Use of Archival Landsat Imagery to Monitor Urban Spatial Growth

Yang, Xiaojun (editor) / Yang, Xiaojun (author)

Urban Remote Sensing ; 15-33

2011-04-15

19 pages

9780470979563 , 9780470749586

https://doi.org/10.1002/9780470979563.ch2

Article/Chapter (Book)

Electronic Resource

English

Landsat program, review on past, present and future ‐ and its imaging sensors , Landsat program and imaging sensors ‐ launch of six land satellites, the first one on 23 July 1972 , image resolution ‐ impact upon land use/cover classification , urban growth and landscape change assessment ‐ inventorying and mapping, information base and robust techniques , data acquired by Landsat program ‐ continuous observations of Earth's surface from space , remote sensing systems ‐ for urban areas , Landsat program, longest continuous observations of Earth's surface ‐ freely available Landsat image archive , mapping urban spatial growth in American metropolis ‐ utilities of archival Landsat imagery for urban growth, and landscape change analysis with Atlanta metropolitan area , change detection, and examination ‐ urban growth and nature of change , use of archival Landsat imagery ‐ monitoring urban spatial growth