Current Weather Urban/Suburban Resolution Considerations Land
Use/Land Cover Population Estimation Quality of Life Indicators
Reminder: Read rest of Chapter 13 for next class! Remote Sensing of
the Human Environment
Slide 2
Urban Remote Sensing Users
Slide 3
Zoning regulation Commerce and economic development Tax
assessor Transportation and utilities Parks, recreation, and
tourism Emergency management Real Estate Developers Zoning
regulation Commerce and economic development Tax assessor
Transportation and utilities Parks, recreation, and tourism
Emergency management Real Estate Developers
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What are the 5 major stages of residential development
identified by Jensen and Toll (1983)?
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Urban/Suburban Temporal Resolution Considerations Partial or
complete clearing Land subdivision Roads Buildings Landscaping
Partial or complete clearing Land subdivision Roads Buildings
Landscaping
Urban Remote Sensing Minimum spatial resolution of 0.25 5 m
Minimum of four pixels within an object to identify (one-half the
width of the smallest dimension - i.e. 5 m mobile homes requires at
least 2.5 m data) Role of shape, size, texture, orientation,
pattern, shadow Land use vs. land cover? Minimum spatial resolution
of 0.25 5 m Minimum of four pixels within an object to identify
(one-half the width of the smallest dimension - i.e. 5 m mobile
homes requires at least 2.5 m data) Role of shape, size, texture,
orientation, pattern, shadow Land use vs. land cover?
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Observations: There are a number of remote sensing systems that
currently provide some of the desired urban/socio-economic
information when the spatial resolution required is > 5 x 5 m
and the temporal resolution is between 1 and 55 days. There are a
number of remote sensing systems that currently provide some of the
desired urban/socio-economic information when the spatial
resolution required is > 5 x 5 m and the temporal resolution is
between 1 and 55 days. As demonstrated, very high spatial
resolution data ( 5 x 5 m and the temporal resolution is between 1
and 55 days. As demonstrated, very high spatial resolution data
(