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Papers presented at the workshop on Multisource Data Integration in Remote Sensing are compiled. The full text of these papers is included. New instruments and new sensors are discussed that can provide us with a large variety of new views of the real world. This huge amount of data has to be combined and integrated in a (computer-) model of this world. Multiple sources may give complimentary views of the world - consistent observations from different (and independent) data sources support each other and increase their credibility, while contradictions may be caused by noise, errors during processing, or misinterpretations, and can be identified as such. As a consequence, integration results are very reliable and represent a valid source of information for any geographical information system.

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The Peshtigo fire in Northeastern Wisconsin is the deadliest wildfire in recorded history, claiming somewhere between 1200 and 2500 lives. Estimates vary due to the fact that many victims were buried in mass graves. It burned between 1.2 and 1.5 million acres. It took place on October 8, 1871, and gets little notice because that was the same day as the Great Chicago Fire, which claimed around 300 lives and burned about 2000 acres.<br><br> This contemporaneous account was put together by Frank Tilton, editor of the <i>Green Bay Advocate</i>. After giving a general description of the area, Tilton provides details of the fire and firefighting efforts, together with descriptions of the damage done. As would be expected of a journalist, Tilton gathered many firsthand accounts. They are terrifying. He concludes with a very heartening chapter detailing the aid, both material and monetary, that was received from around the state and country and from Europe. Cash contributions alone totaled around $350,000, the equivalent of about $8 million in 2024.<br><Br> To learn more about the Peshtigo fire, see the Wikipedia article at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peshtigo_fire">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peshtigo_fire</a> or the National Weather Service history at <a href="https://www.weather.gov/grb/peshtigofire">https://www.weather.gov/grb/peshtigofire</a> - Summary by Verla Viera