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    Where can I get full-resolution imagery cheap or free?
    
   Answer 1: In general, you can't!
   Answer 2: Old Landsat. The following was posted by Wim Bakker on
   IMAGRS-L:

Paul DeVries (bosse@bahnhof.se) writes:

> Can anyone point me in the direction of satellite imagery of (dry) Andean
> altiplano, very cheap or in the public domain, of any vintage? Thanks.

In principle the old Landsat TM (acquired from July 16, 1982 through
September 27, 1985) and old Landsat MSS (older than 2 year) are
available at reduced prices:

        MSS                             $ 200
        TM raw                          $ 300
        TM systematic corrected         $ 425
        TM precision corrected          $ 600

Inquires can be made to

        Customer Services
        EROS Data Center (EDC)
        Sioux Falls SD 57198
        (605)-594-6151

In the mean time you can check on the Inventory service of EDC

URL             telnet://glis.cr.usgs.gov

whether any images of your area of interest are available.

  What datasets are available on CD-ROM?
  
   Wim Bakker's report "Remote Sensing Data and GIS data on CD-ROM" is
   available at http://www.itc.nl/~bakker/info/rs-data/index.html
   
   Note - this is referenced for want of a better list, but is not kept
   up-to-date.
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