Summary
(Adapted from RST home page)

Remote sensing tends to orient towards any applications that are of direct
and immediate benefit to people and society. Map types that are designed to
show both natural and manmade features on which data pertinent to those aims is
recorded and from which up-to-date information is easily extracted are referred
to as land cover and land use maps. A commonly used land cover classification
is presented and an example of a classified remote sensing subimage that
displays cover classes is given. Much of this section will concentrate on the
appearance of cities and urban areas in space imagery; these images are good
starting points for making land use/cover maps.

Related URL

Link: VIEW PROJECT HOME PAGE Description: The Remote Sensing Tutorial Home Page.

Service Citation

Originators: Nicholas M. Short Sr. Title: The Remote Sensing Tutorial - Urban and Land Use Applications URL: http://rst.gsfc.nasa.gov/

Parent DIF

This service description is a member of a collection. The collection is described in 01-RS_Tutorial-GSFC-01

Service Keywords

DATA ANALYSIS AND VISUALIZATION >VISUALIZATION/IMAGE PROCESSING

Science Keywords

HUMAN DIMENSIONS >ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS HUMAN DIMENSIONS >INFRASTRUCTURE LAND SURFACE >EROSION/SEDIMENTATION LAND SURFACE >GEOMORPHOLOGY LAND SURFACE >LAND USE/LAND COVER LAND SURFACE >LAND USE/LAND COVER >LAND USE CLASSES LAND SURFACE >LAND USE/LAND COVER >LAND COVER LAND SURFACE >SURFACE RADIATIVE PROPERTIES LAND SURFACE >TOPOGRAPHY BIOSPHERE >TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS >AGRICULTURAL LANDS BIOSPHERE >TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS >FORESTS BIOSPHERE >TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS >GRASSLANDS BIOSPHERE >TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS >SAVANNAS BIOSPHERE >TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS >SHRUBLAND/SCRUB BIOSPHERE >TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS >URBAN LANDS BIOSPHERE >TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS >WETLANDS BIOSPHERE >AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS >WETLANDS

ISO Topic Category

BIOTA FARMING ENVIRONMENT UTILITIES/COMMUNICATIONS TRANSPORTATION GEOSCIENTIFIC INFORMATION IMAGERY/BASE MAPS/EARTH COVER PLANNING CADASTRE CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE ELEVATION

Ancillary Keywords

Remote Sensing Image Processing and Interpretation Land Use Land Cover Human Activity Urban Land Agricultural Land Rangeland Forest Land Los Angeles San Diego Tucson Las Vegas New York Miami St.Louis New Orleans Dallas-Fort Worth Atlanta Washington D.C. Baltimore Buenos Aires Paris Munich Florence Beijing Archaeological Studies Landsat (ERTS)

Service Provider

NASA/GSFC/EOS/PO > Program Office, Earth Observing System, Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA Service Organization URL: http://eos.gsfc.nasa.gov/ Service Provider Personnel Name: JOHN BOLTON Email: john.bolton at gsfc.nasa.gov Contact Address: Code 420 Earth Observing System: Program Office NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center City: Greenbelt Province or State: Maryland Postal Code: 20771 Country: USA

Personnel

NICOLAS M. SHORT, SR. Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT Email: nmshort at ptd.net TYLER B. STEVENS Role: SERF AUTHOR Phone: (301) 614-6898 Fax: 301-614-5268 Email: Tyler.B.Stevens at nasa.gov Contact Address: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Global Change Master Directory City: Greenbelt Province or State: MD Postal Code: 20771 Country: USA

Creation and Review Dates

SERF Creation Date: 2001-06-21 SERF Last Revision Date: 2006-01-17

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