Introduction to the Special Issue: Geospatial Monitoring and Modeling of Environmental Change

Geospatial modeling is an approach to apply analysis to monitor environmental change over time considering different fields of re-search, including computer science, remote sensing, ecology, environmental science, life science, geography (see [1,2] for a critique). The special issue was instigated to publish straightforward research on the matter in order to stimulate further discussion on the potential of geospatial modelling. Both theoretical and empirical papers are part of the issue with the support of the International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, promoting an advanced forum for the science and technology of geographic information. Due to the complexity of the theme being treated, the final issue composes seven heterogeneous and stimulating papers on geospatial monitoring and modeling of environmental change. Table 1 attempts to summarize the focus of each of the articles published.