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On February 11, 2013, Landsat 8 was launched adding to the constellation of Earth imaging satellites. It
is the seventh satellite to reach orbit successfully but the eighth satellite in the Landsat program.
Landsat 8 operates in the visible, near-infrared, short wave infrared and thermal infrared spectrums. It
captures an average of 400 scenes a day ranging from Earth’s land surfaces to its polar regions. Landsat
8 data is freely available for download.
Landsat 8 data can be acquired a number of different ways through the USGS website
http://landsat.usgs.gov/. Google Earth, Earth Explorer or Glovis are all tools available to download
imagery. Please refer to our tutorial on acquiring Landsat 8 data for more information on downloading
imagery. This tutorial shows the steps required to pansharpen and mosaic a number of Landsat 8
images.
2. To view the extracted images in Focus drag and drop the _MTL.txt into the Focus window.
Select MS to load the multispectral channels. Click OK.
3. Drag and drop the _MTL.txt into the Focus window a second time. Select PAN to select the
Panchromatic channels. Click OK.
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4. Repeat this step to load all images into the Focus viewer.
Pansharpen
Creating a pansharpened image by combining the multispectral data (30m resolution) and
panchromatic data (15m resolution) will result in a high resolution 15m color image.
1. Open the Algorithm Librarian from the Tools menu.
2. Navigate to the PANSHARP algorithm.
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3. Select multispectral channels 4 3 2 for the Input Multispectral Image Channels.
6. Click Run
7. Run the PANSHARP algorithm on all images in your dataset.
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Mosaic
Creating a mosaic of the images will allow for a seamless image. This is done through OrthoEngine.
1. Open the Geomatica 2015 OrthoEngine application.
5. Click OK.
6. Click Cancel on the set projection window. Click OK on the window that tells you that the
projection information will be read in from the imagery.
7. Select Data Input as the Processing step.
a. Click Open a new or existing image
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8. Select Mosaic as the Processing step. Click Define mosaic area.
9. In the Define Mosaic window select a file name and location for the output mosaic file. Click OK
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11. The default parameters can be used in the Automatic Mosaicking window or changes can be
made to the color balance, cutlines or blend width.
a. Click Generate Mosaic when ready to do so. This may take a while.
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You can now open the mosaic file in Focus.
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