A broad introduction to remote sensing. The work synthesizes the subject so that a reader might become equipped to understand and apply the appropriate aspects of the technology to one's own discipline. Included are all the classical elements of aerial photographic interpretation and photogrammetry, with an introduction to the use of nonphotographic sensors. Contents, abridged: Concepts of foundations of remote sensing; introduction to airphoto interpretation; airphoto interpretation for terrain evaluation; radiometric characteristics of aerial photographs; thermal and multispectral scanning; earth resource satellites; digital image processing. -- AATA