
Preface to the First Ed ition
This textboo k had its beginnings as a set of notes to ac company seminars and
lectures conducted at the Geographical Institute of Bonn University and at its
associated Center for Remote Sensing of Land Cover. Lecture no tes typically
continue to be refined and polished over the years until the question inevitably
poses itself: “Why not have them published?” The answer of course is “By
all mea ns, if they contribute something new and useful.”
So what is “new and useful” here? This is a book about remote sensing
image analysis with a distinctly mathematical-algorithmic-computer-oriented
flavor, intended for graduate-level