Investigating the advantages of satellite data as evidence in possible litigation

dc.contributor.author	Fanouriou, E	en
dc.contributor.author	Spyropoulos, NV	en
dc.contributor.author	Metaxas, G	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-06-06T06:52:39Z
dc.date.available	2014-06-06T06:52:39Z
dc.date.issued	2013	en
dc.identifier.issn	14462257	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://62.217.125.90/xmlui/handle/123456789/6105
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dc.subject.other	Control area	en
dc.subject.other	Economical methods	en
dc.subject.other	Land-use change	en
dc.subject.other	Longitudinal recording	en
dc.subject.other	Satellite data	en
dc.subject.other	Satellite images	en
dc.subject.other	Satellite remote sensing	en
dc.subject.other	Specific areas	en
dc.subject.other	Land use	en
dc.subject.other	Satellite imagery	en
dc.subject.other	Laws and legislation	en
dc.title	Investigating the advantages of satellite data as evidence in possible litigation	en
heal.type	journalArticle	en
heal.publicationDate	2013	en
heal.abstract	A reliable, fast and economical method for longitudinal recording of land use changes based on satellite remote sensing is studied. It measures temporal land-use changes that have occurred within specific area of the Manesi community in the Argolida region of Greece. The analysis is based on the usage of diachronic satellite imagery derived from Landsat data from 1984 to 2005. The analysis of the satellite images was combined with fieldwork, using GPS devices on control surfaces. A specific land-use development located in the study area is a point of dispute between two opposing groups. The purpose of this study is to identify the advantages of satellite data as evidence in possible litigation, where the engineers, as invited experts, are looking at reliable data to prove environmental or human-made changes on the land-cover or the land-use. The temporal land use in the study area was compared with the corresponding land use in the selected control area. The results showed that in the study area, the land had never been cultivated and trees were never planted during the period from 1984-2007 in contrast with the defendant's contention. © 2013 WIETE.	en
heal.journalName	World Transactions on Engineering and Technology Education	en
dc.identifier.issue	3	en
dc.identifier.volume	11	en
dc.identifier.spage	131	en
dc.identifier.epage	136	en