Landsat 4-9 Tiling Grid Path/Row World Reference System (WRS-2) (USGS)

This dataset shows the tiling grid and their Row and Path IDs for Landsat 4 - 9 satellite imagery. The IDs are useful for selecting imagery of an area of interest. Landsat 4 - 9 are a series of Earth observation satellites, part of the US Landsat program aimed at monitoring Earth's land surfaces since 1982.


The Worldwide Reference System (WRS) is a global notation system used for cataloging and indexing Landsat imagery. It employs a grid-based system consisting of path and row numbers, where the path indicates the longitude and the row indicates the latitude, allowing users to easily locate and identify specific scenes covering a particular area on Earth.


Landsat satellites 4,5,7, 8, and 9 follow WRS-2 which this dataset describes.


This dataset corresponds to the descending Path Row identifiers as these correspond to day time scenes.


eAtlas Notes:

It should be noted that the extent boundaries of the scene polygons in this dataset are only indicative of the imagery extent. For Landsat 5 images the individual images move around by about 10 km and the shape of the Landsat 8 and 9 images do not match the shape of the WRS-2 polygons. The angle of the top and bottom edges are at a different angle to the imagery, where the imagery is more square in shape. The left and right edges of the polygons are also smaller than the imagery. As a result of this, this dataset is probably not suitable as a clipping mask for the imagery for these satellites.


This dataset is suitable for determining the approximate extent of the imagery and the associated Row and Path IDs for a given scene.


Why is this dataset in the eAtlas?:

Landsat imagery is very useful for the studying and mapping of reef systems. Selecting imagery for study often requires knowing the Path and Row numbers for the area of interest. This dataset is intended as a reference layer. This metadata is included to link to from the associated mapping layer. The eAtlas is not the custodian of this dataset and copies of the data should be obtained from the original sources. The eAtlas does however keep a cached version of the dataset from the time this dataset was setup to make available should the original dataset no longer become available.


eAtlas Processing:

The original data was sourced from USGS (See links). No modifications to the underlying data were performed.


Location of the data:

This dataset is filed in the eAtlas enduring data repository at: data\\non-custodian\2020-2024\World_USGS_Landsat-WRS-2

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Identification info

Date (Creation)
2019-02-27
Cited responsible party
Role Organisation Name Telephone Delivery point City Administrative area Postal code Country Electronic mail address
Principal investigator Landsat Missions Voice
Status
Completed
Point of contact
Role Organisation Name Telephone Delivery point City Administrative area Postal code Country Electronic mail address
Point of contact Voice
Spatial representation type
Vector
Topic category
  • Imagery base maps earth cover

Extent

Extent

Description
World
N
S
E
W


Temporal extent

Time period
1982-07-16 2036-01-01
Maintenance and update frequency
As needed
Keywords (Theme)
  • Landsat
Keywords (Place)
  • World

Resource constraints

Linkage
http://i.creativecommons.org/p/zero/1.0/88x31.png

License Graphic

Title
Public Domain
Website
https://www.usgs.gov/information-policies-and-instructions/acknowledging-or-crediting-usgs

Language
English
Character encoding
UTF8

Distribution Information

Distributor

Distributor contact
Role Organisation Name Telephone Delivery point City Administrative area Postal code Country Electronic mail address
Publisher Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) eAtlas Data Manager Voice PRIVATE MAIL BAG 3, TOWNSVILLE MAIL CENTRE Townsville Queensland 4810 Australia e-atlas@aims.gov.au
OnLine resource
Download a copy

Source Data - Landsat Shapefiles and KML Files (USGS)

OnLine resource
Website about the resource

Landsat 8 image for Australia - GA Landsat 8 OLI/TIRS Analysis Ready Data Collection 3

OnLine resource
Interactive map of this dataset

Resource lineage

Hierarchy level
Dataset

Reference System Information

Reference system identifier
WGS 1984

Metadata constraints

Linkage
https://i.creativecommons.org/l/by/4.0/88x31.png

License Graphic

Title
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
Alternate title
CC-BY
Edition
4.0
Website
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

License Text

Metadata

Metadata identifier
urn:uuid/a0e1039e-69f0-4f2c-9f70-ff6d190a9bb9

Language
English
Character encoding
anyValidURI
Contact
Role Organisation Name Telephone Delivery point City Administrative area Postal code Country Electronic mail address
Point of contact Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) eAtlas Data Manager Voice PRIVATE MAIL BAG 3, TOWNSVILLE MAIL CENTRE Townsville Queensland 4810 Australia e-atlas@aims.gov.au

Type of resource

Resource scope
Dataset
Metadata linkage
https://eatlas.org.au/data/uuid/a0e1039e-69f0-4f2c-9f70-ff6d190a9bb9

Date info (Creation)
2022-11-09T05:28:21
Date info (Revision)
2023-03-20T08:33:00

Metadata standard

Title
ISO 19115-3.2018
 
 

Overviews

Preview map of Landsat WRS-2 showing the Path Row IDs of scenes over northern Australia
Landsat WRS-2 with a Landsat 5 image underlay

Spatial extent

N
S
E
W


Keywords

Landsat

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