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Sources and Characteristics of Remote Sensing Image Data

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Remote Sensing Digital Image Analysis

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Remote sensing image data of the earth’s surface acquired from either aircraft or spacecraft platforms is readily available in digital format; spatially the data is composed of discrete picture elements, or pixels, and radiometrically it is quantised into discrete brightness levels. Even data that is not recorded in digital form initially can be converted into discrete data by use of digitising equipment.

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  1. Research School of Information Sciences and Engineering, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, 0200, Australia

    John A. Richards

  2. School of Electrical Engineering University College, The University of New South Wales, Australian Defence Force Academy, Campbell, ACT, 2600, Australia

    Xiuping Jia

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Richards, J.A., Jia, X. (1999). Sources and Characteristics of Remote Sensing Image Data. In: Remote Sensing Digital Image Analysis. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-03978-6_1

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