TECHNOLOGY -- Remote Sensing

Sustainable urbanism in developing countries

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"Mushrooming of illegal housing on the periphery of cities is one of the main consequences of rapid urbanization associated with social and environmental problems in developing countries. This book discusses the linkage between urbanism and sustainability, and how sustainable ur…

Sustainable and smart spatial planning in Africa: case studies and solutions

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"This book clarifies the smart city concept that is gaining application in Sub - Saharan Africa. It shows how the smart concept can be used to address problems that would be difficult and more expensive to solve using traditional techniques such as employment creation. This is d…

Introduction to mathematical techniques used in GIS

by Dale, Peter

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To understand the output from a geographic information system, one must understand the quality of the data that is entered into the system, the algorithms driving the data processing, and the limitations of the graphic displays. Introduction to Mathematical Techniques Used in GI…

Geospatial Data Science Techniques and Applications

by Karimi, Hassan A.

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"Data science has recently gained much attention for a number of reasons, and among them is Big Data. Scientists (from almost all disciplines including physics, chemistry, biology, sociology, among others) and engineers (from all fields including civil, environmental, chemical, …

Geospatial information handbook for water resources and watershed management

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Volume III of Geospatial Information Handbook for Water Resources and Watershed Management discusses water and watershed issues such as water quality, evapotranspiration, water resource management, and ecological services. Featured is a two-stage ditch and river geomorphology ca…

Handbook of Himalayan ecosystems and sustainability

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Volume 2: Handbook of Spatio-Temporal Monitoring of Water Resources and Climate is aimed to describe the current state of knowledge and developments of geospatial technologies (Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems) for assessing and managing water resources under cl…

Handbook of Himalayan ecosystems and sustainability: Spatio-temporal monitoring of forests and climate

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Volume 1: Spatio-Temporal Monitoring of Forests and Climate is aimed to describe the recent progress and developments of geospatial technologies (remote sensing and GIS) for assessing, monitoring and managing fragile Himalayan ecosystems and their sustainability under climate ch…

Spatial econometric methods in agricultural economics using R

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Tools such as GIS and remote sensing are increasingly being used in monitoring agricultural resources. As a result, there is need for effective methods for the collection and analysis of agricultural data with particular reference to space. Since land is a key resource in agricu…

Fundamentals of spatial analysis and modelling

by GAO, JAY

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"This textbook provides comprehensive and in-depth explanations of all topics related to spatial analysis and spatiotemporal simulation, including how spatial data are acquired, represented digitally, and spatially aggregated. Also features the nature of space and how it is meas…

Geospatial modeling for environmental management: case studies from South Asia

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"This is a comprehensive resource that integrates the application of innovative remote sensing techniques and geospatial tools in modeling Earth systems for environmental management beyond customary digitization and mapping practices. It identifies the most suitable approaches f…

Surveying with geomatics and R

by Alves, Marcelo de Carvalho, Sanches, Luciana

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"This book explains basic concepts of surveying science and techniques with geomatics using R and R packages. It engages students in learning about surveying through real field examples and using differing degrees of complexity while exploring surveying problems based on field o…

Data mining for co-location patterns: principles and applications

by Zhou, Guoqing

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Co-location pattern mining detects sets of features frequently located in close proximity to each other. This book focuses on data mining for co-location pattern, a valid method for identifying patterns from all types of data and applying them in business intelligence and analyt…

Remote sensing and image processing in mineralogy

by Marghany, Maged

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"This book presents a broad overview of quantum theory for understanding automatic exploration of minerals, oil and gas in remote sensing data. In this view, the quantum theory can explain away the electromagnetic wave ranges of varieties of remote sensing satellite data from sh…

Geospatial information handbook for water resources and watershed management

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Volume II of Geospatial Information Handbook for Water Resources and Watershed Management discusses Geospatial Technology (GT) approaches using integrated modeling as applied to advanced water resource assessments. Features include multiple date land cover analyses as change in …

Geospatial information handbook for water resources and watershed management

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Volume I of Geospatial Information Handbook for Water Resources and Watershed Management discusses fundamental characteristics, measurements, and analyses of water features and watersheds including lakes and reservoirs, rivers and streams, and coasts and estuaries. It presents c…

Seamless 3D navigation in indoor and outdoor spaces

by Yan, Jinjin

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This book presents the current research on space-based navigation models and the contents of spaces used for seamless indoor and outdoor navigation. It elaborates on 3D spaces reconstructed automatically and how indoor, semi-indoor, semi-outdoor, and outdoor spaces can mimic the…

Subpixel mapping for remote sensing images

by Wang, Peng, Zhang, Lei

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Subpixel mapping is a technology that generates a fine resolution land cover map from coarse resolution fractional images by predicting the spatial locations of different land cover classes at the subpixel scale. This book provides readers with a complete overview of subpixel im…

Advances in urbanism, smart cities, and sustainability

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"While technology is developing at a fast pace, urban planners and cities are still behind in finding effective ways to use technology to address citizen's needs. Multiple aspects of sustainable urbanism are brought together in this book along with advanced technologies and thei…

Mapping, monitoring, and modeling land and water resources: advanced techniques using open source software

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"The wide range of challenges in studying Earth system dynamics because of uncertainties in climate change and complex man-made interference are creating difficulties in managing land and water resources and their sustainable use. This book brings together real-world case studie…

GIS AUTOMATED DELINEATION OF HOSPITAL SERVICE AREAS

by Wang, Fahui

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Hospital service areas (HSAs) and hospital referral regions (HRRs) are considered more appropriate units than geopolitical units for analyzing the performance of health care markets and policy implementation. GIS Automated Delineation of Hospital Service Areas represents the sta…