Remote sensing : principles, interpretation, and applications
โ Scribed by Floyd F. Sabins (Author), James M. Ellis (Author)
- Publisher
- Waveland Press
- Year
- 2020
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 576
- Edition
- 4
- Category
- Library
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โฆ Synopsis
This book presents a valuable discussion of the growing and permeating use of technologies such as drones and manned aircraft imaging, DEMs, and lidar. The authors explain the scientific and societal impacts of remote sensing, review digital image processing and GIS, provide case histories from areas around the globe, and describe practical applications of remote sensing to the environment, renewable and nonrenewable resources, land use/land cover, natural hazards, and climate change.
โฆ Subjects
remote sensing, geographic information systems
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