[Coral-List] remote sensing

[David M. Lawrence]

I beg to differ about whether it is cutting edge or not. I was trained 
in air photo and remote sensing interpretation in the 1970s and 1980s.

The range of platforms available now, the fact that almost everything is 
digital now -- and available at much higher resolutions that was 
possible 30 years ago -- allows for a much wider range of problems that 
can be addressed and of analyses that can be attempted.

Even better, the lower cost of data and of software that can be used to 
analyze it empowers a wider range of people to look at remote 
sensing-based problems with new perspectives.

Later,

Dave


On 6/2/2016 11:43 AM, Magnus Johnson wrote:
> Hardly cutting edge!  Didn't Randall do something in the 1960's looking at photos of reefs and establishing the existence of a bare patch behind barrier reef and around patch reef.  I think he thought you could use the width of the band as a rough proxy for reef health.
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