The aim of this paper is to discuss a number of issues related to the use of spatial
information for landslide susceptibility, hazard, and vulnerability assessment. The paper …

This paper surveys the state of the art on automatic road extraction for GIS update from
aerial and satellite imagery. It presents a bibliography of nearly 250 references related to …

The geometric processing of remote sensing images becomes a key issue in multi-source
data integration, management and analysis for many geomatic applications. This paper first …

Digital Elevation Model (DEM) is a quantitative representation of terrain and is important for
Earth science and hydrological applications. DEM can be generated using photogrammetry …

High-resolution satellite imagery (HRSI) offers great possibilities for urban map**.
Unfortunately, shadows cast by buildings in high-density urban environments obscure much …

The world has experienced an increasing impact of disasters in the past decades. Many
regions are exposed to natural hazards, each with unique characteristics. The main causes …

With the advent of Earth Observation satellite sensors producing images in the visible
wavelengths with resolutions better than 5 m, it is now possible to recognize man-made …

Remote Sensing plays a key role in monitoring the various manifestations of global climate
change. It is used routinely in the assessment and map** of biodiversity over large areas …

Risk management in urban planning is of increasing importance to mitigate the growing
amount of damage and the increasing number of casualties caused by natural disasters …

High-resolution satellite images at sub-5-m footprint, such as IKONOS and SPOT5
HRG/HRS images, are becoming increasingly available to the earth observation community …