Land use planning and remote sensing

The purpose of this book is to introduce land planners to the principles of remote sensing and to the applications remote sensing has to the land planning process. The potential applications to land planning are many and varied. For example, remote sensing techniques, and aerial photography in parti...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lindgren, D.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 1985, 1985
Edition:1st ed. 1985
Series:Remote Sensing of Earth Resources and Environment
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • I. Principles of Remote Sensing
  • 1. Introduction to Remote Sensing
  • 2. Aerial Cameras, Filters, and Films
  • 3. The Geometry of Aerial Photos
  • 4. Fundamentals of Photointerpretation
  • 5. How to Acquire Aerial Photos
  • 6. The Landsat System
  • II. Applications to Land Planning
  • 7. Remote Sensing Input to Geographic Information Systems
  • 8. Land Use/Land cover: Inventory and Change
  • 9. Resource Preservation
  • 10. Site Selection Issues
  • 11. Population and Housing Data
  • References