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Urban Remote Sensing

Urban environments are characterized by highly dynamic changes in biophysical and socio-economic domains, and management of urban environments involves procedures of mapping and monitoring which require reliable information base and robust analytical technologies. Remote sensing and GIS, given their cost-effectiveness and technological soundness, are increasingly being used for development of useful source of information and for decision making in support of a wide array of urban applications. This Special Interest Group (SIG) focusses on GI applications in urban and suburban environments and invites interested people to join the SIG and share their experience and knowledge with others.

One of the major activities was the First International Symposium REMOTE SENSING OF URBAN AREAS that was initiated 1997 (Regensburg/Germany) and continued annually from 2001 (Regensburg/Germany) to 2003 (Istanbul/Turkey). In 14-16 March 2005 the symposium continued in Tempe, Arizona (USA): 3rd International Symposium Remote Sensing and Data Fusion over Urban Areas (URBAN 2005) and 5th International Symposium Remote Sensing of Urban Areas (URS 2005).

First Workshop of the EARSeL-SIG Urban Remote Sensing: Urban Remote Sensing, Challenges and Solutions, 2-3 March 2006 in Berlin/Germany.

The activities will continue: 

1) URBAN & URS 2007: URBAN REMOTE SENSING JOINT EVENT 2007.

Paris, France, 11-13 April 2007.

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