Ho tloha bofelong ba bo-1960 le mathoasong a bo-1970, boholo ba litsamaiso tsa setso tsa ho nka lifoto tsa moeeng li nkeloe sebaka ke litsamaiso tsa li-electro-optical le tsa elektroniki tsa ho lemoha tse tsamaeang moeeng le sefofaneng. Le hoja ho nka lifoto tsa moea tsa setso ho sebetsa haholo-holo ka bolelele ba leqhubu la khanya e bonahalang, litsamaiso tsa sejoale-joale tsa ho lemoha tse tsamaeang moeeng le tse thehiloeng fatše li hlahisa data ea dijithale e koahelang khanya e bonahalang, libaka tsa infrared tse bonts'itsoeng, infrared ea mocheso, le libaka tsa spectral tsa microwave. Mekhoa ea setso ea tlhaloso ea pono ho nka lifoto tsa moeeng e ntse e thusa. Leha ho le joalo, ho lemoha hole ho akaretsa mefuta e mengata ea lits'ebetso, ho kenyeletsoa mesebetsi e meng e kang ho etsa mohlala oa khopolo-taba oa thepa e reretsoeng, litekanyo tsa spectral tsa lintho, le tlhahlobo ea litšoantšo tsa dijithale bakeng sa ho ntša tlhahisoleseling.
Ho lemoha hole, ho bolelang likarolo tsohle tsa mekhoa ea ho lemoha e sa amaneng le motho, ke mokhoa o sebelisang electromagnetism ho lemoha, ho rekota le ho lekanya litšobotsi tsa sepheo 'me tlhaloso e ile ea hlahisoa ka lekhetlo la pele lilemong tsa bo-1950. Tšimo ea ho lemoha hole le ho etsa 'mapa, e arotsoe ka mekhoa e 'meli ea ho lemoha: ho lemoha ho sebetsang le ho sa sebetseng, eo ho eona ho lemoha ha Lidar ho sebetsang, ho khonang ho sebelisa matla a eona ho ntša leseli ho sepheo le ho lemoha leseli le bonahatsoang ho sona.