Variousplatforms,suchassatellite,aircraft,ground-based,someemergingaspects(e.g.internet)haveresultedinadramaticimprovementinthecapabilitiesofearthobservations(EO).Thenumerousremotesensingdatapromoteanenhancedpossibilitytoassess,monitor,andpredictthedynamicsofland-covers,anthropologicprocesses,andinfluencetotheenvironments.Nonetheless,thepropertiesofthedataacquiredbysuchpersesourcesposechallengestotheprocessingmethodologies,andhence,developmentofaseriesofnewmethodsfortheanalysisofremotesensingimagesisrequired,TheaimofthisspecialissueofGeospatialInformationScienceistodevelopnewideasandtechnologiestofacilitatetheutilityofremotesensingdataandtofurtherexploreitspotentialinvariousapplications.
