Geographical information systems, geodata and remote sensing

This book examines air pollution of a big city using multi-year and multi-season data from ground-based air monitoring stations and satellite sounding data, which provides more clear and detailed information on the main sources of air pollution, the long-term trend of pollution, the influence of meteorological parameters on pollution levels, and trajectories of polluted air masses.

This book summarizes four decades of glacial-geomorphological field research in Central and High Asia in an attempt to draw a significant link between Quaternary science research and paleoclimatology.

This book presents an interdisciplinary study of Lake Cuejdel, one of the youngest natural dam lakes in Romania.

This book presents groundbreaking new research on a fifteenth-century world map by Henricus Martellus, c.

Since the publication of the first volume "e;Infrasound monitoring for atmospheric studies"e; published in 2010, significant advances were achieved in the fields of engineering, propagation modelling, and atmospheric remote sensing methods.

This book deals with the challenges for efficient groundwater management, with a focus on South Asia and India, providing a balanced presentation of theory and field practice using a multidisciplinary approach.

This book details key trends involving the recent formation of scores of companies that build and launch small satellites or provide key components for small satellite constellations.

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

This thesis reports on sparsity-based multipath exploitation methods for through-the-wall radar imaging.

This book constitutes the refereed post-conference proceedings of the First International Workshop on Mobility Analytics for Spatio-Temporal and Social Data, MATES 2017, held in Munich, Germany, in September 2017.

This book presents current applications of remote sensing techniques for clouds and precipitation for the benefit of students, educators, and scientists.

This book treats the notion of morphisms in spatial analysis, paralleling these concepts in spatial statistics (Part I) and spatial econometrics (Part II).

This book gathers various perspectives on modern map production.

This book gives a comprehensive overview of all relevant elements in topography and their practical application.

This book gathers a selection of the best papers presented during the 14th International Conference on Location Based Services, which was held in Zurich (Switzerland) between the 15th and 17th January 2018.

This book, written by an international team of prominent authors, gathers the latest developments in mobile technologies for the acquisition, management, analysis and sharing of Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI) in the context of Earth observation.

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

This book is an introduction to techniques and applications of optical methods for materials Characterization in civil and environmental engineering.

This book explores the new materials and the resultant new field of piezotronics.

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

In the face of increasing failures, comments attributed to Albert Einstein loom large: "e;We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.

This book series is composed of peer-reviewed proceedings of selected symposia organized by the International Association of Geodesy.

This book discusses the latest advances and applications in geospatial technologies and earth resources for mine surveying and civil engineering.

This book assembles and organizes a selected range of methods and techniques that every planning practitioner should know to be successful in the contemporary global urban landscape.

This edited volume sheds new light on the impact of rapid Land Use/Cover Changes (LU/CC) on greenhouse gases (GHG's) and aerosol emissions in South and Southeast Asia.

This book showcases powerful new hybrid methods that combine numerical and symbolic algorithms.

This book illustrates the first connection between the map user community and the developers of digital map processing technologies by providing several applications, challenges, and best practices in working with historical maps.

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

This book provides contributions from leading experts on the integration of novel sensing technologies to yield unprecedented observations of coupled biological, chemical, and physical processes in the ocean from the macro to micro scale.

This book maximizes reader insights into the field of mathematical models and methods for the processing of two-dimensional remote sensing images.

This book presents the first comprehensive, interdisciplinary review of the rapidly developing field of air lasing.

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.

The book will provide an overview of the practical application of remote sensing for the purposes of nature conservation as developed by ecologists in collaboration with remote sensing specialists, providing guidance on all phases from the planning of remote sensing projects for conservation to the interpretation and validation of the images.

This book is an overview of current state of the art about monitoring of inundation events through remote sensing.

This book presents the proceedings of Workshops and Posters at the 13th International Conference on Spatial Information Theory (COSIT 2017), which is concerned with all aspects of space and spatial environments as experienced, represented and elaborated by humans, other animals and artificial agents.

This book approaches geological, geomorphological and topographical mapping from the point in the workflow at which science-ready datasets are available.

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 examines electric car sharing in cities from a variety of perspectives, from service design to simulation, from mathematical modeling to technology deployment, and from energy use improvement to the integration of different kinds of vehicle.

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 is intended for researchers, practitioners and students who are interested in the current trends and want to make their GI applications and research dynamic.

This textbook is a step-by-step tutorial on the applications of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in environmental and water resource issues.

This book provides a detailed overview of the concepts, techniques, applications, and methodological approaches involved in land use and cover change (LUCC) modeling, also known simply as land change modeling.

Emerging Spatial Big Data (SBD) has transformative potential in solving many grand societal challenges such as water resource management, food security, disaster response, and transportation.

This book collects ground-breaking works on the actual and potential impact of big data and data-integrated design for resilient urban environments, including human- and ecology-centred perspectives.

This book presents the proceedings of the 8th international Symposium "e;Information Fusion and Intelligent Geographic Information Systems 2017"e; (IF&ICIS'2017), which took place at Shanghai Maritime University, China, from May 10 to 12, 2017.

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

This volume presents the proceedings of the 2nd International Conference of Geography and Geoinformatics for Sustainable Development (ICGGS), held in Phuket, Thailand, April 7-8, 2022.

This book presents the forensic geoscience in general and, in particular, in Italy and their application to peculiar crimes.

This textbook aims to develop a scientific knowledge base on spatial information technology to communicate the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) among students, researchers, professionals and laymen.

This book offers a selection of the best articles presented at the CUPUM (Computers in Urban Planning and Urban Management) Conference, held in the second week of July 2017 at the University of South Australia in Adelaide.