes, the cost is $475.00 plus $200.00 for each additional scene. There is also a $5.00 handling fee for any shipment. Finally, the difference between actual Landsat data and my browse image is going to be in detail and quality. An real satellite photo should be very detailed and clear. I would bet that an actual image would show the Lackawanna River in it, unlike my browse image.