Remote Sensing of the Environment: An Earth Resource Perspective (Prentice Hall Series in Geographic Information Science) by John Jensen

For one-semester courses in Introductory Remote Sensing as well as Introductory Airphoto Interpretation.

This widely adopted book introduces the fundamentals of remote sensing from an earth resource (versus engineering) perspective. Emphasis is on turning remote sensing data into useful spatial biophysical or socio-economic information that can be used to make decisions.