International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation

Editor-in-Chief: F. van der Meer Universiteit Twente, Enschede, Netherlands, Associate Editors: A. Stein Dept. of Earth Observation Science, International Inst. for Geo-Information Science & Earth Observation (ITC), P.O. Box 6, 7500 AE Enschede, Netherlands, P. Atkinson Dept. of Geography, University of Southampton, Highfield, Southampton, SO17 1BJ, UK, S.M. de Jong Fac. of Geographical Sciences, Universiteit Utrecht, Postbus 80115, 3508 TC Utrecht, Netherlands, J.L. Dungan Mail Stop 242-4, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, 94035-1000, USA, A. Frank Inst. of Geoinformation, Technische Universität Wien, Gußhausstraße 27-29/127, 1040 Wien, Austria, Y. Liu School of Land Resource and Environmental Science, Wuhan University, 129 Luoyu Road, 430079 Wuhan, China, P.S. Roy Dept. of Space, Government of India, National Remote Sensing Agency (NRSA), 500 037 (AP) Hyderabad, India, B. Wu Inst. of Remote Sensing Applications, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), West NorthStar Road, 100101 Beijing, China, Book Review Editor: J.G.P.W. Clevers Wageningen University, Wageningen, Netherlands, Editorial Board: A.K. Bregt Wageningen University, Wageningen, Netherlands, P.J. Curran University of Southampton, Southampton, UK, H.F. del Valle Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Puerto Madryn (Chubut), Argentina, M.J. Egenhofer University of Maine, Orono, ME, USA, G.M. Foody University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK, J. Gallego EEC-JRC, Ispra, Italy, G.B.M. Heuvelink ISRIC - World Soil Information, Wageningen, Netherlands, G.J. Hunter University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia, R. Jeansoulin CMI - LSIS, Marseille Cedex 13, France, P.K. Joshi TERI University, New Delhi, India, W. Kainz University of Vienna, VIENNA, Austria, P.C. Kariuki ILRI-ICRAF Research Methods Group, Nairobi, Kenya, M.J. Kraak , P. Lagacherie INRA Centre d'Orléans, Montpellier cedex 1, France, S. Magnussen Canadian Forest Service, Stn. Ste-Foy, QC, Canada, D. Mazvimavi University of the Western Cape (UWC), Bellville, South Africa, M. Molenaar , R.R. Navalgund Space Applications Centre, Ahmedabad, India, L. Olsson Lund University, Lund, Sweden, P. Pellikka University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland, M.E. Schaepman Centre for Geo-Information, Wageningen, Netherlands, W. Shi The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China, A.K. Skidmore , E. Stubkjaer Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark, J. Zhang Chinese Academy of Surveying and Mapping, Beijing, China