Proceedings of the Symposium on Global and Environmental Monitoring: Proceedings of the Symposium on Global and Environmental Monitoring

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Title:: Proceedings of the Symposium on Global and Environmental Monitoring

Sub title:: techniques and impacts ; September 17 - 21, 1990, Victoria Conference Centre, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

Year of publication:: 1990

Place of publication:: Victoria, BC

Publisher of the original:: [Verlag nicht ermittelbar]

Identifier (digital):: 856665355

Language:: English

Document type:: Multivolume work

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Persistent identifier:: 856669164

Title:: Proceedings of the Symposium on Global and Environmental Monitoring

Sub title:: techniques and impacts; September 17 - 21, 1990, Victoria Conference Centre, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

Scope:: XIV, 912 Seiten

Year of publication:: 1990

Place of publication:: Victoria, BC

Publisher of the original:: [Verlag nicht ermittelbar]

Identifier (digital):: 856669164

Illustration:: Illustrationen, Diagramme, Karten

Signature of the source:: ZS 312(28,7,1)

Language:: English

Usage licence:: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

Editor:: International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Commission of Photographic and Remote Sensing Data

Publisher of the digital copy:: Technische Informationsbibliothek Hannover

Place of publication of the digital copy:: Hannover

Year of publication of the original:: 2016

Document type:: Volume

Collection:: Earth sciences

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Title:: [WA-4 GLOBAL MONITORING (2)]

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Title:: REMOTE SENSING, AN ENABLING TECHNOLOGY FOR RESOURCE AND ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT. Karel Vanturennout, Ross Rose

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In recent years we have seen considerable changes, with image analysis and GIS systems now being offered on PC-based platforms. If we look at the development of price per MIPS processing power and price per MB storage over the past and future 5 years it is clear the affordability of computer resources is improving rapidly, in addition workstation vendors such as Sun Microsystems are increasingly committing themselves to full integration of image processing in their product line. In addition these workstations will be highly compact and reliable, to the extent operational expenditures for equipment maintenance will become negligible compared to the expense of data maintenance. Furthermore, fibreoptic networking architectures are expected to improve to the point where voluminous image files can be transmitted between workstations and central data banks without delaying operator interaction. As has happened already in the administrative section, the proliferation of affordable workstations is likely to generate a need for some form of central data depository, from which workstation operators can retrieve what they will call raw data (in fact this will be preprocessed standardized data), and where they can deposit the results of their activities for safekeeping, archival, or use by others. This will result in a combination of central data base management and distributed access privileges for workstations. Although this evolutionary process will take some time, it is already in progress. Fortunately, we will see a strong emphasis on standardization as this process is taking place. This reduces uncertainty on the part of the user community and will facilitate rapid introduction of these more affordable computer and software solutions as they become available. Conclusion While a number of factors have constrained the effective utilization of remotely sensed data in the past, many signs point towards significant improvements over the years to come. This technology oriented push is happening parallel to a market oriented pull caused by the increasing need for accurate data to manage the earth's resources and environment. The realization that mankind will have increasingly better data and tools at its disposal to manage this planet's resources and environment only increases our responsibility to get on with the job. As a leader in remote sensing systems we at MacDonald Dettwiler are committed to work with others around the globe to provide the tools needed to achieve sustainable development in order to make the world a better place for generations to come.

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