2020Journal article
Extracting Urban Human Settlements by Integrating Remote Sensing and Mobile Phone Locations
Science of Remote Sensing, 1, 100003
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How can physical settlement form and observed human activity be mapped together?
Geographic scope
Urban settlements · China
Evidence base
Remote sensing and mobile-phone location data
Approach
Remote-sensing observations are integrated with mobile-phone location signals to distinguish inhabited urban settlements.
Why it matters
The integration helps move urban mapping from built surfaces alone toward the places where human activity is actually concentrated.
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