Two-weekly AVHRR images were used to examine spatial patterns of the normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) and their relationships with environmental variables for moist acidic tundra (MAT) and moist non-acidic tundra (MNT) along two latitudinal transects in northern Alaska. The NDVI database was derived from a 5-yr time series (1995-1999) of two-weekly AVHRR composites for Alaska. A di...

The selection of the minimal number of observers that ensures the maximum visual coverage over an area represented by a digital elevation model (DEM) have great interest in many fields, e.g., telecommunications, environment planning, among others. However, this problem is complex and intractable when the number of points of the DEM is relatively high. This complexity is due to three issues: 1) ...

Singhbhum Shear Zone is a highly mineralized zone having variety of minerals, predominantly those of uranium, copper and some sulphide minerals. From Remote Sensing data it is possible to decipher the regional lithology, tectonic fabric and also the geomorphic details of a terrain which aid precisely in targeting of metals and minerals. Mapping of mineralized zones can be done using Geospatial ...

This paper presents a method to build ne resolution digital terrain maps, on the basis of a set of low altitude aerial stereovision images. Stereovision images are the only data available: to build a global map, we introduce an algorithm that uses interest point matches between successive images to estimate their relative position. Experimental results are presented and discussed, they show how...

soil erosion models are useful tools to predict runoff, sediment and soil erosion in watersheds. although, the swat model is used for evaluating runoff discharge and the long-term effects of management operation on water, sediment and agricultural chemical yields in the large watersheds, in this research, its efficiency was investigated in monthly runoff simulation for tuyserkan watershed (with...

the aim of the study is the classification of landform based on elevation, slope, relief and curvature inputs (old method) and topographic position index (tpi) (new method) in the south of bojnoord. the input data for the two methods is a digital elevation model (dem). the results of topographic position index (tpi) model showed that most area of landform were covered by class 5 (plains small) ...

and sighted participants and its implications for tactile map creation. ABSTRACT Objective: To determine the optimal elevation of tactile map symbols. Background: Tactile perception research predicts that symbol elevation (vertical height) and texture on tactile maps could influence their readability. However, while research has shown that elevation influences detection and discrimination thres...

Some applications such as the autonomous navigation in natural terrain and the automation of map making process require high-level scene descriptions as well as geometrical representation of the natural terrain environments. In this paper, we present methods for building high level terrain descriptions, referred as topographic maps, by extracting terrain features like "peaks", "pits", "ridges",...

The mapping with the high resolution satellite image instead of aerial images is one of the most important applications in the field of remote sensing. The purpose of this study is to investigate the possibility for generating the thematic maps such as digital map, ortho-rectified image, and Digital Elevation Model (DEM) using the second KOrea Multi-Purpose SATellite (KOMPSAT-2) stereo dataset....