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Re: Corona satellite imagery
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"Angie Cope, American Geographical Society Library, UW Milwaukee" <[log in to unmask]>
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Maps, Air Photo, GIS Forum - Map Librarianship
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Thu, 28 Feb 2013 11:07:17 -0600
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-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: Corona satellite imagery
Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2013 09:06:41 -0800
From: Jon Jablonski <[log in to unmask]>
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To: Maps, Air Photo, GIS Forum - Map Librarianship <[log in to unmask]>

Thanks Wangyal.  There is actually very little there to download.  If a
library has paid $30 for a print or scan of this Public Domain data, I
would like to make a copy for public dissemination.


--
Jon Jablonski
Map & Imagery Laboratory
Davidson Library
UC Santa Barbara
805-893-4049                     library.ucsb.edu/mil

On 2/28/2013 5:52 AM, Angie Cope, American Geographical Society Library,
UW Milwaukee wrote:
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: RE: Corona satellite imagery
> Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2013 13:46:41 +0000
> From: Tsering W. Shawa <[log in to unmask]>
> To: Maps, Air Photo, GIS Forum - Map Librarianship
> <[log in to unmask]>
>
> Jon,
>
> Here is one site (http://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/) that will allow you to
> search for a Corona satellite image. Once you are at USGS EarthExplorer
> site you should select Declassified Data under Data Sets tab. Some of
> images you can download for free of cost others you need to pay. I
> remember buying an image for my own research few years ago, it cost $30.00.
>
> Thanks,
> -Wangyal
> Tsering Wangyal Shawa
> Geographic Information Systems and Map Librarian
> Head, Map and Geospatial Information Center
> Peter B. Lewis Library
> Room 226, Princeton University
> Princeton, NJ 08544
> Phone: (609) 258-6804
> Fax: (609) 258-4607
> www.princeton.edu/~geolib/gis
>
>
> ________________________________________
> From: Maps, Air Photo, GIS Forum - Map Librarianship
> [[log in to unmask]] on behalf of Angie Cope, American Geographical
> Society Library,              UW Milwaukee [[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2013 8:30 AM
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> Subject: Corona satellite imagery
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Corona satellite imagery
> Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2013 17:26:59 -0800
> From: Jon Jablonski <[log in to unmask]>
> Reply-To: [log in to unmask]
> To: Maps, Air Photo, GIS Forum - Map Librarianship
> <[log in to unmask]>
>
>
> Does anyone have imagery from the Corona satellites?
>
> This is still a fee-based scan from the USGS, but I imagine someone in
> libraryland paid for some of this since the information became
> declassified in the 1990s.  I have a user specifically looking for
> flight KH-4B.
>
> --
> Jon Jablonski
> Map & Imagery Laboratory
> Davidson Library
> UC Santa Barbara
> 805-893-4049                     library.ucsb.edu/mil

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