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Metadata
- Authors
- Esch, T., Heldens, W., Hirner, A., Keil, M., Marconcini, M., Roth, A., Zeidler, J., Dech, S., & Strano, E.
- Affiliations
- University of Würzburg (DE)
- Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e. V. (DLR) (DE)
- Corresponding author
- Esch, Thomas
- ORCID
- Venue
- ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2017-12
- Volume
- 134
- Pages
- 30-42
- ISSN
- 0924-2716 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2624779149
- Cited by
- 403
- References
- 54
- Citations by year
- 2026: 24 · 2025: 23 · 2024: 39 · 2023: 40 · 2022: 58 · 2021: 78 · 2020: 63 · 2019: 43 · 2018: 31 · 2017: 4
- FWCI
- 21.57
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (acceptedVersion)
- arXiv (Cornell University) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- arXiv (Cornell University) (submittedVersion)
- elib (German Aerospace Center) (submittedVersion)
- arXiv (Cornell University)
- Funders
- Natural Resources Canada
- European Space Agency
- Universiti Putra Malaysia
- Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung (N. P2ELP2-165150)
- World Bank Group
- University of Oklahoma
- École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
- University of Tsukuba
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Geography, Planning and Development › Remote Sensing and Land Use
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition › Automated Road and Building Extraction
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Impact of Light on Environment and Health
- Keywords
- urbanization, rural settlement, synthetic aperture radar, TanDEM-X, TerraSAR-X, periurbanization, population estimates, open data
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