Landsat Thermatic Mapper vs. Ikonos

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This figure appears in the Our Changing Planet: The U.S. Climate Change Science Program for Fiscal Year 2007 report.

A side-by-side comparison of Landsat Thematic Mapper 30m (left) and Ikonos 1m (right) false-color imagery shows the ancient ruins of Tikal—a Mayan city deep in the Guatemalan rainforest that was lost for almost 1,000 years. The Ikonos imagery resolution of approximately 1 meter can detect individual pyramids, pathways, and small structures. Credit: T.L. Sever, NASA/ Marshall Space Flight Center.