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Remote Sensing Links – Geologynet (Link-Corrected Edition)


Remote Sensing Links – Geologynet

Source: geologynet.com  | 
Original PDF converted and link-corrected, May 2026.

Correction Legend

? OK Verified active  
? Fixed URL repaired / updated  
? Dead Page gone; best alternative noted

Landsat and Satellite Data by Country

ACRES – Geoscience Australia Earth Observation
? Fixed

Australian Remote Sensing Data
Original URL ga.gov.au/remote-sensing/ — still resolves partially but the current Earth Observation hub is at ga.gov.au/scientific-topics/earth-obs. ACRES (Australian Centre for Remote Sensing) is now fully integrated into Geoscience Australia.
INPE – Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais
? OK

National Institute for Space Research — Remote Sensing Data, Brazil
UK Space Agency (formerly BNSC)
? Fixed

Remote Sensing and Earth Observation for the UK
Original: bnsc.gov.uk — The British National Space Centre (BNSC) was dissolved on 1 April 2010 and replaced by the UK Space Agency. Also see EO Portal UK for Earth observation data specifically.
Canada Centre for Remote Sensing (CCRS) – Natural Resources Canada
? Fixed

Remote Sensing Data for Canada
Original: ccrs.nrcan.gc.ca — CCRS has been integrated into Natural Resources Canada (NRCan). The current remote sensing page is at the NRCan URL above.
RADI / RSGS – Aerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences
? Fixed

China Remote Sensing Data
Original: rsgs.ac.cn — RSGS (Remote Sensing Ground Station) is now part of RADI (Institute of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth), which merged into AIRCAS (Aerospace Information Research Institute). Current URL: radi.ac.cn
CSRSR – Center for Space and Remote Sensing Research, NCU Taiwan
? OK

China (Taipei) Remote Sensing Data
ESA Earth Online (ESRIN)
? OK

European Space Agency Remote Sensing Data
? Dead Novosat – Finland Remote Sensing

Original: novosat.com — domain no longer active. Novosat Ltd was a Finnish company formed in 1999 when the National Land Survey of Finland privatised its Satellite Image Centre. The company has since been dissolved.
Suggested replacement for Finnish remote sensing data:
NSDC – Finnish Meteorological Institute National Satellite Data Centre
or National Land Survey of Finland – Satellite Remote Sensing
ISRO – Indian Space Research Organisation
? Fixed

Indian Remote Sensing Data
Original: isro.org — now isro.gov.in (government domain). The original URL may still redirect but gov.in is the authoritative address.
DFD – DLR German Remote Sensing Data Centre
? Fixed

German Remote Sensing Data
Original: dlr.de — still active but links to the entire DLR agency. DFD (Deutsches Fernerkundungsdatenzentrum) is the specific remote sensing division; the updated link goes directly to their Earth Observation department.
JAXA EORC – Earth Observation Research Center (formerly NASDA)
? Fixed

Japanese Remote Sensing Data
Original: nasda.go.jp — NASDA (National Space Development Agency of Japan) merged with ISAS and NAL in October 2003 to form JAXA. The current URL for Earth observation/remote sensing is eorc.jaxa.jp. Main JAXA site: global.jaxa.jp
CRISP – Centre for Remote Imaging, Sensing and Processing, NUS Singapore
? OK

Singapore Remote Sensing Data
Swedish National Space Agency (Rymdstyrelsen)
? Fixed

Sweden Remote Sensing Data
Original: satellus.se — Satellus AB was a Swedish company providing satellite data; it has been defunct for many years. Sweden’s remote sensing activities are now coordinated by the Swedish National Space Agency (SNSA) at rymdstyrelsen.se, and by SSC Space (Swedish Space Corporation) for ground station operations.
Teledet – Uruguay Remote Sensing
? OK

Uruguay Remote Sensing Data
Earth Observing System – NASA EOS
? OK

Current Landsat status, US NASA site and Landsat data
EROS Data Center – USGS
? OK

Satellite Imagery for the USA
SPOT Images – Airbus Defence and Space
? Fixed

SPOT Satellite Imagery, Worldwide
Original: spot.com — Spot Image was acquired by Astrium (now Airbus Defence and Space). The domain spot.com no longer belongs to the satellite company. Current URL via Airbus: space-solutions.airbus.com

Other Data and Information, Including Mapping

? Dead Aster Images (asterimages.5u.com)

Original: asterimages.5u.com — dead link. The 5u.com free hosting platform is gone.
Suggested replacement: NASA/JPL ASTER Science Team or NASA LP DAAC ASTER Data
ASD / Malvern Panalytical – Field Portable Spectroradiometers
? Fixed

Analytical Spectral Devices — Field Portable Spectroradiometers
Original: asdi.com — ASD Inc. (Analytical Spectral Devices) was acquired by Malvern Panalytical (formerly PANalytical). The ASD product range continues under Malvern Panalytical at the URL above.
AVIRIS – JPL Hyperspectral Imager
? OK

NASA JPL Airborne Visible/Infrared Imaging Spectrometer
? Dead California Geographic Survey (geogdata.csun.edu)

Original: geogdata.csun.edu — no longer active. CSUN restructured its geography department pages.
Suggested replacement: California Geological Survey or California Open Data Portal
Canada Natural Resources
? OK

Natural Resources Canada — Data for Canada
? Dead Cornell University Geoscience Information System (atlas.geo.cornell.edu)

Original: atlas.geo.cornell.edu — no longer active. Cornell’s atlas server was decommissioned (also noted in Geology Links corrections).
Suggested replacement: Cornell Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
? Dead CSIRO Remote Sensing Centre (cmis.csiro.au/rsm/)

Original: cmis.csiro.au/rsm/ — no longer active. CSIRO CMIS (Mathematical and Information Sciences) division was restructured.
Suggested replacement: CSIRO Remote Sensing Research
Digital Geological Mapping – USGS 2000 Symposium
? Fixed

Digital Geological Mapping Technologies — USGS 2000 Symposium on Digital Mapping Techniques
Original: pubs.usgs.gov/openle/of00-325/contents.html (broken path — “openle” typo) ? corrected to pubs.usgs.gov/of/2000/of00-325/
Digital Tectonic Activity Map – NASA GSFC
? OK

Global Map Showing Current Tectonic Activity
Digital Terrain Modelling and Mapping
? OK

Introduction to DEMs (Digital Elevation Models)
LP DAAC – Land Processes Distributed Active Archive Center (formerly EDCDAAC)
? Fixed

Data distribution for AVHRR, GTOPO30, ASTER, Terra, Global Land Cover Characterisation and SIR-C data
Original: edcdaac.usgs.gov — the EROS Data Center DAAC (EDCDAAC) has been renamed and restructured as the Land Processes DAAC (LP DAAC) at lpdaac.usgs.gov
EOS Volcanoes – Remote Sensing for Studying Volcanoes
? OK

University of Hawaii
? Dead ESRI World Thematic Data Online (data.esri.com)

Original: data.esri.com/data/index.html — no longer active. ESRI moved its data portal.
Suggested replacement: ArcGIS Living Atlas of the World or ArcGIS Hub
CNES – Centre National d’Études Spatiales (France Space Centre)
? Fixed

SPOT and Other Earth Observation Satellites
Original: cnes.fr — still resolves but the English version is cnes.fr/en/
? Dead Geomorphology From Space (geoinfo.amu.edu.pl)

Original: geoinfo.amu.edu.pl/wpk/geos/GEO_HOME_PAGE.html — no longer active. The Adam Mickiewicz University server hosting this NASA resource is gone.
The original NASA publication “Geomorphology from Space” (Short & Blair, 1986) is now available at: NASA GSFC – Geomorphology from Space
Geodetic Datums – Introduction
? OK

Peter H. Dana, University of Colorado
? Dead Geoscientic.net (geoscientic.net)

Original: geoscientic.net — domain no longer active.
GA Mapping – Geoscience Australia
? Fixed

Geoscience Australia Mapping
Original: ga.gov.au — now specifically at ga.gov.au/data-pubs/maps for mapping products
? Dead GIS Data Depot (gisdatadepot.com)

Original: gisdatadepot.com — domain no longer active.
Suggested replacement: TIGER/Line Files (US Census Bureau) or Natural Earth Data
? Dead GISDevelopment.net – Mineral Exploration Papers

Original: gisdevelopment.net/application/geology/mineral/index.htm — no longer active.
Suggested replacement: ISPRS Journals or search Google Scholar for GIS geology papers
? Dead GISDevelopment.net – Geomorphology Papers

Original: gisdevelopment.net/application/geology/geomorphology/index.htm — no longer active.
The GLOBE Project – Global DEM Data at 1km Resolution
? OK

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
Imaging Spectroscopy – USGS Spectroscopy Lab
? OK

USGS Imaging Spectroscopy Lab for Geological Mapping
Introduction to the Global Positioning System
? OK

Peter H. Dana, University of Colorado
Introduction to Remote Sensing – Michigan Tech University
? OK

David Schneider at MTU
Introduction to Remote Sensing and Aerial Photography
? OK

University of Colorado
Landsat – USGS Landsat Missions
? OK
Mapping Software – Geologynet
? OK

Freeware and Shareware Mapping Software
Maxar Technologies (formerly MDA Corporation)
? Fixed

Worldwide Remote Sensing Data
Original: gs.mdacorporation.com — MDA Corporation’s geospatial division became DigitalGlobe, which merged with MacDonald Dettwiler to form Maxar Technologies. The current worldwide remote sensing data provider is Maxar at maxar.com
NASA Gallery – Space and Planetary Images
? Fixed

Central location for NASA’s space and planetary images plus image resources
Original: nasa.gov/multimedia/index.html ? now nasa.gov/multimedia/
Nearmap – Photomap GIS
? OK
NGDC Geological Databases – NOAA
? OK

National Geophysical Data Center Geological Databases — Geochemical, Lithological, Mineralogical and Paleontological Data of Ocean Floor Rocks
? Dead Orthocoverage (orthocoverage.com)

Original: orthocoverage.com — domain no longer active.
Suggested replacement for ASTER geospatial datasets: NASA LP DAAC – ASTER Data Products
SRTM Global DEM Project – NASA JPL
? Fixed

NASA Global DEM at 30m and 90m Resolution (Shuttle Radar Topography Mission)
Original: jpl.nasa.gov/srtm/ — now at www2.jpl.nasa.gov/srtm/. SRTM data is also available via SRTM 30m downloader and the USGS EarthExplorer.
Standard for Geological Map Symbols – USGS OF95-526
? OK
? Dead Remote Sensing Core Curriculum (r-s-c-c.org)

Original: r-s-c-c.org — domain no longer active. The UMBC (University of Maryland Baltimore County) RSCC course site has been retired.
Suggested replacement: Natural Resources Canada – Fundamentals of Remote Sensing Tutorial
The Remote Sensing Tutorial – NASA
? OK

NASA Introduction to Remote Sensing
A Tapestry of Time – USGS Digital Map of the USA
? OK

USGS Detailed Digital Geologic Map of the USA
? Dead Terra Server (terraserver.com)

Original: terraserver.com — no longer active. TerraServer was a Microsoft project hosting USGS aerial imagery; it was sold and eventually shut down around 2013.
Suggested replacement: USGS EarthExplorer or ArcGIS Living Atlas
USGS National Geological Map Database
? OK

Online Geological Maps of the USA
? Dead USGS GeoData / USGS Geological Mapping Symbols OF99-430 (edcwww.cr.usgs.gov)

Original: edcwww.cr.usgs.gov/doc/edchome/ndcdb/ndcdb.html — no longer active. The old EDC (EROS Data Center) server edcwww.cr.usgs.gov has been retired.
Suggested replacements:

Summary of All Corrections

# Entry Original URL / Problem Correction
1 ACRES – Australia ga.gov.au/remote-sensing/ (stale path) ga.gov.au/scientific-topics/earth-obs
2 BNSC – UK bnsc.gov.uk — agency dissolved April 2010 gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-space-agency
3 CCRS – Canada ccrs.nrcan.gc.ca — integrated into NRCan natural-resources.canada.ca/earth-sciences/remote-sensing
4 RSGS – China rsgs.ac.cn — now RADI/AIRCAS radi.ac.cn
5 Novosat – Finland novosat.com — company dissolved nsdc.fmi.fi (Finnish Meteorological Institute NSDC)
6 ISRO – India isro.org isro.gov.in (official .gov.in domain)
7 DFD – Germany dlr.de (agency root only) dlr.de/en/…/remote-sensing-and-geodesy (specific division)
8 NASDA – Japan nasda.go.jp — agency dissolved October 2003 eorc.jaxa.jp (JAXA Earth Observation Research Centre)
9 Satellus – Sweden satellus.se — company defunct rymdstyrelsen.se/en/ (Swedish National Space Agency)
10 SPOT Images spot.com — domain no longer belongs to Airbus/SPOT space-solutions.airbus.com/imagery/…/spot/
11 Aster Images asterimages.5u.com — free hosting platform gone lpdaac.usgs.gov/products/ast_l1t/ suggested
12 Analytical Spectral Devices (ASD) asdi.com — acquired by Malvern Panalytical malvernpanalytical.com/…/asd-range
13 California Geographic Survey (CSUN) geogdata.csun.edu — dead Noted as dead; data.ca.gov suggested
14 Cornell Geoscience Information System atlas.geo.cornell.edu — decommissioned geosciences.cornell.edu suggested
15 CSIRO Remote Sensing Centre cmis.csiro.au/rsm/ — restructured csiro.au/en/research/natural-environment/land/remote-sensing
16 Digital Geological Mapping – USGS pubs.usgs.gov/openle/of00-325/ (typo: “openle”) pubs.usgs.gov/of/2000/of00-325/
17 EDCDAAC edcdaac.usgs.gov — renamed LP DAAC lpdaac.usgs.gov
18 ESRI World Thematic Data data.esri.com — dead arcgis.com/home/gallery.html (ArcGIS Living Atlas)
19 France Space Centre CNES cnes.fr (French only root) cnes.fr/en/ (English version)
20 Geomorphology From Space geoinfo.amu.edu.pl/wpk/geos/ — dead disc.gsfc.nasa.gov/geomorphology/ (NASA GSFC)
21 Geoscientic.net geoscientic.net — domain gone Noted as dead
22 GIS Data Depot gisdatadepot.com — dead naturalearthdata.com suggested
23 GISDevelopment.net (both pages) gisdevelopment.net/… — dead Noted as dead; ISPRS journals suggested
24 MDA Corporation gs.mdacorporation.com — now Maxar Technologies maxar.com
25 NASA Gallery nasa.gov/multimedia/index.html (stale path) nasa.gov/multimedia/
26 Orthocoverage orthocoverage.com — dead lpdaac.usgs.gov/products/ast_l1t/ suggested
27 SRTM Global DEM jpl.nasa.gov/srtm/ (stale path) www2.jpl.nasa.gov/srtm/
28 Remote Sensing Core Curriculum r-s-c-c.org — dead NRCan Fundamentals of Remote Sensing Tutorial suggested
29 Terra Server terraserver.com — shut down ~2013 earthexplorer.usgs.gov suggested
30 USGS GeoData / OF99-430 (edcwww) edcwww.cr.usgs.gov — old EDC server retired pubs.usgs.gov/of/1999/of99-430/ for OF99-430; earthexplorer.usgs.gov for DEM data

Link-corrected edition prepared May 2026. Original content © Geologynet / Rob Kanen.
30 corrections identified — 4 defunct space agencies (BNSC?UKSA, NASDA?JAXA, CCRS?NRCan, RSGS?RADI/AIRCAS), 2 defunct companies (Novosat, Satellus), 3 dead commercial sites (ASD/Malvern, MDA/Maxar, Spot.com/Airbus), 1 typo in USGS URL (openle), and various dead hosting/government platforms.