Displaying Landsat ETM+

Question

Hi there,
I'm an archaeologist trying to integrate Landsat ETM+ imagery to a regional survey in the Bolivian Amazon Basin. I've downloaded a file from the Global Land Cover Facility (http://glcf.umiacs.umd.edu)
that came in L1G format. So far I have followed the directions given at this web page "http://glcf.umiacs.umd.edu/library/guide/fileformat.shtml", and "http://glcf.umiacs.umd.edu//library/pdf/fileguide_l1g_arcgis.pdf" but I'm having problems with step 2, creating a World File.
According to the first link I should be able to find all the information needed in the metadata file, but there is SO MUCH information there that I don't know what should I copy to the hdr file and what should the the correct name of the hdr file. Without it I try to import the data, the files load but Im not able to see anything. 
I am attaching the metadata file to this post. Could anyone give me hand making the world file? Maybe I'm doing something wrong? can anyone post a better tutorial on how to use Landsat ETM+ files in ArcMap 9.3?
Thanks a lot

L71232070_07020000612_MTL.rar

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ToreBorvik · Answer

do you have access to envi / envi ex? you can open the header file directly there to get the information you need..

JeffreyEvans · Answer

You can perform some simple visualization by creating an image stack using the MAKESTACK command. This is a legacy Workstation ArcInfo command but is available in Spatial Analyst's raster calculator. The usage would look like this (no spaces in path name):
MAKESTACK C:\YourPath\stackname LIST C:\YourPath\band1 C:\YourPath\band2 ...

This will create a dataset that has all of your bands contained within. When you add this image stack to ArcMap you get an RGB color composite. You can change which color gun a band is assigned to in the datasets properties.

Here is a nice introduction to multispectral band composites 
http://www.crisp.nus.edu.sg/~research/tutorial/opt_int.htm

For actual classification there are some tools available in ArcGIS (i.e., Maximum Likelihood Classification). However, if you are interested in classification I would recommend taking a look at a the following open source (free) remote sensing software.

MultiSpec (Documentation has nice introduction to image classification)
http://cobweb.ecn.purdue.edu/~biehl/MultiSpec/

OSSIM
http://www.ossim.org/OSSIM/OSSIM_Home.html

ILWIS
http://www.itc.nl/Pub/research/Research_output/ILWIS_-_Remote_Sensing_and_GIS_software.html

SPRING
http://www.dpi.inpe.br/spring/english/

You may also be interested in BASP (The Bonn Archaeological Software Package)
http://super3.arcl.ed.ac.uk/baspmirror/basp.html

EduardoMachicado · Answer

Ok, I figured it out, you need one file FOR EACH BAND literally.
Thank you so much for your help, the ETM+ panchromatic band is awesome, I've been working with 3 arc second STRMs for very long, I'm super excited about this. 
Can anyone point me into a good resource to properly use the rest of the bands? I really want to learn how to work with this data.
Thanks