Re: what is hyperspectral image?

From: Ed Meinel (meinel_at_aero.org)
Date: 07/21/04 

Date: 21 Jul 2004 08:04:03 -0700

"gino" <mizhael@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:<cdh97d$g71$1@news.Stanford.EDU>...
> Dear folks,
>
> I have heard of a lot buzz about "hyperspectral" image... I did some
> googling and did find some researches on this, but I am still not able to
> figure out what's it and what's the use of it...
>
> Anybody gives me some pointers?
>
> Thanks a lot,
>
> -Gino

These are the comon definitions:

monochromatic, panchromatic, B&W: one band
color, false color: 3 bands
multispectral: more than 3 bands
hyperspectral: 100's of bands
ultraspectral: 1000's of bands

What's the use of it? Google "spectral analysis"...