New Trends in Obtaining Geographical Information: Interpretation of Satellite Data

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Part of the Studies in Systems, Decision and Control book series (SSDC, volume 66)

Abstract

Visual interpretation of satellite data is a new trend of obtaining geographical information for the common populations. Research participants (11, 15 and 19 years old students) were asked to solve spatial tasks on both true and false colour images. Differences in the efficiency of task solving regarding various types of source documents were analyzed. The generated scores were evaluated according to the participants’ age and gender. The research results show that young non–experts interpret satellite data in false and true colour successfully.

Keywords

Geographical information Interpretation of satellite data Remote sensing Earth observation 
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Authors and Affiliations

  1. 1.Department of Geography, Faculty of EducationMasaryk UniversityBrnoCzech Republic

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