Since the early 1970s, the number of satellites deployed forremote sensing purposes has steadily increased. This has followed theincreasing capability of robust sensor technology to deliverhigh-resolution images across a wide area of the electromagneticspectrum, coupled with the development of intelligent informationprocessing. These developments are opening up a broad range ofapplications, from monitoring trends in agricultural and urban landusage, to atmospheric and climate change studies, through to use inmineral, oil and gas resources exploration.
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