Remotely–sensed images of the Earth′s surface provide a valuable source of information about the geographical distribution and properties of natural and cultural features. This fully revised and updated edition of a highly regarded textbook deals with the mechanics of processing remotely–senses images. Presented in an accessible manner, the book covers a wide range of image processing and pattern recognition techniques. Features include:
- New topics on LiDAR data processing, SAR interferometry, the analysis of imaging spectrometer image sets and the use of the wavelet transform.
- An accompanying CD–ROM with:
- updated MIPS software, including modules for standard procedures such as image display, filtering, image transforms, graph plotting, import of data from a range of sensors.
- A set of exercises, including data sets, illustrating the application of discussed methods using the MIPS software.
- An extensive list of WWW resources including colour illustrations for easy download.
For further information, including exercises and latest software information visit the Author′s Website at: http://homepage.ntlworld.com/paul.mather/ComputerProcessing3/
Paul Mather has been Professor of Geographical Information Science at The University of Nottingham, UK since 1988. BA (Cambridge), PhD (Nottingham). Main research interests: multivariate analysis of spatial data (
Computational Methods of Multivariate Analysis in Physical Geography, Chichester, John Wiley, 1976) and digital image processing applied to remotely sensed data, particularly algorithms for classification and pattern recognition (
Classification Methods for Remotely Sensed Data, with B. Tso, London, Taylor and Francis, 2001).
- Awarded OBE in the Queen’s Jubilee Honours in 2002 for ‘services to remote sensing and photogrammetry’.
- Recipient of The Remote Sensing Society’s Gold Medal in 1996.
- Presented with the Back Award of the Royal Geographical Society for ‘contributions to remote sensing’ in 1992.
- Winner of the Dearing Award for “Outstanding contribution to the development of teaching and learning”, The University of Nottingham, 2003.
- Invited speaker/lecturer at conferences/courses all over the world (e.g., Japan, Indonesia, India, South Africa, Poland, Hungary, Bulgaria, Spain).