Remote sensing is the gathering of information about something by observing it from space or from the air.
It can translate data from maps or remote sensing instruments into images.
remote sensing in British English
noun
the use of an instrument, such as a radar device or camera, to scan the earth or another planet from space in order to collect data about some aspect of it
Derived forms
remote-sensing
adjective
remote sensing in American English
the use of satellites to gather data, images, etc., as to study the earth or other bodies of the solar system
Examples of 'remote sensing' in a sentence
remote sensing
Then and only then did he start learning the nitty-gritty of remote sensing.