Remote Sensing and Imagery for Coastal Environments

Remote Sensing and Imagery for Coastal Environments

By David R. Green and Stephen D. King

Remotely sensed data and imagery have been widely applied over the years to both marine and coastal environments with varying degrees of success largely dependent upon the application. Aerial photography, in particular, still emerges as a major source of imagery that has considerable appeal for many coastal applications, primarily because of a user requirement for high spatial detail and visual familiarity, and because of the ease with which the imagery can be used. This publication seeks to stimulate the interest of the growing number of potential end-users of remotely sensed data and imagery to make greater use of the available geospatial and information processing technology in marine and coastal applications. Through careful consideration of the environmental problem, the issues, the data sources, the potential approach, and the expertise required to provide an answer to a question or a solution to a problem it is far more likely that the end user will make much better operational use of remotely sensed data and the associated technologies in the workplace.

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