

When I try to plot it, I just see a random array of colored panels. All the documentation I can find online says that satellite data usually comes in single color band raster layers that you can stack to get the composite image, but this shapefile I downloaded has a really confusing structure and I can’t figure out how to read it as a normal image (I’m using the raster and sf packages in R).

(I was looking at an area including the US Northeast and tried both the L8 OLI/TIRS and L7 ETM+ layers from the Collection 1 Level 1 Landsat data.) I chose the shapefile as it seemed to be the best option–I’m just trying to get a basemap image. You can search the GPS location of the Famous Attraction and explore around the world by Live earth 360 camera to have a street map satellite live view to find and travel all the Famous Places, including the Statue of Liberty, Golden Gate Bridge, Burj Al Arab Hotel, Eiffel Tower, etc. I followed these instructions (they’re very clear and helpful–thank you!) but when I reach the end and “click here to download results”, there is no geoTIFF option, just csv, shapefile, kmz, and some other random formats.
