ABSTRACT

Advances in Mapping from Remote Sensor Imagery: Techniques and Applications reviews some of the latest developments in remote sensing and information extraction techniques applicable to topographic and thematic mapping. Providing an interdisciplinary perspective, leading experts from around the world have contributed chapters examining state-of-the

chapter 1|32 pages

- Modern photogrammetric mapping

ByAYMAN F. HABIB

chapter 2|36 pages

- Airborne LiDAR remote sensing and its applications

ByKEQI ZHANG, ZHENG CUI, PATRICIA A. HOULE

chapter 3|22 pages

- Advanced algorithms for land use and cover classification

ByMAHESH PAL

chapter 5|26 pages

- Digital elevation model generation from satellite interferometric synthetic aperture radar

ByZHONG LU, HYUNG-SUP JUNG, LEI ZHANG, WONJIN LEE, CHANG-WOOK LEE, AND DANIEL DZURISIN

chapter 6|24 pages

- Shoreline mapping

ByCHRISTOPHER E. PARRISH

chapter 7|16 pages

- Seeing residential buildings from remotely sensed imagery: An object-oriented approach

ByXUELIAN MENG, NATE CURRIT, LE WANG, XIAOJUN YANG

chapter 9|22 pages

- Fractional vegetation cover mapping from the HJ-1 small satellite hyperspectral data

ByXIANFENG ZHANG AND CHUNHUA LIAO RUILIANG PU

chapter 13|22 pages

- Advanced geospatial techniques for mapping and monitoring invasive species

ByLE WANG, AMY E. FRAZIER

chapter 14|32 pages

- Surface deformation mapping with persistent scatterer radar interferometry

ByGUOXIANG LIU, LEI ZHANG, XIAOLI DING, QIANG CHEN, XIAOJUN LUO, AND GUOLIN CAI

chapter 15|26 pages

- Mapping marine oil spills from space

ByTAE-JUNG KWON AND JONATHAN LI

chapter 16|46 pages

- Remote-sensing techniques for natural disaster impact assessment

ByPIERO BOCCARDO AND FABIO GIULIO TONOLO