Remote sensing terminology: past experience and recent needs

Rumiana Kancheva

doi:10.1117/12.2029229

16 October 2013 Remote sensing terminology: past experience and recent needs

Rumiana Kancheva

Proceedings Volume 8887, Remote Sensing for Agriculture, Ecosystems, and Hydrology XV; 88871Z (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2029229
Event: SPIE Remote Sensing, 2013, Dresden, Germany

Abstract

Terminology is a key issue for a better understanding among people using various languages. Terminology accuracy is essential during all phases of international cooperation. It is crucial to keep up with the latest quantitative and qualitative developments and novelties of the terminology in advanced technology fields such as aerospace science and industry. This is especially true in remote sensing and geoinformatics which develop rapidly and have wide and ever extending applications in various domains of human activity. The importance of the correct use of remote sensing terms refers not only to people working in this field but also to experts in many disciplines who handle remote sensing data and information products. The paper is devoted to terminology issues that refer to all aspects of remote sensing research and application areas. The attention is drawn on the recent needs and peculiarities of compiling specialized dictionaries in the subject area of remote sensing. Details are presented about the work in progress on the preparation of an English-Bulgarian dictionary of remote sensing terms focusing on Earth observations and geoinformation science. Our belief is that the elaboration of bilingual and multilingual dictionaries and glossaries in this spreading, most technically advanced and promising field of human expertise is of great practical importance. Any interest in cooperation and initiating of suchlike collaborative multilingual projects is welcome and highly appreciated.

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Rumiana Kancheva "Remote sensing terminology: past experience and recent needs", Proc. SPIE 8887, Remote Sensing for Agriculture, Ecosystems, and Hydrology XV, 88871Z (16 October 2013); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2029229

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