Earth

Earth Space Science

By dacodamarae

  • USGS

    USGS
    The USGS created it's first map in 1879, the same year it was founded by Congress for the purpose of the "classification of the public lands."

  • Plane-Table Surveying

    Plane-Table Surveying
    Despite the drawbacks, plane-table surveying remained the main method of mapping until the 1940's when a new technology arrived.

  • NASA

    NASA
    In 1972, NASA launched the first Landsat sattelite. The photograph produced from data gathered by Landsat 1 and its successors showed Earth in a way it had never been seen before.

  • NASA (EOS)

    NASA (EOS)
    In 1999, NASA launched another satellite, the Earth Observing System. Unlike Landsat, EOS does not provide high-resolution images of Earth.

  • Mapmaking and Technology

    Mapmaking and Technology
    Mapmaking is an ancient and important method of art. One of the first known maps was made on a clay tablet about 2300 B.C. in ancient Sumeria