Image Processing and Data Analysis with ERDAS IMAGINE®

<p>Remotely sensed data in the form of digital images captured from spaceborne and airborne platforms provide a rich analytical and observational source of information about the current status as well as changes occurring in on and around the Earth’s surface. The data products or simply images processed from these platforms provide an additional advantage in that geographic areas or regions of interest can be revisited on a regular cycle. This revisit cycle allows geospatial analysts and natural resource managers to explore changing conditions over time.</p><p>Image Processing and Data Analysis with ERDAS IMAGINE® explains the principles behind the processing of remotely sensed data in a simple easy to understand and <i>how-to</i> format. Organized as a step-by-step guide with exercises adapted from original research and using publicly available imagery such as NASA Landsat ESA Sentinel-2 Orthophotos and others this book gives readers the ability to quickly gain the practical experience needed to navigate the <b>ERDAS IMAGINE® </b>software as well as learn certain applications in Esri’s ArcMap ArcGIS for Desktop software and Quantum the GIS (QGIS) open source applications package. It also helps readers to easily move beyond the information presented in this book and tackle more advanced skills.</p><p>Written by two professors with long experience in remote sensing and image processing this book is a useful guide and reference for both undergraduate and graduate students researchers instructors managers and agency professionals who are involved in the study of Earth systems and the environment.</p>