USGS EROS Review

This is an amazing place. They do a lot for our country, and it is fascinating to see what goes on there. If you are ever in Sioux Falls, I would highly recommend the drive out to see them.

Neat place. They do fantastic work to help the world visualize climate and land change.

Very interesting place to tour. Educational and eye opening.

I visited this place twice! I love the tour a lot!

This is a great place to learn about the LandSat program that has been stationed here for decades. This national visitor center has videos, displays and interactive exhibits.

A very interesting visit if you have the time. It's cool to see where we get most of our space based images of Earth. The staff were friendly and knowledgeable; the tour is totally worth it. The last tour each day is at 1400.

FYI: to visit you MUST have a valid photo ID and they will check it at the security gate. Don't let this put you off you are allowed to visit but be aware of it. Typical rules for visiting a Federal installation apply here: no weapons, pets, explosives, etc. You will have to go through a metal detector once you reach the main building. So if you're been in Washington DC it should be familiar to you.

Eros is a unique place, being a key down link and archive location of satellite data, very neat from a technical sense.

Wonderful place to be in. The tour inside the facility was wonderful. Had chance to see and learn how this facility has been striving to capturing the remote sensing imageries from Landsat 7 and 8, and distributing the data worldwide. The tour to the archives and other facilities was wonderful. This place has a small cafeteria too. Need to pass through various security checking. Their people in front desk are helpful and friendly. This place has adequate parking lot, handicapped accessible doors and restrooms. Would love to visit this place again.

The Security And front desk staff were TOP NOTCH in every way, especially courtesy.

This is an amazing place. There are so many ways EROS has contributed to the world. I remember going here as a Cub Scout. Today, the campus has grown and the information is more amazing than ever. Also, they have good security here. Great place to tour. Everyone should stop by here for a tour.

Awesome tour. Ann was a wealth of knowledge. She did a great job of engaging our 10 year old grandson.

This is a beautiful facilty in the SD countryside; this visit was a job requirement, however the appointment took less than 15 minutes to complete. Very professional staff!

I attended a workshop at EROS DATA CENTRE in 1980. It was a wonderful experience in learning how to use Landsat data to monitor deforestation in my country Sarawak Malaysia.
I am a pensioner now age 74. I can vividly remember the good times i spent at EROS and the field trip we had with our lecturers to Mt. Rushmore, Custer City and Deadwood City.
I am sure lots of changes and improvements had been made to EROS.

I might be a bit biased since I work there. But we would not have Google maps without the land image data we collect for NASA and the USGS. There are a number of interactive displays and a short guided tour is available.

Where to begin. I'm 100% East Coast, city raised me, suburbs groomed me type of guy and EROS completely blew my mind. Whether for work or leisure, this is a must see place to learn of an incredibly powerful system that affects how we get around, live and work in the USA. There are a lot of dedicated geniuses that have devoted their time and lives to advancing map technology and how we view our world via GPS, maps, and apps. Absolutely incredible and worthwhile visit while in Sioux Falls, SD.