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NASA Debuts ‘Your Name in Landsat’ to Spell Words With Real Satellite Images

The playful site uses decades of open Landsat images to showcase the reach of NASA–USGS Earth data.

Name from Space? Spot Your Name on Earth with NASA’s Satellite Name Generator-Here’s How It Works
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Overview

  • NASA released the Your Name in Landsat web tool for the public, turning typed names into letter art built from real Earth scenes.
  • Users type a word, then the site matches each letter to a Landsat image of natural patterns like rivers, dunes, coasts, or forests, and they can download the result.
  • The letters come from the long-running Landsat archive, so shapes are found in actual landscapes rather than generated by software.
  • The project was built by Landsat Project Science Support Team members Ross Walter, Allison Nussbaum, and Ginger Butcher.
  • The tool spotlights the NASA–USGS Landsat program’s free global imagery since 1972, which one outlet reported contributed about $25.6 billion to the U.S. economy in 2023.