ISPRS Working Group VII/5 "Methods for Change Detection and Process Modelling"

ISPRS - Commission VII - Thematic Processing, Modeling and Analysis of Remotely Sensed Data(2008 - 2012)
Working Group VII / 5 - Methods for Change Detection and Process Modelling

Our mission:

Processing of multitemporal images and change detection has been an active research and application field in remote sensing for decades. Although plenty successful applications have been reported on the monitoring and detecting of environmental change, there are enormous challenges in applying multitemporal imagery to derive timely information on the Earth’s environment and human activities. In recent years, great progress has been observed to overcome technological obstacles by the development of new platforms and sensors. The wider availability of large archives of historical images also makes it possible for long-term change detection and modelling. Such a development stimulates further investigations to develop more advanced image processing methods and new approaches to handling image data in the time dimension.

The mission of the working group VII/5 is to further enhance international collaboration in the field of remote sensing change detection. The focus also extends to the study of geo-process modelling using long-term remotely sensed data. It is endeavored to promote and encourage collaborated efforts for the development of new technology for processing multi-temporal imagery, detecting changing environment and objects, and modelling long-term geo-processes.

Terms of Reference:

Analysis of characteristics of multi-temporal data for extraction of attribute information
Methodologies of computer assisted interpretation and analysis of multi-temporal data
Temporal pattern recognition and time series analysis and modelling
Methodologies for global monitoring, modeling and prediction
Methodologies for extracting essential climate variables from long-term satellite observations
Algorithms and methods for monitoring and tracking changing objects
Data integration and change detection for updating

Relevant ToR Commission VII:

Analysis of characteristics of multi-spectral, hyperspectral, multi-sensor, microwave and multi-temporal image data for extraction of attribute information;
Methodologies of computer-assisted interpretation and analysis of remotely sensed data;
Global databases and determination of indicators of change for global modeling, monitoring and sustainable development;

Relevant Commission Resolutions:

Algorithms for monitoring aspects of global change such as land use, land cover, and land change be developed
Algorithms, models, and sustainability indicators be developed for predicting changes in different eco-systems such as agro-ecosystems, forests, and coastal zones

Technical Commission Officers:

President	Co-Chair	Co-Chair	Secretary

Qiming Zhou	Jean-Francois Crétaux	Georg Bareth	Haigang Sui
Department of Geography Hong Kong Baptist University Kowloon Tong, Kowloon Hong Kong	Laboratoire d´Etudes en Géophysique et Océanographie Spatiales (LEGOS) 18 avenue Edouard Belin 31400 Toulouse France	Department of Geography, GIS & RS Group, University of Cologne 50923 Köln Germany	State Key Laboratory of Information Engineering in Surveying, Mapping and Remote Sensing (LIESMARS) Wuhan University 129 Luoyu Road Wuhan, Hubei, 430079 P.R. China
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