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Learning Geospatial Analysis with Python - Fourth Edition
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Learning Geospatial Analysis with Python - Fourth Edition

by Joel Lawhead
November 2023
Beginner to intermediate
432 pages
10h 27m
English
Packt Publishing
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Python and Remote Sensing

In this chapter, we will discuss remote sensing. Remote sensing is about gathering a collection of information about the Earth without making physical contact with it. Typically, this means having to use satellite or aerial imagery, Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR), which measures laser pulses from an aircraft to the Earth, or synthetic aperture radar. Remote sensing can also refer to computer processing of data that’s been collected, which is how we’ll use the term in this chapter. Remote sensing grows in exciting new ways every day as more satellites are launched and the distribution of data becomes easier. The high availability of satellite and aerial images, as well as interesting new types of sensors launching ...

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