Special Issue "Land Change Assessment Using Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Science"
A special issue of Land (ISSN 2073-445X).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (1 April 2023) | Viewed by 5151
Special Issue Editors

Interests: Geographic Information Science (GIS); land change science; modelling statistics
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Interests: biophysical remote sensing; change detection; time series analysis; disturbance ecology
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Remote Sensing has increased our ability to produce maps concerning land cover, while Geographic Information Science has facilitated our ability to characterize differences among maps from various time points. However, some practices have become popular despite their flaws. Typical blunders include the adoption of inappropriate metrics, the misinterpretation of appropriate metrics, and the presentation of data that are insufficiently accurate to address the research question. Meanwhile, novel metrics and sufficient data exist to assess land change for a variety of research questions. This special issue aims to present articles that apply appropriate methods to measure temporal changes in landscapes so the profession can distinguish between what the methods and data demonstrate from what we must strive to learn. The special issue welcomes articles concerning novel methods or case studies to characterize past changes or to project future changes.
You may choose our Joint Special Issue in Remote Sensing.
Prof. Dr. Robert Gilmore Pontius Jr
Prof. Dr. John Rogan
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- category
- GIS
- error
- land change
- metric
- model
- remote sensing