{"identifier":"/us/usc/t51/s60113","title":51,"num":"\u00a7\u202f60113.","heading":"Data policy for Landsat 7","text":"\u00a7\u202f60113.\nData policy for Landsat 7\n(a)\nLandsat 7 Data Policy.\u2014\nThe Landsat Program Management, in consultation with other appropriate United States Government agencies, shall develop a data policy for Landsat 7 which should\u2014\n(1) ensure that unenhanced data are available to all users at the cost of fulfilling user requests;\n(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;\n(3) ensure that the United States retains ownership of all unenhanced data generated by Landsat 7;\n(4) support the development of the commercial market for remote sensing data;\n(5) ensure that the provision of commercial value-added services based on remote sensing data remains exclusively the function of the private sector; and\n(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.\n(b)\nAdditional Data Policy Considerations.\u2014\nIn addition, the data policy for Landsat 7 may provide for\u2014\n(1) United States private sector entities to operate ground receiving stations in the United States for Landsat 7 data;\n(2) other means for direct access by private sector entities to unenhanced data from Landsat 7; and\n(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.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t51/s60113.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t51/s60113","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f60113."},{"t":"heading","text":"Data policy for Landsat 7"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t51/s60113/a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(a)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Landsat 7 Data Policy.\u2014"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"The Landsat Program Management, in consultation with other appropriate United States Government agencies, shall develop a data policy for Landsat 7 which should\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t51/s60113/a/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" ensure that unenhanced data are available to all users at the cost of fulfilling user requests;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t51/s60113/a/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" 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;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t51/s60113/a/3","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(3)"},{"t":"content","text":" ensure that the United States retains ownership of all unenhanced data generated by Landsat 7;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t51/s60113/a/4","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(4)"},{"t":"content","text":" support the development of the commercial market for remote sensing data;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t51/s60113/a/5","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(5)"},{"t":"content","text":" ensure that the provision of commercial value-added services based on remote sensing data remains exclusively the function of the private sector; and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t51/s60113/a/6","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(6)"},{"t":"content","text":" to the extent possible, ensure that the data distribution system for Landsat 7 is compatible with the Earth Observing System Data and Information System.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t51/s60113/b","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(b)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Additional Data Policy Considerations.\u2014"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"In addition, the data policy for Landsat 7 may provide for\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t51/s60113/b/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" United States private sector entities to operate ground receiving stations in the United States for Landsat 7 data;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t51/s60113/b/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" other means for direct access by private sector entities to unenhanced data from Landsat 7; and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t51/s60113/b/3","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(3)"},{"t":"content","text":" 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.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}