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Showing 1 to 20 of 344 for “"Satellite imagery"”.
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A commercial architecture for satellite imagery
… of an alternative for government-developed satellites which produce high resolution imagery. This study focuses on the concept of the U.S. government purchasing proven and successful commercial satellites with minimal non-recurring engineering costs to help augment current national systems. …
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Identifying Data Centers from Satellite Imagery
… descriptors which can be utilized to describe satellite imagery. The first, the differential-magnitude and radius descriptor, describes a scene by computing the directional gradient of the scene with respect to a vector field whose solutions are circles around a pixel to be described, and then …
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SHORELINE DYNAMICS OF SOUTH AFRICA USING SATELLITE IMAGERY
… this critical knowledge gap by utilising a satellite-derived shoreline algorithm (CoastSat) to rectify years of inadequate monitoring and to contribute to a thorough understanding of South African shoreline dynamics. Enhancements were made to the open-source CoastSat algorithm to enable a …
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Impervious Surfaces Mapping Using High Resolution Satellite Imagery
… surface mapping tools used moderate resolution imagery. In this project, the potential of standard image processing techniques to generate impervious surface data for change detection analysis using high-resolution satellite imagery was evaluated. The city of Oxford, MS was selected as the study …
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The use of satellite imagery for domestic law enforcement
… in concert with digital mapping applications, satellite imagery has proven its utility to support first responders and emergency services in a wide range of both natural and manmade disasters. Imagery data has also supplemented police activities in developing operational plans that can be …
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Assessing construction and demolition waste generation rates using satellite imagery
… waste management has seen a surge in the use of satellite imagery in decision-making processes, yet its application to analyze quantitative variations in construction and demolition (C&D) waste remains underexplored. Especially the COVID- 19 pandemic disrupted conventional municipal solid waste …
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Restrictions on Satellite Imagery Dissemination due to National Security Considerations
Η παρούσα διπλωματική εργασία εξετάζει τους περιορισμούς στη διάδοση δορυφορικών εικόνων για λόγους εθνικής ασφάλειας μέσω μιας ολοκληρωμένης ανάλυσης των τεχνολογικών εξελίξεων, των εμπορικών δυναμικών, των κρατικών πρακτικών και των εφαρμοστέων νομικών πλαισίων σε διεθνές και εθνικό επίπεδο. Κατά …
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Assessing Transit Oriented Development using Satellite Imagery: Riyadh vs. Phoenix
… urban design and climate. I use high-resolution satellite imagery with Computer Vision methods to detect the built area around public transit stations to measure the building density and, combined with land use data, measure the residential and nonresidential density. Both of these measurements …
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Nearshore Bathymetry from Fusion of ICESat-2 and Multispectral Satellite Imagery
… in some places. High resolution multispectral satellite data has also emerged as another way to make estimates of bathymetry, called satellite derived bathymetry (SDB), although the accuracy of SDB is limited by the expense of collecting in situ samples to constrain accuracy. In September 2018, …
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Photovoltaics Detection in Satellite Imagery using Deep Learning and Remote Sensing
… increase in the availability of high-resolution imagery from satellites and advancement in state-ofthe-art learning techniques. Together, this presents a unique opportunity to harvest previously scarce high-resolution satellite data and deploy state-of-the-art detection techniques for renewable …
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Mapping Building Damage Caused by Earthquakes Using Satellite Imagery and Deep Learning
… buildings in a large area, and remote sensing imagery has been used by government organizations, international agencies, and insurance industries for assessing post-event damage. The application of deep learning is encouraged by recent technological developments, enabling the processing of …
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Automatic UAV image registration using feature detection and matching with satellite imagery
… an approach and implementation for using satellite imagery to perform image registration with unprocessed aerial images captured with a UAV. Aerial imagery is used in a large variety of applications including disaster relief, urban planning, crop and vegetation monitoring, and mapping. The …
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Analysis of Dryland Forest Phenology using Fused Landsat and MODIS Satellite Imagery
… analysis with temporally coincident Landsat-5 imagery. The accuracy of the results (0.61 < R2 < 0.94) justified subsequent use of STARFM data in this environment, particularly when the imagery were generated from Nadir Bi-directional Reflectance Factor (BRDF)-Adjusted Reflectance (NBAR) MODIS …
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Automatic road network extraction from high resolution satellite imagery using spectral classification methods
… capable of extracting roads from QuickBird satellite imagery. The second objective is to integrate a variety of algorithms within the road network extraction system. The benefits of using each of these algorithms within the proposed road extraction system, is illustrated. Finally, a fully …
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Whales from space: Assessing the feasibility of using satellite imagery to monitor whales
… and prevent remote areas from being studied. Satellites orbiting Earth can access most regions of the planet, offering a potential solution to surveying remote locations. With recent improvements in the spatial resolution of satellite imagery, it is now possible to detect wildlife from space, …
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Building Footprint Reconstruction from Satellite Imagery Using a Deep Learning Framework with Geometric Regularization
… launch of Landsat-1 in 1972, Earth observation satellites have significantly evolved, now capturing vast amounts of high-resolution imagery. These satellites continuously transmit data that helps us monitor urban expansion, plan infrastructure, and respond to natural disasters. Satellite imaging …
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Recent Changes to Langjökull Icecap, Iceland: An investigation integrating airborne LiDAR and satellite imagery
… of photoclinometry, which employs visible light imagery (here, Landsat ETM+ band 4) to interpolate unmeasured sections of this fragmented data set. A complete digital elevation model (DEM) of Langjökull was produced, and photoclinometry was determined to be a satisfactory and robust technique for …
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Satellite imagery evaluation of soil moisture variability in north-east part of Ganges Basin, India
… the west, was assessed using Landsat TM Band 6 imagery dating from 1999-2003. The Band 6 thermal channel of Landsat is sensitive to soil temperature variability resulting from differences in moisture content and as such is a proxy for soil moisture variability in this environment. In order to …
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