The book covers the foundations of remote sensing, the types of satellites, and the basics of satellite image interpretation.

This text aims to familiarize the uninitiated with satellite data and with the reading of colour-coded satellite images of the Earth.

The book also dispels popular misconceptions like those used in Hollywood movies for dramatic effect such as exaggerated surveillance capabilities of orbiting satellites. However, what the satellites do see is nothing short of spectacular.

The book also describes spectral signatures of objects, concepts in data interpretation, and various aspects of observations over continents (including geological and vegetation patterns) and over oceans. Case studies are included.

Inspired by the 'Overview Effect' - a sensation that astronauts experience when given the opportunity to look down and view the Earth as a whole - the breathtaking, high-definition satellite photographs in OVERVIEW offer a new way to look ...

... earth. Such press releases abruptly ended after May 1, 1960, when the Soviets shot down a CIA-operated U2 spy plane over its territory, an international ... view from space, especially amid the worship of live satellite communications that.

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See our planet as never before with this collection of more than 200 high-definition satellite photos of Earth.

This book presents information on Landsat and its valuable role in satellite imagery of Earth.

An unparalleled view of our planet. See the world in more detail than ever before. View the latest spectacular satellite images of the Earth's surface and explore a detailed map at the same scale without turning the page.