The main objective of the project is the development of multifractal description of remote sensing images, as well as the evaluation of its applicability in the selected aspects of processing and analyzing of satellite and aerial optical data. More precisely, in the frame of the project we are planning: (I) change detection on high and very high spatial resolution satellite images; (II) analysis of image information capacity and detection of absorption bands on hyperspectral data; (III) classification of the selected land cover forms. We are planning to perform our analysis on large optical data sets, acquired by satellite and aerial sensors. Moreover, we want to compare the usefulness of multifractal formalism with mathematical morphology.