Aerial Photography 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 over Ground-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

Last Updated 10/7/97. RRR.