1. Satellite and Aerial Image Analysis

2. Remote Sensing Earth Observation Photogrammetry From the Cold War to Spaceship Earth Application Areas: anything that happens on the planet

3. Imaging Tech Satellite / Aerial Photography Geosynchronous / Sunsynchronous (Near Polar Orbit) Passive / Active; Panchromatic / Multispectral Data processing, distribution, corrections Interpretation

4. Pixel Classification Vegetation, Soil, Water, Ice, Atmosphere Radiation proifles

5. MODIS Rapid Response Fire Maps Vital product aids firefighting responses Fully automated Straight forward algorithm, placing conditions on multiple spectrums

6. Remote Sensing at Sussex Dominic Kniveton, WetNet project Rainfall estimation from microwave radiation

7. Ice Edge and Icebergs Climate change and wildlife Economic (shipping) Traditional livelihoods Techniques Spectral profiles, and microwave backscatter for classification Edge and motion detection

8. Neural Networks often used in geography Snow density estimation ANNs trained on site specific data performed better than known algorithms

9. Automated Road Extraction Active research area, many places currently badly mapped Technique for updating accuracy of existing maps is completely automated, successful

10. 3D City Models Similar technique of extracting above ground objects Aerial photos are then texture mapped to models.

11. References Books Introduction to Environmental Remote Sensing Computer Processing of Remotely-Sensed Images Introduction to Remote Sensing Remotely Sensed Cities Journals (on ScienceDirect) ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing Remote Sensing of Environment Websites http://www.photogrammetry.ethz.ch/ http://www.photogrammetry.ethz.ch/~manos/rsnote/contents.htm (online textbook) http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/ http://northernview.org/...tons more