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What is Remote Sensing

Chapter 3
Handbook of Research on Geographic Information Systems Applications and Advancements
The science of obtaining reliable information about the properties of surfaces and objects from distance, typically from aircraft or satellites, without physical contact with the objects, and of analyzing and interpreting images for deriving information about the earth’s land and water areas.
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GIS Use for Mapping Land Degradation: A Review of Research Carried Out in Tunisia
Mohamed Rached Boussema (University of Tunis El Manar, Tunisia)
Copyright: © 2017 |Pages: 35
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-0937-0.ch003
Abstract
In this chapter, the author presents a review of the GIS use during the research carried out during the past three decades dealing with land degradation. The objective is to assess the viability of applying GIS with different modes of remotely sensed data acquisition for quantifying land degradation in Tunisia. Various GIS based modelling approaches for soil erosion hazard assessment such as empirical and physical distributed are discussed. Five case studies are selected from several projects. They apply different methods for land degradation investigation at different scales using GIS and remotely sensed data. The research dealt mainly with: 1) The prediction of soil erosion at the regional level related to conservation techniques; 2) The quantification of soil erosion at the gully level based on GIS, digital photogrammetry and fieldwork; 3) The monitoring of gully erosion using GIS combined to images acquired by a non-metric digital camera on board a kite.
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Chapter 3
A New Tree-Based Classifier for Satellite Images
Remote sensing is a technique of acquiring information about an object using sensors without making any physical contact with the object.
Published in Chapter: A New Tree-Based Classifier for Satellite Images; From: Encyclopedia of Business Analytics and Optimization
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Chapter 261
GIS and Remote Sensing in Environmental Risk Assessment
The technology of obtaining, analyzing, and displaying the information about an object or a phenomenon through remote detection of its reflected and emitted electromagnetic energy. The term “remote sensing” was first used in the United States in the 1950s by Ms. Evelyn Pruitt of the U.S. Office of Naval Research.
Published in Chapter: GIS and Remote Sensing in Environmental Risk Assessment; From: Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Second Edition
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Chapter 6
Transforming Urban Slums: Pathway to Functionally Intelligent Cities in Developing Countries
The sensing of some action, event, or natural phenomena using a range of remote sensors. For example, images of the earth taken from an orbiting satellite use remote sensing devices such as cameras to provide high resolution colour or infrared images of the earth.
Published in Chapter: Transforming Urban Slums: Pathway to Functionally Intelligent Cities in Developing Countries; From: Developing and Monitoring Smart Environments for Intelligent Cities
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Chapter 13
Impact of UAVs in Agriculture
The method of identifying and keeping track of an area's physical features by measuring it’s reflected and emitted radiation from a distance (usually from an orbiting satellite or an aero-plane).
Published in Chapter: Impact of UAVs in Agriculture; From: Handbook of Research on Machine Learning-Enabled IoT for Smart Applications Across Industries
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Chapter 17
Stochastic Drought Forecasting Exploration for Water Resources Management in the Upper Tana River Basin, Kenya
The science and art of obtaining data of points, objects, areas or phenomena through analysis of data acquired by a sensor, which is not in direct physical contact with the target of investigation.
Published in Chapter: Stochastic Drought Forecasting Exploration for Water Resources Management in the Upper Tana River Basin, Kenya; From: Handbook of Research on Computational Simulation and Modeling in Engineering
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Chapter 307
Geoinformatics in Eco-Climatic Studies
Remote sensing is the science and technology of acquisition of information about an object or phenomenon upon the earth’s surface without physical contact with the object. It is process or methods of obtaining information about objects or areas from a distance, using devices such as aircraft or satellites.
Published in Chapter: Geoinformatics in Eco-Climatic Studies; From: Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Third Edition
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Chapter 8
Plan, Do, Watch: Making Tourism Sustainable Through Geographical Information Systems (GIS)
this is the technique of recording and examining the earth and ground resources without establishing a physical connection with them. it is the task of determining the various features of the ground without any actual contact with the ground.
Published in Chapter: Plan, Do, Watch: Making Tourism Sustainable Through Geographical Information Systems (GIS); From: Handbook of Research on Sustainable Tourism and Hotel Operations in Global Hypercompetition
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Chapter 10
New Neural Buildings Stereo Matching Method Applied to Very High Resolution Ikonos Images
In the broadest sense, remote sensing is the measurement or acquisition of information of an object or phenomenon, by a recording device that is not in physical or intimate contact with the object. In practice, remote sensing is the utilization at a distance (as from aircraft, spacecraft, satellite, or ship) of any device for gathering information about the environment. Remote sensing can either be passive or active. Active systems have their own source of energy whereas the passive depend upon the solar illumination. The used images in this research are obtained from a passive acquisition.
Published in Chapter: New Neural Buildings Stereo Matching Method Applied to Very High Resolution Ikonos Images; From: Handbook of Research on Artificial Intelligence Techniques and Algorithms
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Chapter 4
Impact Assessment of Textile Industries of Rajasthan Using Geo-Spatial Techniques
Remote sensing is an art and science of acquiring information about an object without being in physical contact with that object. Remote Sensing technology is widely used in various allied sectors.
Published in Chapter: Impact Assessment of Textile Industries of Rajasthan Using Geo-Spatial Techniques; From: Impact of Textile Dyes on Public Health and the Environment
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Chapter 1
Introduction to Precision Agriculture: Overview, Concepts, World Interest, Policy, and Economics
Remote sensing is the mechanism by which the phenotypic traits of an environment are measured and tracked by analyzing its transmitted and emitted radiation at a distance (usually from satellite or aircraft).
Published in Chapter: Introduction to Precision Agriculture: Overview, Concepts, World Interest, Policy, and Economics; From: Precision Agriculture Technologies for Food Security and Sustainability
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Chapter 25
Parallel Development of Three Major Space Technology Systems and Human Side of Information Reference Services as an Essential Complementary Method
Remote Sensing is the art, science, and technology of obtaining reliable information about physical objects and the environment through the processes of recording, measuring, and interpreting photographic images and patterns of electromagnetic radiant energy and other phenomena ( Lillesand & Kiefer, 2004 ).
Published in Chapter: Parallel Development of Three Major Space Technology Systems and Human Side of Information Reference Services as an Essential Complementary Method; From: Advanced Methodologies and Technologies in Engineering and Environmental Science
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Chapter 6
Investigating the Pixel Quality Influence on Forecasting Vegetation Change Dynamics: Application Case of Tunisian Olive Sites
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Chapter 4
Vulnerability of Oasis Agriculture to Climate Change in Morocco
Is the technology of obtaining information about objects or phenomenon from a distance.
Published in Chapter: Vulnerability of Oasis Agriculture to Climate Change in Morocco; From: Impacts of Climate Change on Agriculture and Aquaculture
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Chapter 15
Review of Weather-Affected Urban Air Pollution Forecast Models
The act of sensing or collecting data like images, sound, etc. from a distance.
Published in Chapter: Review of Weather-Affected Urban Air Pollution Forecast Models; From: Artificial Intelligence of Things for Weather Forecasting and Climatic Behavioral Analysis
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Chapter 308
GIS and Remote Sensing in Environmental Risk Assessment and Management
The technology of obtaining, analyzing, and displaying the information about an object or a phenomenon through remote detection of its reflected and emitted electromagnetic energy. The term “remote sensing” was first used in the United States in the 1950s by Ms. Evelyn Pruitt of the U.S. Office of Naval Research.
Published in Chapter: GIS and Remote Sensing in Environmental Risk Assessment and Management; From: Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Third Edition
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Chapter 166
Multilogistic Regression by Product Units
Short or large-scale acquisition of information of an object or phenomenon, by the use of either recording or real-time sensing devices that is not in physical or intimate contact with the object (such as by way of aircraft, spacecraft, satellite, or ship).
Published in Chapter: Multilogistic Regression by Product Units; From: Encyclopedia of Artificial Intelligence
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Chapter 305
Developments of the Digital World of Remote Sensing and GIS, Their Comparison to, and the Importance of the Human Side of Information Reference Services
Remote Sensing is the art, science, and technology of obtaining reliable information about physical objects and the environment through the processes of recording, measuring, and interpreting photographic images and patterns of electromagnetic radiant energy and other phenomena ( Lillesand & Kiefer, 2004 ).
Published in Chapter: Developments of the Digital World of Remote Sensing and GIS, Their Comparison to, and the Importance of the Human Side of Information Reference Services; From: Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Third Edition
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Chapter 5
Sustainability of Agriculture Territories in South Kazakhstan: Remote Sensing and Geodata for Design of Landscape and Soil Maps
The process of detecting and monitoring the physical characteristics of an area by measuring its reflected and emitted radiation at a distance (typically from satellite or aircraft). Special cameras collect remotely sensed images, which help researchers “sense” things about the Earth.
Published in Chapter: Sustainability of Agriculture Territories in South Kazakhstan: Remote Sensing and Geodata for Design of Landscape and Soil Maps; From: Toward Sustainability Through Digital Technologies and Practices in the Eurasian Region
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Chapter 14
Remote Sensing Image Classification Using Fuzzy-PSO Hybrid Approach
Remote Sensing is a method to interpret geospatial data exploring features, objects, and classes on Earth's land surface.
Published in Chapter: Remote Sensing Image Classification Using Fuzzy-PSO Hybrid Approach; From: Handbook of Research on Swarm Intelligence in Engineering
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Chapter 11
Ecological Areas and Challenges of Urbanization: A Stride Towards Environmental Restoration
A satellite-based technology of data detection and collection of Earth’s surfaces from space in the form of satellite and aerial photographs or raster datasets integrated with information technology.
Published in Chapter: Ecological Areas and Challenges of Urbanization: A Stride Towards Environmental Restoration; From: Addressing Environmental Challenges Through Spatial Planning
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Chapter 4
Assessment of the Urban Land Area in the Municipalities of the Community of Madrid in 1990, 2000, 2006, 2012, and 2018
A technique for collecting information from the Earth’s surface, by using sensors installed on space platforms, from the record of the electromagnetic interaction produced between the ground and the sensor, to interpret the Earth’s surface.
Published in Chapter: Assessment of the Urban Land Area in the Municipalities of the Community of Madrid in 1990, 2000, 2006, 2012, and 2018; From: Analyzing Sustainability in Peripheral, Ultra-Peripheral, and Low-Density Regions
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Chapter 303
Parallel Development of Three Major Space Technology Systems and Human Side of Information Reference Services as an Essential Complementary Method
Remote Sensing is the art, science, and technology of obtaining reliable information about physical objects and the environment through the processes of recording, measuring, and interpreting photographic images and patterns of electromagnetic radiant energy and other phenomena ( Lillesand & Kiefer, 2004 ).
Published in Chapter: Parallel Development of Three Major Space Technology Systems and Human Side of Information Reference Services as an Essential Complementary Method; From: Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Fourth Edition
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Chapter 681
Determination of Urban Growth by the Night-Time Images
Remote sensing is the acquisition of information about an object or phenomenon without making physical contact with the object and thus in contrast to on site observation.
Published in Chapter: Determination of Urban Growth by the Night-Time Images; From: Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Fourth Edition
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Chapter 22
Application of Remote Sensing Technologies and Geographical Information Systems in Monitoring Environmental Degradation in the Lake Victoria Watershed, East Africa
The small or large-scale acquisition of information of an object or phenomenon, by the use of either recording or real-time sensing device(s) that are wireless
Published in Chapter: Application of Remote Sensing Technologies and Geographical Information Systems in Monitoring Environmental Degradation in the Lake Victoria Watershed, East Africa; From: Handbook of Research on Hydroinformatics: Technologies, Theories and Applications
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Chapter 11
Deep Learning Solutions for Agricultural and Farming Activities
Monitoring objects without any direct contact between sensor and object.
Published in Chapter: Deep Learning Solutions for Agricultural and Farming Activities; From: Deep Learning Applications and Intelligent Decision Making in Engineering
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Chapter 11
Classification of Territory on Forest Fire Danger Level Using GIS and Remote Sensing
The collecting of information about the earth using aircraft and satellites Geographic information systems: a system designed to capture, store, manipulate, analyze, manage, and present spatial or geographic data.
Published in Chapter: Classification of Territory on Forest Fire Danger Level Using GIS and Remote Sensing; From: Predicting, Monitoring, and Assessing Forest Fire Dangers and Risks
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