The International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation publishes original papers that apply earth observation data to the inventory and management of natural resources and the environment. In this context, earth observation data are normally those acquired from remote sensing platforms such as satellites and aircraft, complemented and supplemented by surface and subsurface measurements and mapping. Natural resources include forests, agricultural land, soils, water resources, mineral deposits, and land itself as a foundation for infrastructure and housing. Environmental issues include biodiversity, land degradation, industrial pollution and natural hazards such as earthquakes, floods and landslides. The focus, which can be either conceptual or data driven, includes all major themes in geoinformation, like capturing, databasing, visualization and interpretation of data, but also issues of data quality and spatial uncertainty.

Since the scope is large, contributions should be of the highest quality, both qualitatively and quantitatively. Some will convey important recommendations for environmental management and governance. Contributions that expand existing methodology in image and point cloud processing, geospatial mapping, and big spatiotemporal data analytics using GeoAI are welcome. The journal encourages 'Discussion' articles that stimulate dialogue between earth observation studies and managers in a statistically sound way, 'Review' articles that provide an overview of scientific developments in a particular scientific domain in recent years, and 'Letter' articles that provide rapid communications on the state-of-the-art methods and novel applications of geospatial data.

Original papers, review papers, technical notes; discussions and book reviews

Editor-in-Chief
F. van der Meer
Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC), University of Twente, Enschede, Netherlands Email F. van der Meer
Associate Editors
M.A. Cho
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Pretoria, South Africa
F. Cigna
Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (ASI), Rome, Italy
K. de Beurs
University of Oklahoma, Norman, USA
C.R. de Souza Filho
Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil
A. Ramoelo
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Pretoria, South Africa
Y. Zhang
The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong
Book Review Editor
J.G.P.W. Clevers
Wageningen Universiteit, Wageningen, Netherlands
Editorial Board
M.J. Abrams
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California, USA
E.A. Addink
Universiteit Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
P. Atkinson
Lancaster University, Lancaster, England, UK
S. Bajocco
Cons. p. la Ricerca in Agricoltura e l’Analisi dell’Economia Agraria (CREA), Roma, Italy
M. Berger
European Space Agency, Frascati (Rm), Italy
A.K. Bregt
Wageningen Universiteit, Wageningen, Netherlands
P.J. Curran
University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
S.M. de Jong
Universiteit Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
W. Dorigo
Technische Universität Wien, Wien, Austria
H. Duan
Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Nanjing, China
G.M. Foody
The University of Nottingham, Notttingham, UK
J. Gallego
EEC-JRC, Ispra, Italy
G.B.M. Heuvelink
Wageningen Universiteit, Wageningen, Netherlands
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
Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC), University of Twente, Enschede, Netherlands
P. Lagacherie
INRA Centre de Montpellier, Montpellier Cedex 2, France
Y. Liu
Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
A. Lucieer
University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
S. Magnussen
Canadian Forest Service, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
G. Metternicht
UNSW Australia, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
M. Molenaar
Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC), University of Twente, Enschede, Netherlands
P. Pellikka
University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
I. Reusen
Flemish Institute for Technological Research (VITO), Mol, Belgium
P.S. Roy
National Remote Sensing Agency (NRSA), Hyderabad, IndiaM. Rutzinger
Austrian Academy of Sciences, Innsbruck, Austria
W. Shi
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
A.K. Skidmore
Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC), University of Twente, Enschede, Netherlands
A. Stein
University of Twente, Enschede, Netherlands
S. Stramondo
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia - INGV, Roma, Italy
E. Stubkjaer
Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark
F. van Coillie
Universiteit Gent, Gent, Belgium
B. Wu
Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing, China
J. Zhang
Chinese Academy of Surveying and Mapping, Beijing, China
Y. Zhang, PhD
Natural Resources Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada