Measuring an object or area without physical contact - typically from satellites or aircraft, across many parts of the spectrum.
Remote sensing is the broader discipline behind satellite imagery: acquiring information about something without touching it, usually by measuring reflected or emitted energy from a satellite or aircraft. It spans far more than visible light - multispectral and hyperspectral sensors read bands the eye cannot see, which is what makes it possible to gauge crop health, water content, or surface temperature.
Sensors are either passive, measuring energy the sun provides and objects reflect, or active, emitting their own signal and measuring the return - the distinction that separates ordinary optical imaging from radar. For a data company, remote sensing is a toolbox of physical-world measurement, and choosing the right sensor for a question - optical for counting objects, radar for seeing through cloud, near-infrared for vegetation - is half the work.
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