Remote Sensing: Principles, Interpretation, and Applications, Fourth Edition

Product Description

Remote sensing has undergone profound changes over the past two decades as GPS, GIS, and sensor advances have significantly expanded the user community and availability of images. New tools, such as automation, cloud-based services, drones, and artificial intelligence, continue to expand and enhance the discipline. Along with comprehensive coverage and clarity, Sabins and Ellis establish a solid foundation for the insightful use of remote sensing with an emphasis on principles and a focus on sensor technology and image acquisition.
The Fourth Edition presents a valuable discussion of the growing and permeating use of technologies such as drones and manned aircraft imaging, DEMs, and lidar. The authors explain the scientific and societal impacts of remote sensing, review digital image processing and GIS, provide case histories from areas around the globe, and describe practical applications of remote sensing to the environment, renewable and nonrenewable resources, land use/land cover, natural hazards, and climate change.

Review

“As far as I know, this is the only remote sensing textbook on the market offering comprehensive coverage of both classic topics and emergent techniques such as drones, lidar, and others. The accompanying website allows instructors to access all figures, color plates, and a well-designed lab manual (data and answers). The website also provides a variety of sample remote sensor data that could be used for students’ class projects (for an intermediate or advanced course).” –Xiaojun Yang, Florida State University

“I like the focus on geological image interpretation applications, and that the book is up to date.” –Noah P. Snyder, Boston College