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Resolution

Last Updated: February 06, 2008 Related resource areas: Geospatial Technology

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Resolution is used with digital images to describe the amount of detail contained in the image.

Resolution refers to the ability of a remote sensing system to record and display fine spatial, spectral, temporal, and radiometric detail. It can also be defined in terms of the ability to record levels of brightness and detail.


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