remote sensing
Let an agent handle remote sensing by sensor, platform, data source, processing and applications, including licensing and privacy considerations.
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Purpose and description
Let an agent handle remote sensing by sensor, platform, data source, processing and applications, including licensing and privacy considerations.
The acquisition of information about objects or areas from a distance, typically from satellites or aircraft, using optical, infrared, radar, lidar and other sensors, including photogrammetry, for mapping, environmental monitoring and disaster response.
What it is for: Earth observation, mapping and monitoring.
It can be find satellite imagery and data sources; choose sensors for a task; explain processing such as classification; check licences and privacy rules.
Distinguishing features
Measurement from a distance
Many sensor types
Large data volumes
Needs calibration and validation
What it looks like
Satellite and aerial images, radar scenes and 3D point clouds.
How it is recognised
Multispectral and radar imagery
Sentinel, Landsat and other missions
In-situ measurement is taken on site
Related models
is a kind of - category
uses - platforms
produces - output
is related to - technology
In practice
Families and kinds
optical and multispectral sensing
thermal infrared sensing
synthetic aperture radar
lidar
photogrammetry
Standards and regulation
Copernicus open data policy
Remote sensing laws and licences
Privacy law for high-resolution imagery
Failure modes and hazards
Misinterpreting images without ground truth
Privacy intrusion
Using outdated imagery for decisions
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Data Sources.
Sources vary.
Mission
Satellite.
Mission
Data source.
- Which mission or sensor provides suitable data? provenance
- What resolution and revisit time does it have? measurement
Licence
Access.
Licence
Licensing.
- Under what licence is the data available? provenance
- Is it free? provenance
Processing Analysis.
Processing turns data into information.
Methods
Classification.
Methods
Processing methods.
- Which processing steps, such as atmospheric correction, are needed? definition
- Which software can do them? provenance
Validation
Ground truth.
Validation
Validation.
- How are results validated against ground observations? measurement
- What is the accuracy? measurement
Applications Uses.
Uses are broad.
Environment
Monitoring.
Environment
Environmental monitoring.
- How is remote sensing used to monitor forests, crops or water? definition
- Which programmes do it? provenance
Disasters
Emergency mapping.
Disasters
Disaster response.
- Which services provide rapid mapping after disasters? provenance
- How can they be activated? provenance
Ethics Privacy and limits.
Imagery raises issues.
Privacy
People and property.
Privacy
Privacy.
- Could the imagery reveal private information about people? boundary
- Which rules apply? provenance
Limits
No targeting help.
Limits
Harmful use limits.
- Is the request seeking to use imagery for targeting or surveillance of individuals? boundary
- How should the agent decline? action
What the second pass must settle
- Should sensor types be separate entries?
- How should data portals be linked?
- How should military uses be excluded?