§ 60113 - Data policy for Landsat 7

CHAPTER 601— LAND REMOTE SENSING POLICY › SUBCHAPTER II— LANDSAT

(a) The Landsat Program Management, in consultation with other appropriate United States Government agencies, shall develop a data policy for Landsat 7 which should—

(a)(1) ensure that unenhanced data are available to all users at the cost of fulfilling user requests;

(a)(2) ensure timely and dependable delivery of unenhanced data to the full spectrum of civilian, national security, commercial, and foreign users and the National Satellite Land Remote Sensing Data Archive;

(a)(3) ensure that the United States retains ownership of all unenhanced data generated by Landsat 7;

(a)(4) support the development of the commercial market for remote sensing data;

(a)(5) ensure that the provision of commercial value-added services based on remote sensing data remains exclusively the function of the private sector; and

(a)(6) to the extent possible, ensure that the data distribution system for Landsat 7 is compatible with the Earth Observing System Data and Information System.

(b) In addition, the data policy for Landsat 7 may provide for—

(b)(1) United States private sector entities to operate ground receiving stations in the United States for Landsat 7 data;

(b)(2) other means for direct access by private sector entities to unenhanced data from Landsat 7; and

(b)(3) the United States Government to charge a per image fee, license fee, or other such fee to entities operating ground receiving stations or distributing Landsat 7 data.

Notes

Historical and Revision Notes RevisedSectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 6011315 U.S.C. 5615(a), (b).Pub. L. 102–555, title I, § 105(a), (b), Oct. 28, 1992, 106 Stat. 4170.