Remote sensing platforms and sensors: A survey

ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing

Volumn 115, Issue , 2016, Pages 22-36

  Toth, Charles ^a   Jóźków, Grzegorz ^a  

^a Ohio State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Cameras; Georeferencing; Imaging sensors; Platforms; Remote sensing; Satellites; UAS

Indexed keywords

CAMERAS; SATELLITES; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

GEOREFERENCING; IMAGING SENSORS; INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURES; NAVIGATION INFRASTRUCTURE; PLATFORMS; REMOTE SENSING SATELLITES; REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGY; UAS;

REMOTE SENSING;

ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; GPS; IMAGING METHOD; NAVIGATION; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SENSOR; UNMANNED VEHICLE;

EID: 84949429912     PISSN: 09242716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2015.10.004     Document Type: Short Survey

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