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Spatial Modeling and Analysis with Geographical and Remote Sensing Data

A special issue of Remote Sensing (ISSN 2072-4292). This special issue belongs to the section "Remote Sensing for Geospatial Science".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 March 2026 | Viewed by 1156

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1. School of Geographical Sciences, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou 350007, China
2. China-EU Research Center for Environment and Landscape Management, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou 350007, China
Interests: remote sensing

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Faculty of Geography, Yunnan Normal University, 298 December First Street (121 Street), Kunming, Yunnan 650092, China
Interests: remote sensing; LiDAR applications; forestry; physical geography; ecology
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Interests: geodetic analysis of imaging remote sensing data and data integration; deformation time series modeling and statistical hypothesis testing; physical interpretation of deformation processes
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Spatial data modeling and analysis are key to understanding the dynamic changes in our complex world, providing crucial decision support for numerous fields such as resource management, environmental protection, urban planning, and disaster emergency response. The demand for accurate, efficient spatial data processing and intelligent analytical methods is continually growing.

Geographic Information Systems(GIS), as powerful platforms for spatial data management, processing, analysis, and visualization, combined with remote sensing technology, which provides abundant Earth observation data, offer unprecedented opportunities for spatial data modeling and analysis. Remote sensing technology can capture dynamic information of geographical phenomena at multi-scale, multi-spectral, and multi-temporal levels, while GIS provides robust tools for the in-depth mining of this information and for model construction.

Furthermore, with the rapid development of technologies such as Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, and Cloud Computing, the integrated application of remote sensing and GIS has made significant progress in terms of data acquisition capabilities, processing efficiency, and analytical intelligence. These advancements have opened new research avenues for exploring innovative spatial data modeling methods and addressing complex geospatial problems.

In this Special Issue on "Geographic Information System and Remote Sensing for Spatial Data Modeling and Analysis", we cordially invite scholars interested in remote sensing, GIS, and their applications in multidisciplinary fields to contribute manuscripts.

We particularly welcome contributions exploring technologies and applications for GIS and remote sensing data fusion, innovative spatial models for specific applications, Artificial Intelligence-based spatial analysis techniques, and spatio-temporal dynamic simulations in the context of Big Data. Review articles are also welcome.

Prof. Dr. Jinming Sha
Prof. Dr. Jinliang Wang
Dr. Ling Chang
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Keywords

  • artificial intelligence in gis and remote sensing
  • spatial data modeling
  • data fusion
  • spatiotemporal analysis
  • big data analytics
  • urban planning and environmental monitoring
  • cloud computing for geospatial data

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Article
A Distributed Data Management and Service Framework for Heterogeneous Remote Sensing Observations
by Hongquan Cheng, Huayi Wu, Jie Zheng, Zhenqiang Li, Kunlun Qi, Jianya Gong, Longgang Xiang and Yipeng Cao
Remote Sens. 2025, 17(24), 4009; https://doi.org/10.3390/rs17244009 - 12 Dec 2025
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Remote sensing imagery is a fundamental data source in spatial information science and is widely used in earth observation and geospatial applications. The explosive growth of such data poses significant challenges for online management and service, particularly in terms of storage scalability, processing [...] Read more.
Remote sensing imagery is a fundamental data source in spatial information science and is widely used in earth observation and geospatial applications. The explosive growth of such data poses significant challenges for online management and service, particularly in terms of storage scalability, processing efficiency, and real-time accessibility. To overcome these limitations, we propose DDMS, a distributed data management and service framework for heterogeneous remote sensing data that structures its functionality around three core components: storage, computing, and service. In this framework, a distributed integrated storage model is constructed by integrating file systems with database technologies to support heterogeneous data management, and a parallel computing model is designed to optimize large-scale image processing. To verify the effectiveness of the proposed framework, a prototype system was implemented and evaluated with experiments on representative datasets, covering both optical and InSAR images. Results show that DDMS can flexibly adapt to heterogeneous remote sensing data and storage backends while maintaining efficient data management and stable service performance. Stress tests further confirm its scalability and consistent responsiveness under varying workloads. DDMS provides a practical and extensible solution for large-scale online management and real-time service of remote sensing images. By enhancing modularity, scalability, and service responsiveness, the framework supports both research and practical applications that depend on massive earth observation data. Full article
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