United States Department of the Interior
U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia 22092
Technical Announcement
National Mapping Division
U.S. Geological Survey
Intelligence Satellite Photos Released
- Donna Scholz (605) 594-6092
More than 300,000 satellite photographs collected by the U.S. intelligence community between 1960 and 1972 are now available from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). You can use the Internet to browse the entire collection on the World Wide Web (URL: http://edcwww.cr.usgs.gov/dclass/dclass.html), or stop by a USGS Earth Science Information Center to get a first-hand view.
This collection adds more than a decade worth of records to the Landsat collection that has been available for civilian use since July 1972. Declassification of these photo reconnaissance missions was authorized by an Executive Order, signed by President Clinton on February 23, 1995. The entire collection of more than 800,000 declassified photos is slated to incrementally reach USGS archives by the end of the summer of 1996.
An online catalog and image browse capability for the photo collection are accessible, at no charge, on the Internet through the U.S. Geological Survey's Global Land Information System (GLIS). For more information about Declassified Intelligence Satellite Photographs (DISP) and how to use the online GLIS catalog for data searching, refer to the World Wide Web DISP user guide at: URL: http://edcwww.cr.usgs.gov/glis/hyper/guide/disp.
For information on ordering Declassified Intelligence Satellite Photographs, contact any Earth Science Information Center or call 1-800-USA-MAPS. The cost of each photograph typically ranges from $12 to $24 plus $3.50 handling on each order.
For technical information on Declassified Intelligence Satellite Photographs contact:
U.S. Geological Survey
EROS Data Center
Customer Services
Sioux Falls, SD 57198
Tel: (605) 594-6151; FAX: (605) 594-6589
Email: custserv@edcmail.cr.usgs.gov
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