Geographical Information System and Crime Mapping features a diverse array of Geographic Information System (GIS) applications in crime analysis, from general issues such as GIS as a communication process, interjurisdictional mapping and data sharing to specific applications in …
"A unique multi-disciplinary integration of the physics of turbulence and remote sensing technology. This book provides a new vision on the research of turbulence and summarizes current and future challenges of monitoring turbulence remotely. It emphasizes sophisticated geophysi…
"Unmanned Aircraft Systems are rapidly emerging as flexible platforms for capturing imagery and other data across sciences. Many colleges and universities are developing courses on UAS-based data acquisition. This book is a comprehensive, introductory text on how to use unmanned…
With urbanization as a global phenomenon, there is a need for data and information about these terrains. Urban remote sensing techniques provide critical physical input and intelligence for preparing base maps, formulating planning proposals, and monitoring implementations. Like…
The design and development of low radar cross section (RCS) phased array has been a challenging subject in stealth technology. The frequency selective surface elements act as absorbers in specific frequency band and facilitate gain enhancement and reduction of antenna RCS. This …
"The monitoring of continuous phenomena like temperature, soil moisture or air pollutants is becoming more common due to the availability of cheaper and better sensor infrastructure. Better methods for processing, storing and provisioning the data produced by such observations a…
"Climate change is far more than just global warming due to atmospheric greenhouse gases including CO2. The availability of climate-related data and computer modelling is a key factor in observing and analyzing climate change today. In order to understand the nature of climate c…
"Global navigation satellite systems GNSS and their technology have advanced in the recent years and this revised and updated second edition provides a thorough understanding of the basic principles and techniques of GNSS, analyzes all four active systems and explains clearly ho…
This book provides a step-by-step guide on how to use various publicly available remotely sensed time series data sources for environmental monitoring and assessment. Readers will learn how to extract valuable information on global changes from a 20-year collection of ready-to-u…
"This book provides a step-by-step guide on how to use various publicly available remotely sensed time series data sources for environmental monitoring and assessment. Readers will learn how to extract valuable information on global changes from a 20-year collection of ready-to-…
"This book is focused on feature extraction methods for optical geospatial data using Machine Learning (ML). It is a practical guide for professionals and graduate students who are starting a career in information extraction. It explains spatial feature extraction in an easy-to-…
"Radar polarimetry has been used for the precise monitoring of Earth's surface. This book explains the basic polarimetry concept and its diverse applications such as deforestation, tree classification, landslide detection, tsunamis, volcano eruptions and ash distribution, snow a…
This text presents papers from the 18th EARSeL Symposium, held in Enschede, Netherlands. The papers are followed by application-oriented contributions on specific themes such as land use and nature management; water quality and pollution monitoring; and coastal zone management.
"In today's world, deep learning source codes and a plethora of open access geospatial images are available, but readers are missing the educational tools. This is the first practical book to introduce deep learning techniques using free open source tools for processing real wor…
The design and development of low radar cross section (RCS) phased array has been a challenging subject in stealth technology. The frequency selective surface elements act as absorbers in specific frequency band and facilitate gain enhancement and reduction of antenna RCS. This …
by Rajabifard, Abbas, Atazadeh, Behnam, Kalantari, Mohsen
Rapid urbanization has created an unprecedented pressure on the use of land in cities around the world, resulting in physical and legal complexities. This book explains the theoretical basis and practicality of connecting urban land administration practices with the 3D digital d…
Over the past few decades the world has been organized through the growth and integration of geographic information systems (GIS) across public and private sector industries, agencies, and organizations. This has happened in a technological context that includes the widespread d…
GIS projects have previously been viewed primarily as technical exercises but it is now evident that the success of GIS projects depends as much upon organisational issues as upon technicalities. GIS projects have socio-organisational contexts which must be taken into account if…
This book draws on author's wealth of knowledge working on numerous projects across many countries. It provides a clear overview of the development of the SDI concept and SDI worldwide implementation and brings a logical chronological approach to the linkage of GIS technology wi…
This book provides an overview on the evolution of laser scanning technology and its noticeable impact in the structural engineering domain. It provides an up-to-date synthesis of the state-of-the-art of the technology for the reverse engineering of built constructions, includin…
