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The History of Remote Sensing

The History of Remote Sensing. Prof. Arnon Karnieli The Remote Sensing Laboratory Jacob Blaustein Institute for Desert Research Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Sede-Boker Campus 84990, ISRAEL. 1827 – First photograph.

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The History of Remote Sensing

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  1. The History of Remote Sensing Prof. Arnon Karnieli The Remote Sensing Laboratory Jacob Blaustein Institute for Desert Research Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Sede-Boker Campus 84990, ISRAEL

  2. 1827 – First photograph The first photograph was obtained by Joseph Nicephore Niepce of his French estate courtyard in 1827. The exposure lasted 8 hours and used an emulsion of Bitumen of Judea, a kind of asphalt.

  3. 1858 The first known aerial photograph was obtain by by G.F. Tournachon (Nader) form a balloon, 600 m above Paris.

  4. 1903 The “Bavarian Pigeon Corps” uses pigeons to transmit messages and to take aerial photos.

  5. 1906 G.R. Lawrence mounted cameras on balloons

  6. 1914 – 1919 World War I WW1 was a major impetus to development of aerial photography, mainly for aerial reconnaissance.

  7. After 1919 After WW1 the technology was in place to begin large scale aerial surveys, photo interpretation begun.

  8. 1954 - Radar 1934 – Start of radar development for military. 1954 – Westinghouse, under sponsorship of USAF, develops first Side Looking Airborne Radar (SLAR)

  9. 1946 - V-2 Photography During WWII photographs acquired from V-2 rockets.

  10. 1954 – 1960 U-2 Reconnaissance (spy) aircraft, flew at 21,300m over the USSR

  11. 1957 – Russia launched Sputnik-1 Sputnik I - 60 cm diameter sphere with straight-wire antennas

  12. 1960 – TIROS-1 Television Infrared Observation Satellite (TIROS) – first meteorological satellite

  13. 1960 - 1972 - CORONA Intelligent photography from Earth orbiting satellite. Lop Nor - Chinese A-bomb test site 1964

  14. Apollo Program

  15. 1972 – Landsat-1 First Earth Resources Technology Satellite (ERTS-1). Later renamed Landsat-1

  16. 1977 – Meteosat-1 First long series of geostationary weather satellites

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