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<p>A <b>remote sensing software</b> is a <a href="Software_application" class="mw-redirect" title="Software application">software application</a> that processes <a href="Remote_sensing" title="Remote sensing">remote sensing</a> data. Remote sensing applications are similar to <a href="Graphics_software" title="Graphics software">graphics software</a>, but they enable generating <a href="Geographic" class="mw-redirect" title="Geographic">geographic</a> information from satellite and airborne <a href="Sensor" title="Sensor">sensor</a> data. Remote sensing applications read specialized file formats that contain sensor image data, georeferencing information, and sensor <a href="Metadata" title="Metadata">metadata</a>. Some of the more popular remote sensing file formats include: <a href="GeoTIFF" title="GeoTIFF">GeoTIFF</a>, <a href="National_Imagery_Transmission_Format" title="National Imagery Transmission Format">NITF</a>, <a href="JPEG_2000" title="JPEG 2000">JPEG 2000</a>, <a href="ECW_(file_format)" title="ECW (file format)">ECW (file format)</a>, <a href="MrSID" title="MrSID">MrSID</a>, <a href="Hierarchical_Data_Format" title="Hierarchical Data Format">HDF</a>, and <a href="NetCDF" title="NetCDF">NetCDF</a>.
</p><p>Remote sensing applications perform many features including:
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<ul><li>Change Detection — Determining the changes from images taken at different times of the same area</li>
<li><a href="Orthorectification" class="mw-redirect" title="Orthorectification">Orthorectification</a> — Warping an image to its location on the earth</li>
<li>Spectral Analysis — For example, using non-visible parts of the <a href="Electromagnetic_spectrum" title="Electromagnetic spectrum">electromagnetic spectrum</a> to determine whether a forest is healthy</li>
<li>Image Classification — Categorizing pixels based upon reflectance into different land cover classes (e.g. Supervised classification, Unsupervised classification and Object Oriented classification)</li></ul>
<p>Many remote sensing applications are built using common remote sensing toolkits.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Examples_of_remote_sensing_software">Examples of remote sensing software</h2></div>
<ul><li><a href="PCI_Geomatica" title="PCI Geomatica">Geomatica</a>, PCI Geomatics</li>
<li><a href="SAGA_GIS" title="SAGA GIS">SAGA GIS</a> (Open Source)</li>
<li><a href="TNTmips" title="TNTmips">TNTmips</a>, MicroImages</li>
<li><a href="ERDAS_IMAGINE" class="mw-redirect" title="ERDAS IMAGINE">ERDAS IMAGINE</a></li>
<li><a href="ENVI_(software)" class="mw-redirect" title="ENVI (software)">ENVI</a></li>
<li><a href="GRASS_GIS" title="GRASS GIS">GRASS GIS</a></li>
<li><a href="OpenEV" title="OpenEV">OpenEV</a> (Open Source)</li>
<li><a href="Opticks_(Software)" class="mw-redirect" title="Opticks (Software)">Opticks</a> (Open Source)</li>
<li><a href="Orfeo_toolbox" title="Orfeo toolbox">Orfeo toolbox</a> (Open Source)</li>
<li><a href="RemoteView" title="RemoteView">RemoteView</a></li>
<li><a href="SOCET_SET" title="SOCET SET">SOCET SET</a></li>
<li><a href="IDRISI" class="mw-redirect" title="IDRISI">IDRISI</a></li>
<li><a href="ECognition" class="mw-redirect" title="ECognition">ECognition</a></li>
<li><a href="ArcGIS" title="ArcGIS">ArcGIS</a></li>
<li>SNAP</li></ul>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2></div>
<ul><li><a href="Remote_sensing" title="Remote sensing">Remote sensing</a></li>
<li><a href="Aerial_photography" title="Aerial photography">Aerial photography</a></li>
<li><a href="Geographic_information_system" title="Geographic information system">Geographic information system</a> (GIS)</li>
<li><a href="Radar" title="Radar">Radar</a></li>
<li><a href="Hyperspectral_imaging" title="Hyperspectral imaging">Hyperspectral imaging</a></li>
<li><a href="Image_analysis" title="Image analysis">Image analysis</a></li>
<li><a href="Multispectral_imaging" title="Multispectral imaging">Multispectral imaging</a></li></ul>
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</style><cite id="CITEREFCampbell2002" class="citation book cs1">Campbell, J.B. (2002). <i>Introduction to remote sensing</i> (3rd ed.). The Guilford Press. <a href="ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <bdi>1-57230-640-8</bdi>.</cite></li>
<li><cite id="CITEREFJensen2007" class="citation book cs1">Jensen, J.R. (2007). <i>Remote sensing of the environment: an Earth resource perspective</i> (2nd ed.). Prentice Hall.</cite></li>
<li><cite id="CITEREFJensen2005" class="citation book cs1">Jensen, J.R. (2005). <i>Digital Image Processing: a Remote Sensing Perspective</i> (3rd ed.). Prentice Hall.</cite></li>
<li><cite id="CITEREFLillesandR.W._KieferJ.W._Chipman2003" class="citation book cs1">Lillesand, T.M.; R.W. Kiefer; J.W. Chipman (2003). <i>Remote sensing and image interpretation</i> (5th ed.). Wiley. <a href="ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <bdi>0-471-15227-7</bdi>.</cite></li>
<li><cite id="CITEREFRichardsX._Jia2006" class="citation book cs1">Richards, J.A.; X. Jia (2006). <i>Remote sensing digital image analysis: an introduction</i> (4th ed.). Springer. <a href="ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <bdi>3-540-25128-6</bdi>.</cite></li>
<li><cite id="CITEREFRencz1999" class="citation book cs1">Rencz, A.N. (1999). <i>Remote Sensing for the Earth Sciences: Manual of Remote Sensing</i> (3rd ed.). Wiley. <a href="ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <bdi>0-471-29405-5</bdi>.</cite></li></ul></div><!--htdig_noindex--><div><div class="zim-footer">
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