Integrating Scale in Remote Sensing and GIS

by Dale A. Quattrochi (Editor), Elizabeth Wentz (Editor), Nina Siu-Ngan Lam (Editor), Charles W. Emerson (Editor)

This book is the most comprehensive documentation of the scientific and methodological advances that have taken place in integrating scale in remote sensing and GIS. It presents new developments in the overall concept of scale within the purview of the "science of scale" for multispatial, multitemporal, and multispectral data, including spatial modeling. It discusses future trends in the integration of remote sensing and GIS in relation to new Earth observation remote sensing platforms and instruments to be launched in the near future.

Review
"This book provides a new and comprehensive view of what scale means in today's rapidly advancing world of geographic information technologies. The authors and editors are some of the most reputable figures in the field, and passionate about creating more awareness of the importance of scale, and more knowledge of its properties and impacts. It is a very welcome addition to the literature on the topic, one that should be part of the library of every environmental or social scientist."
Michael F. Goodchild, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA

"This book is a superb mix of theory and a wide range of impactful applications, and at the same time integrates this with modern concepts and data sources such as complexity science and crowd-sourcing. I recommend this book to readers who are keen to understand the real world, and to know how to manipulate spatial and space-time data in a principled way."
Peter M. Atkinson, Lancaster University, United Kingdom