Description of settlement patterns using VHR SAR data of the German TanDEM-X mission

International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 5737-5740

  Esch, Thomas ^a   Heldens, Wieke ^a   Felbier, Andreas ^a   Taubenbock, Hannes ^a   Roth, Achim ^a  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

automation; global mapping; settlement patterns; TanDEM X; urbanization

Indexed keywords

BUILT-UP AREAS; DATA SETS; DIGITAL ELEVATION; EARTH OBSERVATIONS; GLOBAL COVERAGE; GLOBAL MAPPING; HIGH POTENTIAL; HUMAN SETTLEMENTS; OPERATIONAL PROCESSING; SAR DATA; SETTLEMENT PATTERNS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TANDEM-X; TERRASAR-X; URBAN SPRAWL; URBANIZATION; VERY HIGH RESOLUTION;

AUTOMATION; GEOLOGY; REMOTE SENSING; URBAN GROWTH;

SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

EID: 84873166901     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IGARSS.2012.6352308     Document Type: Conference Paper

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