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	Meiyappan, P., and Jain, A. K. (2012), ‘Three distinct global estimates of historical land-cover change and land-use conversions for over 200 years’, Frontiers of Earth Science, 6(2), 122-139. October 1, 2012 The historical land cover maps for about 200 years describe annual historical changes in land cover and underlying land-use conversions at 0.5 °x0.5 ° resolution. Three...
	Congratulations to the Landsat Calibration Team for receiving The HOBI Scientific Achievement award from the Hydrospheric and Biospheric Sciences Branch at the Goddard Space Flight Facility September 5, 2012 The HOBI Award for Scientific Achievement was presented to the Landsat Calibration Team on August 28, 2012 at NASA Goddard
	Global Urbanization theme (AAG 2013 ) August 13, 2012 Unprecedented rates of urban change in Asia and Africa raise many questions about the urbanization of the global South, global processes, and policy agendas. A featured...
	40 Years of Landsat Satellites talk August 13, 2012 For forty years, Landsat has protected and enhanced our quality of life by tracking changes on the Earth's surface over time, creating a vast global database of land images...
	Joint Urban Remote Sensing Event - JURSE 2013 June 1, 2012 The Joint Urban Remote Sensing Event (JURSE 2013) organized by the Technical Committees of the joint workshop on 'Remote sensing and data fusion over urban areas' (URBAN)...
	NRC Questionnaire on Land Change Model Data May 7, 2012 At the request of the U.S. Geological Survey and National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the National Research Council is conducting a study to review the present...