Remote Sensing of the Environment: An Earth Resource Perspective (2nd Edition) (Prentice Hall Series in Geographic Information Science) | 
 enlarge | Author: John R Jensen
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Category: Book
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Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 16178
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 2
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 608
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.4
Dimensions (in): 10.9 x 8.4 x 1
ISBN: 0131889508
Dewey Decimal Number: 550.28
EAN: 9780131889507
ASIN: 0131889508
Publication Date: May 21, 2006
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Product Description
This popular book introduces the fundamentals of remote sensing from an earth resource (versus engineering) perspective. The author emphasizes the use of remote sensing data for useful spatial biophysical or socio-economic information that can be used to make decisions. Provides two new chapters on LIDAR Remote Sensing (Ch. 10) and In situ Spectral Reflectance Measurement (Ch. 15). Offers a thorough review of the nature of electromagnetic radiation, examining how the reflected or emitted energy in the visible, near-infrared, middle-infrared, thermal infrared, and microwave portions of the spectrum can be collected by a variety of sensor systems and analyzed. Employs a visually stimulating, clear format: a large (8.5” x 11”) format with 48 pages in full color facilitates image interpretation; hundreds of specially designed illustrationscommunicate principles in an easily understood manner. A useful reference for agriculture, wetland, and/or forestry professionals, along with geographers, urban planners, and transportation engineers.
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 Cutting edge, but needs work March 14, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This text book is extraordinarily detailed, and provides not only the concepts, but the theory and nuance for beginning in remote sensing. While studying this book, in detail, I have run into the following complaints, though:
1) The glossary and index are so incomplete, they're desolate. Important and conceptual terms that are used are not in either - it makes using the book quite difficult.
2) There is WAY too much minutia - the text is very informative, but I've found that the explanations of most things are excessively verbose.
3) Remote sensing is a very visual field.... and this book doesn't utilize diagrams and images nearly as much as it could/should. I realize that generating diagrams is time-consuming, but it would help this book immensely.
4) Chapter summaries and concept-based questions at the end of the chapters would probably help students a lot, too (perhaps even teachers).
5) There's not nearly enough talk about which EM bands see what, and what they help with. That's the entire basis of remote sensing, and it isn't explored in the detail that it could be.
So, while I recommend this text, because it is one-of-a-kind, I do so with the warning that it is obviously not a fine-tuned text yet.
 Penn State Geog 497g requirement February 8, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I purchased this book while enrolled in Penn State's Geospatial Intelligence certificate program. I have enjoyed the contents and the book does a great job of covering a wide variety of Remote Sensing principles without getting too bogged down in the technical jargon. I would highly recommend reading this for a great overall perspective on Remote Sensing.
 Best overall coverage of the topic I've found November 7, 2005
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
This text found its way into my collection during my undergraduate career as required for a Geography course in remote sensing. I ejoyed it as an introduction to the topic but later found myself returning to it time and again in graduate school working on a remote sensing thesis. I keep on finding new reasons to open it up in my business, at Terra Prints. It's exhaustive while not exhausting. Worth buying.
Roland Clark
excellent! February 18, 2001
11 out of 13 found this review helpful
This book covers broad area of remote sensing; nature, physics, photogrametry, history, various types of sensors (multispectral, thermal, Microwabe..), earth resource perspective(vegetation, water, urban landscape, soil&mineral...). So if you want to learn how remote sesning are employed in this world, I strongly recommend to buy this book. if you want to learn digital image processing, you should buy the sister book "Introductory Digital Image Processing: remote sensing perspective". All sections (especially vegetation) contains alot of infomation and easy to understand with nice figures and pictures. Only one fault of this book is this price...
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