Pattern-Based Compression of Multi-Band Image Data for Landscape Analysis

Pattern-Based Compression of Multi-Band Image Data for Landscape Analysis describes an integrated approach to using remotely sensed data in conjunction with geographic information systems (GIS) for landscape analysis. Remotely sensed data are compressed b

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Environmental and Ecological Statistics Series Editor G. P. Patil Center for Statistical Ecology and Environmental Statistics Department of Statistics The Pennsylvania State University University Park, PA, 16802, USA

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PATTERN-BASED COMPRESSION OF MULTI-BAND IMAGE DATA FOR LANDSCAPE ANALYSIS

by Wayne L. Myers School of Forest Resources The Pennsylvania State University, USA and Ganapati P. Patil Center for Statistical Ecology and Environmental Statistics The Pennsylvania State University, USA

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Library of Congress Control Number: 2006932042 ISBN-10: 0-387-44434-3 ISBN-13: 978-0-387-44434-5

e-ISBN-10: 0-387-44439-4 e-ISBN-13: 978-0-387-44439-0

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Dedication

This monograph is dedicated to Faith and Lalit, not as a work but as a labor of love, in the same spirit with which our wives have so lovingly supported us over the years during which these analytical approaches and their predecessors were in formative and convergent stages. They have patiently encouraged us, and have often assumed additional tasks while we were occupied or preoccupied with these concepts and endeavors. Likewise, they have tolerated our travels and extended absences when circumstances made it difficult for them to accompany us. They hav