The Eros Data Center PDF Download

"Data collection and distribution are the business of the U.S. Geological Survey's (USGS) Earth Resources Observation Systems (EROS) Data Center, or the EDC. ... With elaborate computer systems, the EDC has developed the means to deliver massive amounts of data over the Internet. This effort has led to the EDC's becoming host to the National Mapping Division's Digital Cartographic Sales Data Base. The institution now is a world leader in information management as well as in earth science."--Information page.