Spatial Resolution

"The detail discernible in an image is dependent on the spatial resolution of the sensor and refers to the size of the smallest possible feature that can be detected." (Natural Resources Canada/Canada Centre for Remote Sensing, 2015)

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"Spatial Resolution". Natural Resources Canada, Canada Centre for Remote Sensing. Last modified November 20, 2015.
https://www.nrcan.gc.ca/earth-sciences/geomatics/satellite-imagery-air-….
Accessed February 1, 2019.

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