[GRASS-user] Finding Landsat's infrared bands

[Kurt Springs]

Just an update.  I looked on the USGS Seamless Map Server about the Landsat's bands.  What I found is they only include three bands in their GEOTiff.  The near infrared translates as red, red as green, and green as blue.

Now we know.

Kurt
On Apr 15, 2010, at 4:34 PM, Markus Neteler wrote:

> On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 10:14 PM, Kurt Springs <ferret_bard at mac.com> wrote:
>> Hi all,
>> 
>> I downloaded some Landsat data from the USGS.  When I opened the GeoTiff in GRASS using r.in.gdal, I got the Blue, Green and Red bands.  How do I get the near infrared, two medium infrared, thermal, and panchromatic bands.
> 
> They are commonly in a separate file.
> 
> See here for a convenient conversion/import script which you may
> adapt for your needs (at page bottom):
>  http://www.grassbook.org/examples_menu3rd.php
> 
> cheers
> Markus