Concept information
Preferred term
image interpretation
Definition
- Image interpretation is the process used in remote sensing to extract meaningful information from photographic and digital images taken of the Earth's surface and atmosphere. The goal is to identify, count, measure, and classify geographic objects or features in the landscape as they are represented by single images or to infer physical geographic processes from two or more images. [Source: Encyclopedia of Geography; Image Interpretation]
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/image_interpretation
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