Geographical information systems, geodata and remote sensing

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 management of data to understand complex and interwoven processes of sustainable development has been a great challenge for researchers, planners, and decision makers.

Synthetic aperture radar (SAR) is a well-known remote sensing technique, but conventional single-antenna SAR is inherently limited by the minimum antenna area constraint.

Surveying with Geomatics and RThis book explains basic concepts of surveying science and techniques with geomatics using R software and R packages.

This book provides information about different types of dimensionality reduction (DR) methods and their effectiveness in hyperspectral data processing.

This book is the proceeding of the 1st International Conference on Distributed Sensing and Intelligent Systems (ICDSIS2020) which will be held in The National School of Applied Sciences of Agadir, Ibn Zohr University, Agadir, Morocco on February 01-03, 2020.

This book looks at the convergent nature of technology and its relationship to the field of photogrammetry and 3D design.

GIS projects have previously been viewed primarily as technical exercises but it is now evident that the success of GIS projects depends as much upon organisational issues as upon technicalities.

The book provides a comprehensive insight into watersheds and modeling of the hydrological processes in the watersheds.

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This chapter has shown a small sample of GIS applications in economic devel- ment.

The past few decades have witnessed the growth of the Earth Sciences in the pursuit of knowledge and understanding of the planet that we live on.

Our planet is currently experiencing substantial changes due to natural phen- ena and direct or indirect human interactions.

This work focuses on the potential impact of climate change on soil erosion in a monsoon-dominated sub-tropical region.

This book constitutes a notable contribution to investigate and present the capabilities of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and their applicability and usefulness in environmental-related applications and sciences.

A definitive description of the various models of mission operations systems MOS which provides an account of the design process and of the general principles of the designs themselves.

This book describes the spatial and temporal perspectives on COVID-19 and its impacts and deepens our understanding of human dynamics during and after the global pandemic.

The development of effective methodologies for the analysis of multi-temporal data is one of the most important and challenging issues that the remote sensing community will face in the coming years.

This book explores the applicability of multiple remote sensors to acquire information relevant to restoration and conservation efforts in wetlands using data collected from airborne and space multispectral/hyperspectral sensors, light detection and ranging (LiDAR), Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), and a hand-held spectroradiometer.

As the second volume of the "e;Digital Oil & Gas Pipeline: Research and Practice"e; series of monographs, this book introduces the implementation strategies, examples and technical roadmaps of two important aspects of the Digital Oil & Gas Pipeline construction: pipeline real-time data integration and pipeline network virtual reality system.

A quantitative yet accessible introduction to remote sensing techniques, this new edition covers a broad spectrum of Earth science applications.

This book chronicles the decades-long work of studying, analyzing, and reversing the environmental pressures that threatened India's Chilika Lagoon, the largest brackish-water lagoon in the region, and the second largest in the world.

Geographic Information Systems (GIS) play a pivotal role in the field of urban planning and management and provide better solutions for numerous urban problems.

A necessary reference for all radar engineers or analysts including many levels of managers, advisors and decision makers in the U.

The atmosphere and the ocean form a coupled system which exchanges heat, momentum and water at the air-sea interface.

The development of earth observation and computing technology has promoted the wide application of spatio-temporal big data and artificial intelligence.

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 gives a concise and comprehensive overview of non-cooperative target tracking, fusion and control.

This book discusses various statistical models and their implications for developing landslide susceptibility and risk zonation maps.

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.

Remotely sensed data, in the form of digital images captured from spaceborne and airborne platforms, provide a rich analytical and observational source of information about the current status, as well as changes occurring in, on, and around the Earth's surface.

This book is about spaceborne missions and instruments.

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.

Satellite Data Compression covers recent progress in compression techniques for multispectral, hyperspectral and ultra spectral data.

Twenty-three stories about how ordinary girls with very different passions have become extraordinary women and made significant contributions to our world Women look to other women as role models and for inspiration.

This study presents an account of electromagnetic phenomena in the earth's crust immediately preceding a tectonic earthquake.

The wide range of challenges in studying Earth system dynamics due to uncertainties in climate change and complex interference from human activities is creating difficulties in managing land and water resources and ensuring their sustainable use.

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 assists the reader in determining storm risks, focussing on sandy coasts and cliff coasts in the context of expected sea level rise from littoral transformation and climate change.

Employing anthropology, field research, and humanities methodologies as well as digital cartography, and foregrounding the voices of Indigenous scholars, this text examines digital projects currently underway, and includes alternative modes of "e;mapping"e; Native American, Alaskan Native, Indigenous Hawaiian and First Nations land.

This book is the fruition of work from contributors to the Art and Cartography: Cartography and Art symposium held in Vienna in February 2008.

An essential, introductory text for marine engineering students covering the fundamental earth-observation concepts that underpin all space-based terrestrial and maritime remote sensing methods.

The primary aim of this edited volume is to document the current theories, best practices, and technological advancements in the move towards a Smart Built Environment (SBE).

This book provides a practical, comprehensive and up-to-date overview of the use of spatial statistics in epidemiology - the study of the incidence and distribution of diseases.

Geographic Information Systems (GIS) have been experiencing a steady and unprecedented growth in terms of general interest, theory development, and new applications in the last decade or so.

After the first edition of this book was published at the end of 2003, I was very happy to put the hard work of book writing behind me and concentrate myself with my small team on the development of a multi-functional GPS/Galileo software (MFGsoft).

This book is an introduction to a new branch of archaeology that scrutinises landscapes to find evidence of past human activity.