An Introduction to Contemporary Remote Sensing 1st Edition

I also have "Remote Sensing and Image Interpretation 2d ed" by Thomas Lillesand and I am reading both for a Remote Sensing course. This book is smaller, which means it is easier to take with me on trips. For example, during my first week of online courses I took a trip to Hawaii and this book fit better in my travel luggage. Aside from that, I feel like the author presents concepts in a more straight forward manner than the author of the other book. Weng's writing style makes more sense to me and he is able to still get the core information across using less words because he writes in a more direct, easy to understand manner. I feel like I am getting more from him and understand remote sensing better than I do with the other book. Also, this book is about half the cost of other Remote Sensing books on Amazon, which is a total plus!Anyway, if you are given the choice (as I was) between this book and "Remote Sensing and Image Interpretation 2d ed" by Thomas Lillesand for the same Remote Sensing class, I think you'll find that this book get's the job done better, is easier to take with you when you travel and it is significantly cheaper.

I bought this book as an alternative to the usual book that had been selected for the graduate-level remote sensing class. My understanding is that this book was written more for undergraduate level. Since I am new to my graduate program -- and therefore not yet used to reading for graduate classes -- I figured this book would explain the same concepts I need to know more succinctly than normal textbook assigned for my class. I have found this book to achieve this aim I just explained. It very well-written, the tables/charts are adequate. The only criticism I have of it is that it could explain just briefly more about some concepts that are more complex -- without it turning into a graduate-level textbook, of course. However, coupled with other class materials, it pairs very well in order to achieve an adequate level of understanding of most of the concepts involved with remote sensing.

This book, combined with "Environmental Sensing" by James K. Lein, can be a deadly combination for helping students receive the best information about the class in a different context. However, while campbell's or any other remote sensing may replace this book because of a more in-depth look into the hows, whys, and whats of remote sensing, this book goes into general concepts of it and pairing it with any book where those ones are either (A) missing critical concepts, (B) Are a big book and finding information becomes time consuming, and (C) the concepts are written very poorly, unclear, or the books include review questions that are near impossible to solve. Some books, like "Environmental Sensing", don't include a glossary of terms or review questions. That is where this text comes in and I'm glad to have that and "Environmental Sensing".

Worked great for my Intermediate GIS class and was exactly what the professor wanted us to have, all at a fraction of the price of the bookstore!

Bought it for school and it was a useful resource in my class.

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