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The highest generally available resolution is less than 1 m for panchromatic
remote sensing data.
9. When was remote sensing first used?
Most people consider the use of the telescope in the 17th century to be the
first use of remote sensing.
10. How is remote sensing data usually stored?
Remote sensing data is usually stored on computer using a raster format.
Chapter Readings
Conway, E. D. (1997). An Introduction to Satellite Image Interpretation . Baltimore: Johns
Hopkins University Press.
Gibson, P. J. (2000). Introductory Remote Sensing: Principles and Concepts. New York:
Routledge.
Lillesand, T. M., R. W. Kiefer, & J. W. Chipman. (2004). Remote Sensing and Image
Interpretation (5th ed.). New York: Wiley.
Sabins, F. F. (1997). Remote Sensing: Principles and Interpretation (3rd ed.). New York:
Freeman.
Web Resources
One of the most consumer-friendly remote sensing-based web applications (registra-
tion required for full access) is available online at www.keyhole.com/
For information about LandSat 7, see the website www.keyhole.com/
NASA provides many fascinating images at its website at http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/
Documentation of wetland destruction using animations is available online at http://
svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a000000/a002200/a002210/index.html
For in-depth discussion of everything related to remote sensing, with an emphasis on
Landsat, but covering other sensor technologies in great detail, see http://rst.gsfc.
nasa.gov/
For information about SPOT satellites, see www.spot.com/html/SICORP/_401_.php
Another source for information about Landsat satellites is available online at http://
landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/
For an excellent interactive tutorial about various aspects of remote sensing, see
http://satftp.soest.hawaii.edu/space/hawaii/
A tutorial introduction to LiDAR is available online at www.ghcc.msfc.nasa.gov/sparcle/
sparcle_tutorial.html
Download Landsat data online at www.earthexplorer.usgs.gov