43°44′09″N 96°37′31″W / 43.735926°N 96.625324°W / 43.735926; -96.625324 The Center for Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) is a United States Geological Survey data management, systems development, and research field center. It serves as the national archive of remotely sensed images of the Earth's land surface acquired by civilian satellites and aircraft. EROS is located northeast of Sioux Falls, South Dakota , between Baltic and Garretson .
5-554: EROS may refer to: Science and technology [ edit ] Center for Earth Resources Observation and Science , the US national archive of remotely sensed images of the Earth's land surface Encyclopedia of Reagents for Organic Synthesis , containing a description of the use of all reagents in organic chemistry Extremely Reliable Operating System , an operating system developed by The EROS Group,
10-427: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Center for Earth Resources Observation and Science In the 1960s the federal government decided it needed a single facility to handle and distribute Landsat satellite data . A study determined that such a data center be located where it could receive transmissions directly from a satellite passing over any part of
15-615: The University of Pennsylvania and Johns Hopkins University Earth Resources Observation Satellite , a series of Israeli commercial Earth observation satellites Event-related optical signal , a brain-scanning signal Other uses [ edit ] Eelam Revolutionary Organisation of Students , a militant Tamil separatist group in Sri Lanka JDT 1650R EROS, a Mini-MAX aircraft See also [ edit ] Eros (disambiguation) ERO (disambiguation) Topics referred to by
20-534: The conterminous United States. This limited the location to an elliptical area that stretched from Topeka, Kansas, to just north of Sioux Falls. A rural location was also recommended to avoid radio and TV interference. South Dakota Senator Karl Mundt worked with local business leaders in South Dakota to buy the land necessary for the data center and in 1970 it was announced that the Sioux Falls area had been chosen as
25-404: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title EROS . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=EROS&oldid=858452174 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
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