Englishversionoflandsatellitecourseware•IntroductiontoLandSatellites•LandSatelliteSystem•Landsatelliteimageprocessing•TheApplicationofLandSatelliteImagesinGeographicInformationSystems•Limitationsandimprovementmethodsoflandsatelliteimage01IntroductiontoLandSatellitesDefinitionofLandSatellite•Landsatellite:asatellitelaunchedtoorbittheEarththatisusedtocollectinformationabouttheEarth'ssurfaceandatmosphereItprovidesremotesensingdataforscientificresearch,environmentalmonitoring,naturalresourcemanagement,andotherapplicationsTheHistoryandDevelopmentofLandSatellites•Thefirstlandsatellite,Explorer1,waslaunchedbytheUnitedStatesin1958Sincethen,landsatelliteshavebeencontinuouslylaunchedandupdated,evolvingfromfilmbasedimagingtodigitalimagingandfromlowresolutiontohighresolutionimagingApplicationfiel