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remote sensing: platforms and sensors  

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  • Remote sensing in geography is recognized as the technology of acquiring geographically referable information on the land, ocean, and atmosphere without having physical contact with the object under study. A wide range of sensors for acquiring the data about Earth and its environment are in use in remote sensing. [Source: Encyclopedia of Geography; Remote Sensing: Platforms and Sensors]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-NGN57RSL-F

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