Ho tloha bofelong ba lilemo tsa bo-1960 le mathoasong a lilemo tsa bo-1970, boholo ba litsamaiso tsa setso tsa ho nka lifoto tsa moeeng li nketsoe sebaka ke li-electro-optical and electronic sensor systems. Le hoja ho nka lifoto ka sefofane ho sebetsa haholo-holo sebakeng sa maqhubu a khanya a bonahalang, lisebelisoa tsa morao-rao tse tsamaisoang ke moea le tse thehiloeng fatše li hlahisa lintlha tsa digital tse koahelang leseli le bonahalang, libaka tsa infrared, thermal infrared le microwave spectral. Mekhoa ea khale ea ho hlalosa pono ea ho nka lifoto ka sefofane e ntse e thusa. Leha ho le joalo, temohisiso e hole e akaretsa mefuta e mengata e fapaneng ea lits'ebetso, ho kenyeletsoa mesebetsi e meng e joalo ka mokhoa oa theory oa thepa e shebiloeng, litekanyo tsa pono ea lintho, le tlhahlobo ea litšoantšo tsa dijithale bakeng sa ho ntšoa ha tlhahisoleseling.
Remote sensing, e bolelang likarolo tsohle tsa mekhoa ea ho lemoha nako e telele e sa kopane, ke mokhoa o sebelisang motlakase oa motlakase ho bona, ho rekota le ho lekanya litšobotsi tsa sepheo mme tlhaloso e ile ea hlahisoa ka lekhetlo la pele lilemong tsa bo-1950. Tšimo ea ho lemoha le ho etsa limmapa, e arotsoe ka mekhoa ea 2 ea ho lemoha: e sebetsang le e sa sebetseng, eo Lidar sensing e sebetsang ka eona, e khonang ho sebelisa matla a eona ho hlahisa leseli ho sepheo le ho lemoha leseli le hlahang ho lona.