A primer on the use of digital landsat data / F.G. Peet.
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TextPublication details: AB : 1977. Forest Management Institute,Description: (1) 23 (21) p. : ill. , maps ; 28 cmOnline resources: Abstract: This primer is for those people who are interested in learning about an alternative form of land satellite (Landsat - formerly ERTS) data. No previous acquaintance with it is assumed, and no programming knowledge is assumed. Although the discussion is centred around Landsat data, the techniques described are applicable to any remotely sensed data in digital form or which can be put into digital form. The goal is to illustrate how basic investigative work can be done at a neighbourhood computer centre without fancy display or peripheral equipment.Full-fledged investigations and operations work, however, would require additional computer hardware. The choice of topics has been dictated in part by the questions most frequently asked by the user starting out for the first time. Examples used for illustration come from proejcts underway in Canada and the United States on which the author has worked or is working. The notes are divided into four sections: what digital data is, why it is im
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 23).
This primer is for those people who are interested in learning about an alternative form of land satellite (Landsat - formerly ERTS) data. No previous acquaintance with it is assumed, and no programming knowledge is assumed. Although the discussion is centred around Landsat data, the techniques described are applicable to any remotely sensed data in digital form or which can be put into digital form. The goal is to illustrate how basic investigative work can be done at a neighbourhood computer centre without fancy display or peripheral equipment.Full-fledged investigations and operations work, however, would require additional computer hardware. The choice of topics has been dictated in part by the questions most frequently asked by the user starting out for the first time. Examples used for illustration come from proejcts underway in Canada and the United States on which the author has worked or is working. The notes are divided into four sections: what digital data is, why it is im