Advances in Mapping from Remote Sensor Imagery: Techniques and Applications

ISBN-13: 9781138072947 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 464 str.

Opis

This book discusses recent advances in remote sensing techniques for topographic and thematic mapping applications. The text covers modern photogrammetry, LiDAR remote sensing, and advanced image classification techniques; the use of remote sensing and image-processing techniques for extracting geographic features needed for topographic map production; and the synergistic use of remote sensing and image-processing techniques for environmental and ecological mapping. This book provides a state-of-the-art review for researchers and students working in remote sensing, photogrammetry, geographic information systems, geography, and environmental science.

Spis treści

Modern photogrammetric mapping. Airborne LiDAR remote sensing and its applications. Advanced algorithms for land use and cover classification. Global digital elevation model development from satellite remote-sensing data. Digital elevation model generation from satellite interferometric synthetic aperture radar. Shoreline mapping. Seeing residential buildings from remotely sensed imagery: An object-oriented approach. Assessment of urbanization patterns and trends in the Gulf of Mexico region of the southeast United States with Landsat and nighttime lights imagery. Fractional vegetation cover mapping from the HJ-1 small satellite hyperspectral data. Estimating and mapping forest leaf area index using satellite imagery. Effects of the spatial pattern of vegetation cover on urban warming in a desert city. Remote sensing of algal blooms in inland waters using the matrix inversion method and semiempirical algorithms. Advanced geospatial techniques for mapping and monitoring invasive species. Surface deformation mapping with persistent scatterer radar interferometry. Mapping marine oil spills from space. Remote-sensing techniques for natural disaster impact assessment.