Chapter 1 Terms

Question 1

3 Major Applications of Remote Sensing

Answer 1

1. Environmental
2. Military/Surveillance
3. Humanitarian

Question 2

History of Remote Sensing

Answer 2

1. Original Photographic Machine- 1839
2. EM Tech- 1873
3. First aerial photos- 1909
4. Corona satellite- 1960
5. TIROS/Landsat 1972
6. Google Earth- 2005

Question 3

Sectors Driving advancements in Remote Sensing

Answer 3

1. Military/Government

2. Private/Commercial sector

Question 4

Two Processes of Assessing an image

Answer 4

1. Preprocessing- atmospheric correction, geometric correction, etc.
2. Classification/Analysis- defining data collected.

Question 5

Dow Chemicals vs. United States (1986)

Answer 5

1. Questioned regulations of UAV’s and remote sensing techniques in private spaces.
2. Ethical/Privacy Concerns