A review of earth observation using mobile personal communication devices

Computers and Geosciences

Volumn 51, Issue , 2013, Pages 339-349

  Ferster, Colin J ^a   Coops, Nicholas C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Citizen science; Earth observation; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

CITIZEN SCIENCE; DATA STORAGE; EARTH OBSERVATIONS; EARTH'S SURFACE; EMBEDDED SENSORS; IMAGE PROCESSING TECHNIQUE; LITERATURE REVIEWS; MOBILE DATA; MOBILE PERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS; NETWORKED DATUM; PUBLIC PARTICIPATION; SENSING DATA; SPACEBORNE REMOTE SENSING;

COMPUTER VISION; DATA TRANSFER; REMOTE SENSING;

OBSERVATORIES;

DATA PROCESSING; ERROR ANALYSIS; GPS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MOBILE COMMUNICATION; REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 84870294284     PISSN: 00983004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cageo.2012.09.009     Document Type: Review

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