Geographical information systems, geodata and remote sensing

This book focuses on 21st century geospatial technologies (GT).

This two-volume set CCIS 961 and 962 constitutes the refereed post-conference proceedings of the First International Conference on Transdisciplinary Multispectral Modeling and Cooperation for the Preservation of Cultural Heritage, TMM_CH 2018, held in Athens, Greece, in October 2018.

This book examines the geography of partisan polarization, or the Reds and Blues, of the political landscape in the United States.

This book introduces the latest research findings in cloud, edge, fog, and mist computing and their applications in various fields using geospatial data.

This monograph, which is the first book focusing on "e;Digital Oil & Gas Pipeline"e;, introduces the author's long-term research and practice on this topic.

This book offers in-depth insights into the rapidly growing topic of technologies and approaches to modeling fuzzy spatiotemporal data with XML.

Explore the beauty and awe of the heavens through the rich celestial prints and star atlases offered in this third edition book.

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.

This book gives a comprehensive view of the developed procrustes models, including the isotropic, the generalized and the anisotropic variants.

This book includes a selection of the best papers presented at the Jinan Forum on Geography and Ecological Sustainability held in Guangzhou, China, from 17 to 19 February 2017, as well as several invited papers.

This book provides in-depth information about the sea ice in the Arctic at scales from paleoenvironmental variability to more contemporary changes during the past and present centuries.

This corrected version of the landmark 1981 textbook introduces the physical principles and theoretical basis of acoustics with deep mathematical rigor, concentrating on concepts and points of view that have proven useful in applications such as noise control, underwater sound, architectural acoustics, audio engineering, nondestructive testing, remote sensing, and medical ultrasonics.

This book presents a survey of modern theoretical techniques in studies of radiative transfer and light scattering phenomena  in turbid media.

This proceedings volume focuses on the importance and power of spatial thinking and planning, especially by applying geospatial technologies in solving the past and current global problems such as environmental degradation, urban pollution, climate change, agricultural management and epidemiology.

This book addresses the current challenges in controlling Kala-azar disease (Visceral leishmaniasis) in India and other VL-endemic areas, and aims to develop and apply a geo-environmental risk model based on primary and secondary data with the aid of remote sensing and GIS technologies to assess and mitigate Kala-azar transmission.

This book comprises 17 chapters derived from new research papers presented at the 7th International Symposium of the ICA Commission on the History of Cartography, held in Oxford from 13 to 15 September 2018 and jointly organized by the ICA Commission on Topographic Mapping and the Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford.

This book offers an overview of recent literature on land degradation and its interrelationship with socio-economic development processes in the developing world.

This book is a collection of papers presented at the 11th International Conference of Military Geoscience that was held in 2015.

This book offers a collection of papers presented at the First International Conference"e; Information Technologies in the Research of Biodiversity"e; that was held from 11-14 September 2018 in Irkutsk (Russia).

The first edition of this ground breaking reference work was the most comprehensive reference source available about the key aspects of the satellite applications field.

This book gathers various perspectives on modern map production.

This book gathers 22 papers which were presented at the 6th International Symposium of the ICA Commission on the History of Cartography in Dubrovnik, Croatia on 13-15 October 2016.

This book provides a sound theoretical basis for the the different gravity field recovery methods and the numerics of satellite-to-satellite tracking data.

This book constitutes extended, revised and selected contributions from the Second International Conference on Geographical Information Systems Theory, Applications and Management, GISTAM 2016, held in Rome, Italy, in April 2016.

This book presents the fundamentals of data assimilation and reviews the application of satellite remote sensing in hydrological data assimilation.

This book contains a selection of papers presented during a special workshop on Complexity Science organized as part of the 9th International Conference on GIScience 2016.

These proceedings contain a selection of peer-reviewed papers presented at the International Symposium on Geodesy for Earthquake and Natural Hazards (GENAH), Matsushima, Japan, 22-26 July, 2014.

This heavily illustrated book contains descriptions and geologic interpretations of photographs (mostly aerial) illustrating the power and magnitude of repeated Ice Age flooding in the Pacific Northwest, as recently as 14,000 years ago.

This book offers a selection of the best papers presented at the 13th International Symposium on Location Based Services (LBS 2016), which was held in Vienna (Austria) from November 14 to 16, 2016.

This book discusses the application of Geospatial data, Geographic Information System (GIS) and Remote Sensing (RS) technologies in analysis and modeling of urban growth process, and its pattern, with special focus on sprawl and compact form of urban development.

This book presents a novel computation of the topographic LS factor of the USLE model to estimate spatial soil erosion.

This textbook addresses the most recent advances and main digital technologies used in farming.

This book presents a selection of manuscripts submitted to the 2017 International Cartographic Conference held in Washington, DC at the beginning of July and made available at the conference.

This book provides an information fusion model with information fusion theory, geographic information system technology and modern mathematical methods to evaluate the risks of groundwater inrushes from aquifers underlying coal seams.

Python is used in a wide range of geoscientific applications, such as in processing images for remote sensing, in generating and processing digital elevation models, and in analyzing time series.

This book discusses methods for measuring the water surface backscattering signature and estimating the near-surface wind vector over water using airborne radars, in addition to their standard application.

The contributed volume collects cutting-edge research in GeoComputational Analysis of Regional Systems.

This book describes and provides many detailed examples of implementing Digital Soil Mapping (DSM) using R.

This handbook provides an exhaustive, one-stop reference and a state-of-the-art description of geographic information and its use.

This book describes how powerful computing technology, emerging big and open data sources, and theoretical perspectives on spatial synthesis have revolutionized the way in which we investigate social sciences and humanities.

This book describes three years of work by the Culture and Communities Mapping Project, a research project based in Edinburgh that uses maps as an object of study and also a means to facilitate research.

This book departs from typical cartography textbooks, which tend to focus on the characteristics of the methods and means of expression.

This book promotes the exploitation of novel and emerging approaches for mapping environmental and urban informatics empowered by citizens.

This book presents (i) a comprehensive methodological approach in analyzing karst surface features using contemporary GIS tools of high resolution applied on a large study area and extensive dataset, (ii) a revision and evaluation of the existing concepts valid in the modern karst geomorphology, (iii) a detailed elaboration of overlooked and yet undefined karst surface features, and (iv) an innovation in the discussion on origin and evolution of karst surface features.

This book discusses recent technologies and case studies that aim to enhance positioning obtained with commercial smartphones in urban environments, overcoming difficulties with GPS.

This book offers a much-needed critical approach to the intelligent use of the wide variety of map projections that are rapidly and inexpensively available today.

This undergraduate textbook presents a unique comprehensive overview on Mathematics in Earth Sciences and Geography.

Soil and crop sensing is a fundamental component and the first important step in precision agriculture.

This book provides a collection of concepts, algorithms, and techniques that effectively harness the power of Spatial Network Big Data.

This book focuses on small flying drones and their applications in conducting geographic surveys.