9 Introduction to Remote Sensing and GIS
Remote sensing—the geotechnology that includes the processing, manipulation, and analysis of analog and digital images collected using devices that are not in contact with the Earth—has become one of the driving forces behind the rapid growth of Geographic Information System (GIS) in the past few decades. Remote sensing analysts—a specialized category of geospatial professionals, produce stunning visualizations of environmental and human processes such as climate change, natural resource exploitation, and sprawling urbanization using a vast and growing catalog of digital satellite imagery. Digital image processing and a steady stream of new sensors and airborne platforms ...
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