EROS Data Center

USA / South Dakota / Baltic / 252nd Street, 47914
 United States Geological Survey (USGS), data center, satellite/space tracking station
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The EROS Data Center outside of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, is a USGS facility dedicated to collection and analysis of satellite and aerial data. It was placed in the center of the continent as a satellite facility that could downlink satellite data from coast to coast of the United States. EROS is also one of the largest data repositories in the country, with disk, tape, and film archives dating to the earliest days of the space program.

eros.usgs.gov/
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Center_for_Earth_Resources_Observation_and_Science
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Coordinates:   43°44'9"N   96°37'17"W

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  • I think we'd like to know a bit more before we give this one the thumbs up. Seems a funny place for a data center for a start.
  • Yes, while somewhat remote, this facility is involved with a tremendous amount of mapping through satellite technology. They are an offshoot of USGS and have their own website: http://eros.usgs.gov/
  • The place is there, I've taken a tour of it. I don't know for sure if they still offer tours though since 9/11. I think it was put there since it's a good location for downloads from the satellite. They don't do any photography for military reasons, not anymore anyway, they use to originally.
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