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Change Detection in Use

In 2010, 15,000 swimming pools went unclaimed to tax authorities in Athens, Greece.  To increase tax revenues Athens began using remote sensing applications to look for signs of undisclosed wealth. 

Greek Wealth is Everywhere but Tax Forms

Human activities are reshaping Earth's surface

ESRI created an interactive story map that shows how human activities are reshaping the Earth's surface by using 20 years of Landsat imagery 

Satellite Imagery is Helping Governments to Combat Deforestation

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Authorities in Peru was able to detect new clearings of rain forest in an indigenous reserve deep in the Amazon

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