Scale issues in remote sensing / edited by Qihao Weng.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

This book offers up-to-date developments, methods, and techniques in the field of GIS and remote sensing, and features articles from internationally renowned authorities on three interrelated perspectives of scaling issues: scale in land surface properties, land surface patterns, and land surface processes. It also visits and reexamines the fundamental theories of scale and scaling. The book addresses the impact of new frontiers in Earth observation technology (high-resolution, hyperspectral, Lidar sensing, and their synergy with existing technologies) and advances in remote sensing imaging science (object-oriented image analysis and data fusion). It is ideal as a professional reference for practicing geographic information scientists and remote sensing engineers as well as supplemental reading for graduate level students. -- Edited summary from book.

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