Geographical information systems (GIS) & remote sensing

Location science

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This comprehensive and clearly structured book presents essential information on modern Location Science. The book is divided into three parts: basic concepts, advanced concepts and applications. Written by the most respected specialists in the field and thoroughly reviewed by t…

Map construction algorithms

by Pfoser, Dieter, Ahmed, Mahmuda, Karagiorgou, Sophia, Wenk, Carola

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The book provides an overview of the state-of-the-art of map construction algorithms, which use tracking data in the form of trajectories to generate vector maps. The most common trajectory type is GPS-based trajectories. It introduces three emerging algorithmic categories, outl…

Map functions

by Krzywicka-Blum, Ewa

fromSpringer geography

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This book departs from typical cartography textbooks, which tend to focus on the characteristics of the methods and means of expression. Instead, it offers an explanation of the individual perspective on the map as a specific product of civilization, one that constitutes a compo…

Remote sensing of hydrological extremes

fromSpringer remote sensing/photogrammetry

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This volume provides in-depth coverage of the latest in remote sensing of hydrological extremes: both floods and droughts. The book is divided into two distinct sections - floods and droughts - and offers a variety of techniques for monitoring each. With rapid advances in comput…

Sparsity-based multipath exploitation for through-the-wall radar imaging

by Leigsnering, Michael

fromSpringer theses

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This thesis reports on sparsity-based multipath exploitation methods for through-the-wall radar imaging. Multipath creates ambiguities in the measurements provoking unwanted ghost targets in the image. This book describes sparse reconstruction methods that are not only suppressi…

Springer handbook of global navigation satellite systems

fromSpringer Handbooks

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This Handbook presents a complete and rigorous overview of the fundamentals, methods and applications of the multidisciplinary field of Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS), providing an exhaustive, one-stop reference work and a state-of-the-art description of GNSS as a ke…

The rise of big spatial data

fromLecture Notes in Geoinformation and Cartography

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This edited volume gathers the proceedings of the Symposium GIS Ostrava 2016, the Rise of Big Spatial Data, held at the Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic, March 16-18, 2016. Combining theoretical papers and applications by authors from around the globe, it summaris…

Geographic information science & systems

by Goodchild, Michael F., Maguire, D. J., (David J.), Rhind, David, Longley, Paul

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Effective use of today's powerful GIS technology requires anunderstanding of the science of problem-solving that underpins it. Since the first edition published over a decade ago, this book hasled the way, with its focus on the scientific principles thatsupport GIS usage.

Historical geography, GIScience and textual analysis: landscapes of time and place

fromHistorical Geography and Geosciences

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This book illustrates how literature, history and geographical analysis complement and enrich each others disciplinary endeavors. The Hun-Lenox Globe, constructed in 1510, contains the Latin phrase 'Hic sunt dracones' ('Here be dragons'), warning sailors of the dangers of drifti…

The history of celestial navigation: rise of the Royal Observatory and nautical almana…

by Seidelmann, P. Kenneth, Hohenkerk, C. Y.

fromHistorical & cultural astronomy

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This edited volume charts the history of celestial navigation over the course of five centuries. Written by a group of historians and scientists, it analyzes how competing navigation systems, technologies, and institutions emerged and developed, with a focus on the major players…

Surface models for geosciences

fromLecture Notes in Geoinformation and Cartography

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The aim of the conference is to present and discuss new methods, issues and challenges encountered in all parts of the complex process of gradual development and application of digital surface models. This process covers data capture, data generation, storage, model creation, va…

Building Feature Extraction with Machine Learning: Geospatial Applications

by P.S., Prakash, Aithal, Bharath.H

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1. Provides the fundamentals of feature extraction methods and applications along with fundamentals of machine learning. 2. Discusses in detail the advantages of using machine learning in geospatial feature extraction. 3. Explains the methods for estimating object height from op…

Drones and Geographical Information Technologies in Agroecology and Organic Farming: Contributions to Technological Sovereignty

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Although organic farming and agroecology are normally not associated with the use of new technologies, it's rapid growth, new technologies are being adopted to mitigate environmental impacts of intensive production implemented with external material and energy inputs. GPS, satel…

IX Hotine-Marussi Symposium on Mathematical Geodesy: proceedings of the symposium in Rome, June 18- 22…

by Novák, Pavel, Hotine-Marussi Symposium on Mathematical Geodesy, Rome, Italy), Crespi, Mattia, Sneeuw, Nico, Sansò, F., (Fernando)

fromInternational Association of Geodesy symposia

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This volume gathers the proceedings of the IX Hotine-Marussi Symposium on Mathematical Geodesy, which was held from 18 to 22 June 2018 at the Faculty of Civil and Industrial Engineering, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy. Since 2006, the Hotine-Marussi Symposia series has been …

Photogrammetric survey for the recording and documentation of historic buildings

by Stylianidis, Efstratios

fromSpringer Tracts in Civil Engineering

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This book provides state-of-the-art information on photogrammetry for cultural heritage, exploring the problems and presenting solutions that are applicable under real-world conditions and in various disciplines. Allowing readers to gain a basic understanding of cultural heritag…