Freely available satellite imagery will improve science and environmental-monitoring products, say Michael A. Wulder and Nicholas C. Coops.
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Wulder, M., Coops, N. Satellites: Make Earth observations open access. Nature 513, 30–31 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/513030a
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