Geographical information systems, geodata and remote sensing

This improved and updated second edition covers the theory, development, and design of electro-acoustic transducers for underwater applications.

This doctoral thesis applies measurements of ground deformation from satellite radar using their potential to play a key role in understanding volcanic and magmatic processes throughout the eruption cycle.

This volume describes the construction of the territorial identity of the southern end of South America and analyzes the cartographic territorialization of Patagonia, Tierra del Fuego and the "e;Terra Australis"e; continent.

This book collects innovative research presented at the 19th Conference of the Association of Geographic Information Laboratories in Europe (AGILE) on Geographic Information Science, held in Helsinki, Finland in 2016.

This book is designed to help students and researchers understand the latest research and development trends in the domain of geospatial information and communication (GeoICT) technologies.

The combined observational power of the multiple earth observing satellites is currently not being harnessed holistically to produce more durable societal benefits.

Volcanoes have terrified and, at the same time, fascinated civilizations for thousands of years.

This book is a collection of overview articles showing how space-based observations, combined with hydrological modeling, have considerably improved our knowledge of the continental water cycle and its sensitivity to climate change.

This book discusses how emerging groundwater risks under current and potential climate change conductions reduce available groundwater resources for domestic use, and agriculture and energy production.

This book describes essential methods for evaluating groundwater vulnerability to contamination.

This book sheds new light on the causes and consequences of elephant migration in the Panchet Forest Division of Bankura District in West Bengal, India- an area characterized by fragmented forested landscape modified by agriculture and settlement expansion.

This book addresses a key issue in today's society: the safer transport of dangerous goods, taking into account people, the environment and economics.

This proceedings contains a selection of peer-reviewed papers presented at the IAG Scientific Assembly, Postdam, Germany, 1-6 September, 2013.

This book presents a compendium of the urban layout maps of 2-mile square downtown areas of more than one hundred cities in developed and developing countries-all drawn at the same scale using high-resolution satellite images of Google Maps.

This book contains a selection of peer-reviewed papers presented at the VIII Hotine-Marussi Symposium on Mathematical Geodesy in Rome, 17-21 June, 2013.

This book provides results of spatial and temporal distributions of water quality parameters and marine primary production and its relationship with the driving atmospheric, ocean circulation and hydrobiological mechanisms established through a synergistic use of multi-spectral region spaceborne data and results of numerical model simulations of marine in-water and atmospheric processes related to the marine ecosystem.

This book will help future scientists to become more intelligent users of computing technology in their practice of science.

Thisbook constitutes the refereed proceedings of the International Conferenceon Geographical Information Systems Theory, Applications and Management, heldin Barcelona, Spain, in April 2015.

This book is an introductory course to the physics and chemistry of the atmosphere and to climate dynamics.

This book discusses the role of observatories in supporting evidence-based decision-making.

This book presents the results of empirical research conducted by the authors, who personally surveyed the people they met on each and every street, square and public space in Budapest.

This unique work presents a detailed review of the processing and analysis of 3D point clouds.

This book compiles an array of interesting constellations that fell by the wayside before the IAU established the modern canon of constellations.

Thistimely and authoritative volume explores the bidirectional relationship betweenimages and locations.

This book presents a new type of modeling environment where users interact with geospatial simulations using 3D physical models of studied landscapes.

This book presents a balanced combination of practical and theoretical aspects of geoarchaeology.

The book presents a collection of accepted papers from the 3DGeoinfo 2015 international conference held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from October 28 - 30, 2015.

This volume addresses the physical foundation of remote sensing.

This book covers the basics of processing and spectral analysis of monovariate discrete-time signals.

This book focusses on new technologies and multi-method research designs in the field of modern archaeology, which increasingly crosses academic boundaries to investigate past human-environmental relationships and to reconstruct palaeolandscapes.

This volume gathers 19 papers first presented at the 5th International Symposium of the ICA Commission on the History of Cartography, which took place at the University of Ghent, Belgium on 2-5 December 2014.

The book provides an overview of the state-of-the-art of map construction algorithms, which use tracking data in the form of trajectories to generate vector maps.

This university-level reference work covers a range of remote sensing techniques that are useful for mapping and visualizing benthic environments on continental shelves.

This atlas presents a collection of geographical maps showing human impact on the environment.

This book explores expertise relevant for two working groups of NeDiMAH, a European Science Foundation (ESF) funded Research Networking Programme.

This report examines the scientific basis for the use of remotely sensed data, particularly Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), primarily for the assessment of land degradation at different scales and for a range of applications, including resilience of agro-ecosystems.

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 constitutes the proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Spatial Information Theory, COSIT 2015, held in Santa Fee, NM, USA, in October 2015.

This book is focused on the nonlinear theoretical and mathematical problems associated with ultrafast intense laser pulse propagation in gases and in particular, in air.

The history and future of geographic information (GI) in the context of big data creates new avenues of concern over its organization, access and use.

This book contains refereed papers from the 13th International Conference on GeoComputation held at the University of Texas, Dallas, May 20-23, 2015.

This book brings together contributions from researchers, GIS professionals and game designers to provide a first overview of this highly interdisciplinary field.

This textbook is one of the first to explain the fundamentals and applications of remote sensing at both undergraduate and graduate levels.

With a current population inflow into cities of 200,000 people per day, UN Habitat expects that up to 75% of the global population will live in cities by 2050.

This doctoral thesis presents a novel approach to landslide risk assessment that explores the various dimensions of landslide risk in an integrated perspective.

This book contains a selection of papers from the 16th International Symposium on Spatial Data Handling (SDH), the premier long-running forum in geographical information science.

This book gathers the latest developments in modern cartography, ranging from the innovative approaches being pursued at national mapping agencies and topographic mapping, to new trends in the fields of Atlas Cartography, Cartographic Modelling, Multimedia Cartography, Historical Cartography and Cartographic Education.

This book describes a comprehensive framework of novel simulation approaches, conventional urban models, and related data mining techniques that will help develop planning support systems in Beijing as well as other mega-metropolitan areas.

This book offers a proven approach for reliable mapping of soil-landscape relationships to derive information for policy, planning and management at scales ranging from local to regional.

The aim of the conference is to present and discuss new methods, issues and challenges encountered in all parts of the complex process of gradual development and application of digital surface models.