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Spinoff story
Landsat Maps a Path for Companies
A real-world story of NASA technology finding a life beyond the mission.
About this technology
Overview
When it started, Mapbox Inc. of Washington, D.C., relied on Landsat to build images of the planet. Today, Mapbox, which provides a platform and data for developers to build map-based applications, is a $1 billion company with dozens of household names among its customers.