Remote Sensing for GIS Managers

by Aronoff, Stanley

• ISBN13: 9781589480810
• ISBN10: 1589480813
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-08-30
• Publisher: Esri Pr

Summary

This guide to remote sensing technology presents GIS managers who have no previous remote sensing experience with the basics of integrating it with GIS data. How to use remote sensing technology as geographic data is demonstrated, as is how remote sensing products are the perfect complement to GIS-based analysis in industries such as emergency response, meteorology, water resources, land use, and urban planning. Managers are guided through the evolution of remote sensing technology and shown the approaches that different organizations have successfully used to incorporate remote sensing data into their work. Information on remote sensing history, characteristics, sensors, image products, and practical applications of remote sensing data is also included.

Table of Contents

Foreword	ix
Jack Dangermond
Acknowledgments	xi
Contributors	xiii
Introduction: Remote sensing and GIS	1	(8)
Stan Aronoff
A brief history of remote sensing for earth observation	9	(44)
Stan Aronoff
Remote sensing basics	53	(16)
Stan Aronoff
Characteristics of remotely sensed imagery	69	(42)
Stan Aronoff
Frame-capture sensors: Photographic cameras, digital cameras, and videography	111	(36)
Stan Aronoff
Gordon Petrie
Line scanners	147	(20)
Stan Aronoff
Satellite-based sensors operating in the visible and infrared wavelengths	167	(30)
Stan Aronoff
Active sensors: Radar and lidar	197	(48)
Stan Aronoff
Gordon Petrie
Sonar	245	(14)
Stan Aronoff
Visual interpretation of aerial imagery	259	(28)
James B. Campbell
Digital image analysis	287	(50)
Joseph M. Piwowar
Remote sensing applications	337	(78)
Remote sensing in agriculture
Stan Aronoff
Remote sensing and GIS in forestry
Michael A. Wulder
Ronald J. Hall
Steven E. Franklin
Remote sensing in geology
Zeev Berger
Danny Fortin
Remote sensing in meteorology, oceanography, and climatology
Kevin Gallo
Remote sensing in archaeology
Scott Madry
Remote sensing in the military
Stan Aronoff
David Swann
Remote sensing in geospatial intelligence analysis
Tom Last
Remote sensing in urban infrastructure and business geographics
James D. Hipple
Timothy L. Haithcoat
Remote sensing and the organization	415	(6)
James W. Merchant
Appendix A: Rectification and georeferencing of optical imagery	421	(34)
Gordon Petrie
Appendix B: Characteristics of selected satellite sensors	455	(8)
Appendix C: Remote sensing resources	463	(10)
Index	473