Illinois and Landsat

First posted February 24, 2022 For additional information, contact: Program Coordinator, National Land Imaging U.S. Geological Survey 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive Reston, VA 20192Contact Pubs Warehouse Illinois is home to more than 12 million residents, including those living in Chicago, the third-largest city United States. Yet farmland claims about 75 percent of largely flat terrain Illinois. Tallgrass prairie once covered “The Prairie State,” and some remnants remain, but corn soybeans are a far common sight now. Adding variety landscape, beaches line State’s Lake Michigan shoreline northeast, 80,000 miles rivers streams flow along through State, central cities Springfield Peoria. Forests fill several acres, mostly west rolling hills south.Urban, agricultural, forested areas each have environmental characteristics that noticeable who live within them study Earth’s surface from space. Landsat satellite data can reveal not only current condition these areas, also when where they changed. A better knowledge Illinois’ past helps its residents prepare for future.Here just few examples how benefits