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How Did Aircraft Photography Develop? 270
What Are the Different Types of Aerial
Photos? 275
How Can You Interpret Objects in an Aerial
Image? 280
How Can You Make Measurements from an
Aerial Photo? 284
Geospatial Lab Application 9.1
Visual Imagery Interpretation 289
Thinking Critically with Geospatial Technology
9.1 How Can UAVs Be Used for Security
Purposes? 275
Hands-on Applications
9.1 World War II Aerial Photography Online 273
9.2 The National Aerial Photography Program 275
9.3 Using MSR Maps for Viewing Aerial Images 279
9.4 Oblique Imagery on Bing Maps 280
Chapter 10
How Remote Sensing Works
Electromagnetic Energy, the Remote Sensing
Process, Spectral Reflectance, NDVI, Digital
Imagery, and Color Composites 295
What Is Remote Sensing Actually Sensing? 297
What Is the Role of the Atmosphere in Remote
Sensing? 300
What Happens to Energy When It Hits a Target
on the Ground? 301
How Can Spectral Reflectance Be Used in
Remote Sensing? 303
How Do You Display a Digital Remotely Sensed
Image? 306
Geospatial Lab Application 10.1
Remotely Sensed Imagery and Color
Composites 314
Thinking Critically with Geospatial Technology
10.1 How Does Remote Sensing Affect Your
Privacy? 302
Hands-on Applications
10.1 Viewing Remotely Sensed Imagery
Online 296
10.2 Examining NDVI with NASA ICE 306
10.3 Color Tools Online: Color Mixing 309
10.4 Comparing True Color and False Color
Composites 312
Chapter 11
Images from Space
Satellite Remote Sensing, Satellite
Orbits, Sensor Resolutions, the Landsat
Program, and High-Resolution Satellite
Sensors 323
How Do Remote Sensing Satellites Collect
Data? 325
What Are the Capabilities of a Satellite
Sensor? 329
What Is a Landsat Satellite and What Does
It Do? 331
What Satellites Have High-Resolution
Sensors? 338
Geospatial Lab Application 11.1
Landsat Imagery 342
Thinking Critically with Geospatial Technology
11.1 What Effect Does Satellite Remote Sensing
Have on Political Borders? 328
11.2 What If There Was No Landsat Data Continuity
Mission? 338
Hands-on Applications
11.1 Examining Satellite Orbits in Real
Time 326
11.2 Streaming Landsat Imagery 334
11.3 Viewing Landsat Imagery with
GloVis 335
11.4 Applications of Landsat Imagery 337
11.5 Viewing High-Resolution Satellite
Imagery 340
Contents
How Did Aircraft Photography Develop? 270
What Are the Different Types of Aerial
Photos? 275
How Can You Interpret Objects in an Aerial
Image? 280
How Can You Make Measurements from an
Aerial Photo? 284
Geospatial Lab Application 9.1
Visual Imagery Interpretation 289
Thinking Critically with Geospatial Technology
9.1 How Can UAVs Be Used for Security
Purposes? 275
Hands-on Applications
9.1 World War II Aerial Photography Online 273
9.2 The National Aerial Photography Program 275
9.3 Using MSR Maps for Viewing Aerial Images 279
9.4 Oblique Imagery on Bing Maps 280
Chapter 10
How Remote Sensing Works
Electromagnetic Energy, the Remote Sensing
Process, Spectral Reflectance, NDVI, Digital
Imagery, and Color Composites 295
What Is Remote Sensing Actually Sensing? 297
What Is the Role of the Atmosphere in Remote
Sensing? 300
What Happens to Energy When It Hits a Target
on the Ground? 301
How Can Spectral Reflectance Be Used in
Remote Sensing? 303
How Do You Display a Digital Remotely Sensed
Image? 306
Geospatial Lab Application 10.1
Remotely Sensed Imagery and Color
Composites 314
Thinking Critically with Geospatial Technology
10.1 How Does Remote Sensing Affect Your
Privacy? 302
Hands-on Applications
10.1 Viewing Remotely Sensed Imagery
Online 296
10.2 Examining NDVI with NASA ICE 306
10.3 Color Tools Online: Color Mixing 309
10.4 Comparing True Color and False Color
Composites 312
Chapter 11
Images from Space
Satellite Remote Sensing, Satellite
Orbits, Sensor Resolutions, the Landsat
Program, and High-Resolution Satellite
Sensors 323
How Do Remote Sensing Satellites Collect
Data? 325
What Are the Capabilities of a Satellite
Sensor? 329
What Is a Landsat Satellite and What Does
It Do? 331
What Satellites Have High-Resolution
Sensors? 338
Geospatial Lab Application 11.1
Landsat Imagery 342
Thinking Critically with Geospatial Technology
11.1 What Effect Does Satellite Remote Sensing
Have on Political Borders? 328
11.2 What If There Was No Landsat Data Continuity
Mission? 338
Hands-on Applications
11.1 Examining Satellite Orbits in Real
Time 326
11.2 Streaming Landsat Imagery 334
11.3 Viewing Landsat Imagery with
GloVis 335
11.4 Applications of Landsat Imagery 337
11.5 Viewing High-Resolution Satellite
Imagery 340
Contents