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This chapter is an overview of change detection techniques applied to Earth observation. Section 7.1 gives a short definition of change detection followed by the historical background of this process (Sect. 7.2). Methods of change detection are described in Sect. 7.3, and are illustrated using an analysis of wildlife habitat (Sect. 7.4). Typical applications are then listed. The chapter concludes with a discussion of future directions of change detection studies (Sect. 7.5).
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Théau, J. (2022). Change Detection. In: Kresse, W., Danko, D. (eds) Springer Handbook of Geographic Information. Springer Handbooks. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-53125-6_7
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