-- William Campbell (campbell@sauquoit.gsfc.nasa.gov), Head, Applied Information Sciences Branch, Goddard Space Flight Center
A textbook-sized CD-ROM entitled THE REMOTE SENSING TUTORIAL: AN OUTLINE HANDBOOK, sponsored by NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Code 935, and prepared by Nicholas M. Short, is now available.
This disk contains 21 sections covering a wide range of topics, with emphasis on satellites (mainly Landsat) and other space platforms. The sections include: Basic Principles; Image Interpretation and Analysis (emphasizing computer processing); Discipline Applications; Radar and Thermal Remote Sensing; Aerial Photogrammetry and Topographic Mapping; Ground Truthing; Astronaut Photography; Meteorological Satellites; Geographic Information Systems; The EOS Program; Basic Science Studies; Planetary Remote Sensing (including a subsection on Cosmology); and the Future of Remote Sensing and Commercialization. This format allows use of color illustrations that make up many of the hundreds of figures included in the tutorial.
The wide audience to which this work is directed includes both pre-college and college educators, professionals entering or active in the field of remote sensing in both government and private sectors, and the interested general public.
The tutorial can also be accessed on the Internet at http://code935.gsfc.nasa.gov/Tutorial/TofC/Coverpage.html. For those who wish to avoid downloading the tutorial, or to use it in an instructional mode, a limited number of CD-ROMs are available at no cost. After this supply is exhausted, copies can be obtained for $10 each (check or money order payable to GSTI) to cover materials, preparation, and mailing. Order from:
Global Science and Technology, Inc.
6411 Ivy Lane, Suite 300
Greenbelt, MD 20770
Attention: William Dickinson, Jr.
Tel. 301-474-9696, e-mail: wdickins@gst.com