AerialPhotography and Remote Sensing

Contents

• Introduction
• Foundations of Remote Sensing
  • The Electromagnetic Spectrum
  • Wave Phenomena Concepts
  • Electromagnetic Waves
  • Wave Descriptions
  • The Particle Nature of Light
  • Infrared Radiation
  • Sources of Electromagnetic Radiation
• Aerial Photography
  • Introduction
  • Basic Elements of Air Photo Interpretation
  • Advantages of Aerial Photography overGround-Based Observation
  • Types of Aerial Photography
  • Basic Photogrammetry
  • Applications of Aerial Photography
  • Integration of Aerial Photography into GIS
• Digital Image Processing
  • Sources of Digital Data
  • Image Enhancement
  • Data Classification
• Satellite Imaging
  • Introduction
  • Landsat
  • SPOT
  • NOAA satellites
  • Applications of Satellite Imagery
  • Integration of Satellite Imagery into GIS
• MSS, Thermal, and Hyperspectral Scanning
  • Thermal Radiation Principles
  • Multispectral Scanning
  • Interpreting Thermal Scanning Imagery
  • FLIR systems
  • Imaging Spectrometry
• Radar (Microwave) Scanning
  • SLAR
  • LIDAR
  • ERS Program
• Remote Sensing and GIS

USGS Glossary:

• A-B
• C-D
• E-G
• H-L
• M-O
• P-R
• S-T
• U-Z