... human activities, such as law enforcement,agriculture and forestry management, earth science, urban planning, as well assports, newscasting, and entertainment.This chapter provides an overview ... maps, often displayed as images.Traditionally, astronomy has heavily relied on plate-based photography forinfrared, visual, and ultraviolet studies (in astronomy, glass plates are used insteadof ... Chapter 8 is an overview of image compression,and Chapter 9 describes the transmission of digital imagery.The third part of the book is devoted to organizing, searching, and retrievingimages. Chapter...