Manual of geospatial science and technology /
Professionals in local and national government and in the private sector frequently need to draw on Geographical Information Systems (GIS), Remote Sensing (RS) and Global Positioning Systems (GPS), often in an integrated manner. This manual shows a hands-on operator how to work across the range of g...
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| Language: | English |
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London ; New York :
Taylor & Francis,
2002
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Table of Contents:
- Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of Contributors; Preface; Acknowledgments; Prerequisites; An introduction to geospatial science and technology; Coordinates and coordinate systems; Datums and geodetic systems; Coordinate transformations; Computer basics; Basic electromagnetic radiation; Global Positioning System (GPS); Introducing the Global Positioning System; Fundamentals of GPS signals and data; GPS mathematical models for single point and baseline solutions; GPS instrumentation issues; Making sense of the GPS techniques; GPS projects: some planning issues
- Carrying out a GPS surveying/mapping taskServicing the GPS user; Where do we go from here?; Remote sensing; Photogrammetric and remote sensing considerations; The remote sensing process: how do we collect the required in situ and remotely sensed data?; What remote sensing system should be used to collect the data?; Information extraction from remotely sensed data; Remote sensing digital image processing system hardware and software considerations; Quality assurance and accuracy assessment of information derived from remotely sensed data; Selected examples of remote sensing projects
- Remote sensing
- future considerationsGeographic Information Systems; Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and science; Fundamentals of Geographic Information Systems (GIS); Geographic data structures; Processing spatial data; Hardware and software; Spatial analysis and modeling; Spatial data quality; Cartographic symbolization and visualization; Carrying out a GIS project; Applications; Biophysical and human-social applications; Local government applications; Geographic information technology in state governments of the US; National, international, and global activities in geospatial science