Development and Challenges of Urban Remote Sensing
Remote sensing in Quebec appeared for the first time in the 1970s. It was developed mainly by three players; namely, the government, the private sector and the universities of Quebec. Remote sensing has several applications, among them the study of the urban milieu. The objective of this article is to describe the challenges of urban remote sensing in the 1970s and 1980s in Quebec. We begin with an overview of remote sensing in Quebec and the challenges it had to face; after, we show how urban remote sensing has been applied in the province, quoting examples drawn from urban studies.