Geographical information systems, geodata and remote sensing

This book presents the spatial and temporal dynamics of land use and land cover in the central Tibetan Plateau during the last two decades, based on various types of satellite data, long-term field investigation and GIS techniques.

Today the world's largest economies and corporations trade in data and its products to generate value in new disruptive markets.

This book introduces the concept of using drones as a teaching tool to explore the fundamental principles, technology and applications of Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS).

This book focuses on the generalization of map features, providing descriptions and classifying groups of map objects into six categories: point clusters, groups of contours, road networks, river networks, continuous areal features and discrete areal features.

This book is a valuable resource for the increasing body of researchers and practitioners in the field of geospatial technologies.

Himalaya, one of the global biodiversity hotspots, is the abode of a variety of flora and fauna.

The book is a compilation of the papers presented in the International Conference on Emerging Trends in Water Resources and Environmental Engineering (ETWREE 2017).

The second volume of this book is a compilation of the high-quality papers from the International Conference on Emerging Trends in Water Resources and Environmental Engineering (ETWREE 2017).

This book discusses statistical modeling of single- and multi-channel synthetic aperture radar (SAR) images and the applications of these newly developed models in land and ocean monitoring, such as target detection and terrain classification.

This book gathers the proceedings of the 1st Global Civil Engineering Conference, GCEC 2017, held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on July 25-28, 2017.

This book presents new and advanced concepts, theories and methodologies in polarimetric synthetic aperture radar (PolSAR) target scattering mechanism modeling and interpretation, which is dedicated to bridge the gap between the acquired data and practical applications.

This book chiefly addresses the analysis and design of geosynchronous synthetic aperture radar (GEO SAR) systems, focusing on the algorithms, analysis, methods used to compensate for ionospheric influences, and validation experiments for Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS).

This book addresses space science and communication - one of the main pillars of space science sustainability, an area that has recently become of great importance.

This book systematically introduces readers to laser imaging target detection principles and techniques.

This book examines the urban growth trends and patterns of various rapidly growing metropolitan regions in developing Asian and African nations from the perspective of geography.

This book reports the latest results in the study of Bistatic/Multistatic SAR system and signal processing techniques.

This book discusses in detail the science and morphology of powerful hurricane detection systems.

Learn how to build native, cross-platform mapping apps with this comprehensive and practical guide, using the MVVM patternAbout This BookEnhance the user experience with the power of ArcGIS runtime SDK for .

This book provides a new synthesis of the published research on the Quaternary of Ireland.

This book presents practical information about hemispherical photography from the perspectives of field data acquisition, image processing and information retrieval methods.

This book addresses the role and importance of space in the respective fields of the social sciences and the humanities.

This book elucidates how cyberGIS (that is, new-generation geographic information science and systems (GIS) based on advanced computing and cyberinfrastructure) transforms computation- and data-intensive geospatial discovery and innovation.

Science for Peace and Security (SPS) cooperation brings together NATO & partners to address common security concerns reflected in the so-called SPS Key Priorities.

This is the first comprehensive volume to explore and engage with current trends in Geographies of Media research.

During the past years, Saudi Arabia has been affected by particularly severe torrential rains and floods.

This textbook aims to be a one stop shop for those interested in aerosols and their impact on the climate system.

The current volume provides examples of how environmental hazards such as landslides, earthquakes, mountain processes, cold climate processes and tidal flows and currents can affect the energy supply infrastructure.

The chapters in this book present state-of-the-art geomatics technologies applied in global environmental studies.

Space-time analysis is a rapidly growing research frontier in geography, GIS, and GIScience.

The focus of this volume is comprised of the fundamentals, models, and information technologies (IT) methods and tools for disaster prediction and mitigation.

A variety of disciplines and professions have embraced geospatial technologies for collecting, storing, manipulating, analyzing and displaying spatial data to investigate crime, prosecute and convict offenders, exonerate suspects and submit evidence in civil lawsuits.

The first soil survey in the Philippines was done by Mr.

Airborne laser scanning (ALS) has emerged as one of the most promising remote sensing technologies to provide data for research and operational applications in a wide range of disciplines related to management of forest ecosystems.

The Landscapes and Landforms of Spain provides an informative and inviting overview of the geology and geomorphology of Spain.

This book provides a succinct but comprehensive presentation of key geomorphological locations and topics including information about geomorphological heritage and maps to visit the most important sites.

The African Seas include marginal basins of two major oceans, the Atlantic and the Indian, a miniature ocean, the Mediterranean Sea, and an infant ocean, the Red Sea.

Natural hazards such as earthquakes, landslides, floods, volcanic eruptions, tsunamis, and hurricanes cause environmental, economic as well as sociological problems worldwide.

The elasmobranch fishes include the living sharks, skates and rays that are important members of nearly all marine ecosystems.

Within the realm of quantitative geography, systems modelling is specifically concerned with understanding those relationships that influence the attributes of phenomena located in space and time.

The purpose of this book is to introduce land planners to the principles of remote sensing and to the applications remote sensing has to the land planning process.

This book presents a collection of articles concerning key topics which examine the impacts of climate change and variability on agriculture.

The impact of climate on human activities and the effect of humans on cli- mate are two of the most important areas of inquiry in climatology.

Based on modern limnology and environmental research, syntheses of the composition, functions and production of pelagic ecosystems are being provided in the Great Lakes of Africa.

Remote sensing of the environment is covered through spectroscopic analysis of soil and vegetation response during active and passive sensing.

Terrain has a profound effect upon the strategy and tactics of any military engagement and has consequently played an important role in determining history.

The effects of light pollution on flora, fauna -including humans and their widely varying night-time activities- are often subtle and need extensive field studies to be quantified in a sensible manner.

During ten years serving with the USDA Soil Conservation Service (SCS), now known as the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), I became amazed at how millions of dollars in contract monies were spent based on simplistic hydrologic models.