Abstract :
With the advent of powerful workstations and affordable software, data from remote-sensing satellites are at last being winnowed and sifted for special-purpose information, sometimes in combination with other inputs. Still more data will become available with the launch of new commercial satellites with high-resolution remote sensing. The author discusses the image processing aspects of remote sensing, describing how the digital images are transformed into maps. In particular the author discusses data fusion and how the spatial resolution limits are overcome by using spectral signatures of objects
Keywords :
image enhancement; image resolution; remote sensing; sensor fusion; spectral analysis; data fusion; digital images; high-resolution remote sensing; image processing aspects; maps; remote-sensing satellites; spatial resolution limits; spectral signatures; workstations; Delay; Earth; Infrared detectors; Infrared sensors; Layout; Military satellites; Remote monitoring; Remote sensing; Space shuttles; Sun;
