The path to mapping the global urban footprint using TanDEM-X data

34th International Symposium on Remote Sensing of Environment - The GEOSS Era: Towards Operational Environmental Monitoring

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Esch, T ^a   Taubenbock H ^a   Felbier, A ^a   Roth, A ^a   Muller A ^a   Dech, S ^a  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

Classification; Remote sensing; TanDEM X; Urban analysis; Urban footprint

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; EARTH OBSERVATIONS; GLOBAL COVERAGE; HIGH RESOLUTION RADAR; TANDEM-X; URBAN ANALYSIS; URBAN ENVIRONMENTS; URBAN FOOTPRINT;

CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 84879767760     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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