Title :
Land cover mapping for Mission to Planet Earth
Author :
Sayn-Wittgenstein, L.
Author_Institution :
Canada Centre for Remote Sensing, Energy, Mines & Resources, Ottawa, Ont., Canada
Abstract :
Remote sensing projects for the International Space Year (ISY) are discussed, as well as the satellites that will be the main source of information. These projects will focus on global change, deforestation, food production, and disaster warning and relief. The factors that hinder the widespread use of remote sensing, namely, technical limitations, resistance to change, legal and security restrictions on data, and the high cost of the data, are examined.<>
Keywords :
atmospheric composition; disasters; ecology; economic and sociologic effects; geophysical techniques; remote sensing; research initiatives; Earth; International Space Year; cost; data restrictions; deforestation; disaster warning; food production; global change; land cover mapping; legal restrictions; relief; remote sensing; satellites; security restrictions; technical limitations; Data security; Earth; Information resources; Information security; Law; Legal factors; Planets; Production; Remote sensing; Satellites;
Journal_Title :
Technology and Society Magazine, IEEE
