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MARIPOSA IMAGE MAP
The Mariposa image map was prepared using three images from the
Landsat multispectral scanner (MSS). The satellite images were:
Scene ID Date
E-40467-17565 October 26, 1983
E-40474-18025 November 2, 1983
E-40113-18073 November 6, 1982
The Landsat satellites circle the earth in sun-synchronous
polar orbits with an orbit period of approximately 97 minutes. The MSS
sensor recorded reflectance values for the Mariposa area at about 10:30
a.m. each time it passed 705 km above on its 16 day repeat cycle.
Standard image processing techniques were used to enhance the
detail and the data were resampled to a resolution of 50 meters per
picture element (pixel) and cast in the Universal Transverse Mercator
(UTM) projection. It is 2294 lines by 3628 samples in size.
Three bands of data were used in the Mariposa image mosaic.
Band 1 (0.50 - 0.60 um) was used to control the amount of blue in the
composite, band 2 (0.60 - 0.70 um) to control the amount of green, and
band 4 (0.80 - 1.1 um) to control the red. The resulting image
simulates a false-color infrared composite as it would appear using
these MSS channels to display on an 24-bit color monitor typically found
on larger image processing systems. This composite was processed as a
single image file and its respective color palette containing an optimum
subset of 255 colors. This subset is from the thousands of colors need
to show the original two channel composite as displayed on the 24-bit
monitor. This optimum subset allows display of color composite images
representing multiple MSS sensor channels on PC's having an 8-bit VGA
graphics capability.
On false-color infrared mosaics, vegetation appears in various
tones of red instead of green. The "redness" indicates vegetation
density and type and whether growing on dry land or in a swamp (a
mixture of reddish vegetation and dark blue surface water produce dark
tones). Grasslands appear light red, deciduous trees and croplands
appear red, and coniferous forests appear dark red or maroon. Desert
areas appear white and urban areas (pavement and buildings) appear
bluish green. Lakes, rivers, and oceans appear in various shades of
blue, dark blue for deep water and light blue for shallow or turbid
water. Exposed bedrock generally appears as a dark bluish-green or
other dark tone.
The files in this directory for these images are:
MARIPOSA.RED data file for MSS band 4
MARIPOSA.GRN data file for MSS band 3
MARIPOSA.BLU data file for MSS band 2
MARIPOSA.RGB data file for 3-band color composte
MARI_R.LBL IMDISP label file for band 4
MARI_G.LBL IMDISP label file for band 3
MARI_B.LBL IMDISP label file for band 2
MARI_RGB.LBL IMDISP label file for the 3-band color
composite
MARIPOSA.PAL IMDISP color palette
Further information on the image enhancement techniques and the
identification of the specific images used in the mosaic may be obtained
from the U.S. Geological Survey, EROS Data Center, Customer Services,
Sioux Falls, SD 57198. A two-sided color map of the mosaic is available
for a nominal fee by requesting the Mariposa experimental image map from
the U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO 80225.