Geographical information systems Books

Book SynopsisFocusing on the biodiversity of Costa Rica, the contributors to this book demonstrate the use of geographic information systems (GIS) to enhance conservation efforts. They give an overview of the spatial nature of conservation and management and the current status of digital mapping in Costa Rica.Table of ContentsForeword, by James D. Nations Preface Abbreviations Part I. Overview 1. The Spatial Nature of Conservation and Development, by Thomas Lacher Jr. 2. Conservation Mapping in Costa Rica, by Christopher Vaughan, Jorge Fallas, and Michael McCoy Part II. Digital Mapping Technologies 3. Digital Mapping Technologies, by Basil Savitsky 4. GIS, by Basil Savitsky 5. Image Analysis, by Basil Savitsky 6. GPS, by Jeffery Allen Part III. Uses of GIS-Examples in Costa Rica 7. GIS Design and Implementation at La Selva Biological Station, by Elizabeth Wentz and Joseph Bishop 8. Use of Digital Elevation Models in Tropical Rain Forest Basins to Extract Basic Hydrologic and Land Use Information, by G. Arturo Sanchez-Azifeifa 9. Using a GIS to Determine Critical Areas in the Central Volcanic Cordillera Conservation Area, by Gregoire Leclerc and Johnny Rodriguez Chacon 10. Application of the HEP Methodology and Use of GIS to Improve Continental-Scale Conservation Planning, by J. David Lambert and Margaret H. Carr 11. The Paseo Pantera Project: A Case Study Using GIS to Improve Continental-Scale Conservation Planning. by J. David Lambert and Margaret H. Carr Part IV. The USAID Case Study in Gap Analysis 12. Overview of Gap Analysis, by Basil Savitsky 13. Wildlife and Habitat Data Collection and Analysis, by Basil Savitsky, Jorge Fallas Christopher Vaughan, and Thomas Lacher Jr. 14. Error and the Gap Analysis Model, by Jennifer N. Morgan and Basil Savitsky 15. A GIS Method for Conservation Decision Making, by Basil Savitsky and Thomas Lacher Jr. 16. Using the Gap Analysis Model for Sustainable Development and Natural Resources Management in Developing Countries, by Thomas Lacher Jr. 17. Application of the Gap Analysis Model in Regional and International Programs in the Tropics, by Thomas Lacher Jr., G. Wesley Burnett, Basil Savitsky, and Christopher Vaughan Appendixes Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisAn accessible guide to the ideas and technologies underlying such applications as GPS, Google Maps, Pokémon Go, ride-sharing, driverless cars, and drone surveillance.Billions of people around the globe use various applications of spatial computing daily—by using a ride-sharing app, GPS, the e911 system, social media check-ins, even Pokémon Go. Scientists and researchers use spatial computing to track diseases, map the bottom of the oceans, chart the behavior of endangered species, and create election maps in real time. Drones and driverless cars use a variety of spatial computing technologies. Spatial computing works by understanding the physical world, knowing and communicating our relation to places in that world, and navigating through those places. It has changed our lives and infrastructures profoundly, marking a significant shift in how we make our way in the world. This volume in the MIT Essential Knowledge series explains the technologies

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Book SynopsisFocusing on the ramifications of GIS usage, Digital Places shows that they are associated with far-reaching changes in the institutions in which they exist, and in the lives of those they touch.Trade Review'I would recommend this book to anyone ready to read it with a critical view of the subject matter.' - Environment and Planning, vol 26 ,1999Table of ContentsIntroduction; Part 1 The World According to Geographic Information Systems; Chapter 1 Reason and Language in Geographic Information Systems; Chapter 2 On Space in Geographic Information Systems; Chapter 3 Optical Consistency, Technologies of Location, and the Limits of Representation; Part 2 Geographic Information Systems in Practice; Chapter 4 On the Roots of Geographic Information Systems; Chapter 5 The Reshaping of Geographic Practice; Chapter 6 Who Owns Geographic Information?; Chapter 7 The Digital Individual in a Visible World; Part 3 Living with Geographic Information Systems; Chapter 8 Geographic Information Systems and the Problem of Ethical Action; Chapter 9 Beyond PaleoGIS?;

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Book SynopsisThe TransNav 2011 Symposium held at the Gdynia Maritime University, Poland in June 2011 has brought together a wide range of participants from all over the world. The program has offered a variety of contributions, allowing to look at many aspects of the navigational safety from various different points of view. Topics presented and discussed at the Symposium were: navigation, safety at sea, sea transportation, education of navigators and simulator-based training, sea traffic engineering, ship's manoeuvrability, integrated systems, electronic charts systems, satellite, radio-navigation and anti-collision systems and many others.This book is part of a series of six volumes and provides an overview of International recent issues about ECDIS, E-Navigation and Safety at Sea and is addressed to scientists and professionals involved in research and development of navigation, safety of navigation and sea transportation.Table of Contentse-Navigation ConceptECDISVisualization and Presentation of Navigational InformationData Transmission and Communication SystemsSafety at Sea

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Book SynopsisAn easy-to-understand reference for navigating through geographic information systems (GIS) This guide avoids equations, computer codes, and overwhelming detail and instead provides a clear explanation as to how GIS technology captures, stores, counts, characterizes, integrates, analyzes, and displays data about the earth.Table of ContentsIntroduction 1 Part I: GIS: Geography on Steroids 7 Chapter 1: Seeing the Scope of GIS 9 Chapter 2: Recognizing How Maps Show Information 23 Chapter 3: Reading, Analyzing, and Interpreting Maps 39 Part II: Geography Goes Digital 57 Chapter 4: Creating a Conceptual Model 59 Chapter 5: Understanding the GIS Data Models 73 Chapter 6: Keeping Track of Data Descriptions 93 Chapter 7: Managing Multiple Maps 109 Chapter 8: Gathering and Digitizing Geographic Data 117 Part III: Retrieving, Counting, and Characterizing Geography 135 Chapter 9: Finding Information in Raster Systems 137 Chapter 10: Finding Features in Vector Systems 147 Chapter 11: Searching for Geographic Objects, Distributions, and Groups 65 Part IV: Analyzing Geographic Patterns 181 Chapter 12: Measuring Distance 183 Chapter 13: Working with Statistical Surfaces 199 Chapter 14: Exploring Topographical Surfaces 213 Chapter 15: Working with Networks 225 Chapter 16: Comparing Multiple Maps 239 Chapter 17: Map Algebra and Model Building 253 Part V: GIS Output and Application 277 Chapter 18: Producing Cartographic Output 279 Chapter 19: Generating Non-Cartographic Output 293 Chapter 20: GIS in Organizations 301 Part VI: The Part of Tens 315 Chapter 21: Ten GIS Software Vendors 317 Chapter 22: Ten Questions to Ask Potential Vendors 329 Chapter 23: Ten GIS Data Sources 333 Index 343

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Book SynopsisA balanced review of differing approaches based on remote sensing tools and methods to assess and monitor biodiversity, carbon and water cycles, and the energy balance of terrestrial ecosystem. Earth Observation of Ecosystem Services highlights the advantages Earth observation technologies offer for quantifying and monitoring multiple ecosystem functions and services. It provides a multidisciplinary reference that expressly covers the use of remote sensing for quantifying and monitoring multiple ecosystem services. Rather than exhaustively cover all possible ecosystem services, this book takes a global look at the most relevant remote sensing approaches to estimate key ecosystem services from satellite data. Structured in four main sections, it covers carbon cycle, biodiversity, water cycle, and energy balance. Each section contains a review of conceptual and empirical methods, techniques, and case studies linking remotely sensed data to the biophysical variables and eTrade Review"… a valuable compendium of information… should serve as an impetus driving greater awareness of remote sensing technologies and their adoption in ecosystem service assessments."—African Journal of Range & Forage Science 2015, 32(1)"Monitoring and mapping ecosystem services is critical to their effective management. This book covers the latest remote sensing techniques for doing that. A must read for anyone concerned with ecosystem services."—Robert Costanza, The Australian National University"… a broad and valuable introduction to the use of remotely sensed data sets in assessing and monitoring key ecosystem services. … relevant to students and researchers interested in using earth observations in advancing their methods of inquiry. The subject matter is impressive, ranging from the carbon cycle to urban heat island effects. As humankind brings increasingly greater pressure to bear on natural systems, an improved understanding of their function in the context of change is critical. … an important contribution in explaining the utility of remotely sensed data in meeting this challenge."—Matthew C. Hansen, University of Maryland"… synthesizes the state of the art of how remote sensing can contribute to get the pulse of the planet, specifically on how our ecosystems are changing and what key benefits they provide to societies. … Timely, systematic, reliable, and easily accessible information on the flow of services to society from ecosystems is urgently needed: this book contributes one great leap forward. A massive effort from all nations will be needed to achieve full implementation of the suggested approach."—Patricia Balvanera, Centro de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México"… offers a great overview of how earth observation systems are being used, can be used in the near future and what the caveats and pitfalls are at present. … It is one of the objectives of GEO BON to provide this overview and develop capacity building programmes for the whole community. This book is a good step into that direction."—Rob H.G. Jongman, Alterra, Wageningen UR, Steering Committee GEO BON"… a valuable compendium of information… should serve as an impetus driving greater awareness of remote sensing technologies and their adoption in ecosystem service assessments."—African Journal of Range & Forage Science 2015, 32(1)"Monitoring and mapping ecosystem services is critical to their effective management. This book covers the latest remote sensing techniques for doing that. A must read for anyone concerned with ecosystem services."—Robert Costanza, The Australian National University"… a broad and valuable introduction to the use of remotely sensed data sets in assessing and monitoring key ecosystem services. … relevant to students and researchers interested in using earth observations in advancing their methods of inquiry. The subject matter is impressive, ranging from the carbon cycle to urban heat island effects. As humankind brings increasingly greater pressure to bear on natural systems, an improved understanding of their function in the context of change is critical. … an important contribution in explaining the utility of remotely sensed data in meeting this challenge."—Matthew C. Hansen, University of Maryland"… synthesizes the state of the art of how remote sensing can contribute to get the pulse of the planet, specifically on how our ecosystems are changing and what key benefits they provide to societies. … Timely, systematic, reliable, and easily accessible information on the flow of services to society from ecosystems is urgently needed: this book contributes one great leap forward. A massive effort from all nations will be needed to achieve full implementation of the suggested approach."—Patricia Balvanera, Centro de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México"… offers a great overview of how earth observation systems are being used, can be used in the near future and what the caveats and pitfalls are at present. … It is one of the objectives of GEO BON to provide this overview and develop capacity building programmes for the whole community. This book is a good step into that direction."—Rob H.G. Jongman, Alterra, Wageningen UR, Steering Committee GEO BONTable of ContentsIntroduction. Ecosystem Services Related to Biodiversity Conservation. Ecosystem Services Related to the Carbon Cycle. Ecosystem Services Related to the Water Cycle. Ecosystem Services Related to the Land-Surface Energy Balance. Challenges and Conclusions.

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Book SynopsisOutdoor wayfinding and navigation systems and services have become indispensable in people''s mobility in unfamiliar environments. Advances in key technologies (e.g., positioning and mobile devices), has spurred interest in research and development of indoor wayfinding and navigation systems and services in recent years. Indoor Wayfinding and Navigation provides both breadth and depth of knowledge in designing and building indoor wayfinding and navigation systems and services. It covers the types of sensors both feasible and practical for localization of users inside buildings.The book discusses current approaches, techniques, and technologies for addressing issues in indoor wayfinding and navigation systems and services. It includes coverage of the cognitive, positioning, mapping, and application perspectives, an unusual but useful combination of information. This mix of different perspectives helps you better understand the issues and challenges of building indoor waTrade Review"This book is a timely addition to the resources available to researchers and practitioners in the area. This edited collection of 11 chapters, written by area experts, explores different facets of the indoor wayfinding and navigation problem, such as cognitive factors, positioning and mapping, applications of these technologies, and privacy of individuals. This book is relevant for researchers, students, and practitioners in the area. Each chapter ends with related references, which will help readers dig deeper into the subject."—Satyajayant Misra, IEEE Wireless Communications, December 2015Table of ContentsA-GPS Positioning. WiFi Positioning. RFID. Integrated sensors. Map Data Content and Sources. Routing and Directions. Architectures. Indoor Wayfinding and Navigation on Smartphones. Indoor Wayfinding and Navigation for Blind and Visually Impaired Users. Indoor Wayfinding and Navigation for Wheelchair Users. Navigation Assistance Through Social Media.

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Book SynopsisOffers a practical state-of-the-field overview of big data as both a means and an object of research, with essays from prominent and emerging scholars. Part 1 explores how the advent of geoweb technologies and big data sets has influenced some of geography's major subdisciplines. Part 2 addresses how the geographic study of big data has implications for other disciplinary fields.Trade Review"In recent years, big data has been frequently touted as the new reality in research, business, and nearly everything else. This work examines the promise and realities of big data specifically as it relates to geographically referenced information."—J. Cummings, Choice“The drumbeat of ‘big data’ is reorganizing everyday life, for some. This important collection takes the pulse of this hype from the perspective of the discipline of geography, pursuing questions that highlight the peculiarities of this location-based, techno-cultural moment.”—Matthew W. Wilson, associate professor of geography at the University of Kentucky “This collection is a key step along the road from hyperbole to engagement with regard to the significance and impacts of big spatial data. It offers key insights into big spatial data as both means and object of researcher, tracing the socio-spatial and epistemological possibilities and limits of this dynamic phenomenon.”—Sarah Elwood, professor of geography at the University of Washington “Thinking Big Data in Geography delivers vital theoretical and empirical perspectives on the problems and possibilities of spatialized data in both extraordinary circumstances and everyday life.”—Craig Dalton, assistant professor of global studies and geography at Hofstra UniversityTable of ContentsList of Illustrations List of Tables Introduction Jim Thatcher, Andrew Shears, and Josef Eckert Part 1. What Is Big Data and What Does It Mean to Study It? 1. Toward Critical Data Studies: Charting and Unpacking Data Assemblages and Their Work Rob Kitchin and Tracey P. Lauriault 2. Big Data: Why (Oh Why?) This Computational Social Science? David O’Sullivan Part 2. Methods and Praxis in Big Data Research 3. Smaller and Slower Data in an Era of Big Data Renee Sieber and Matthew Tenney 4. Reflexivity, Positionality, and Rigor in the Context of Big Data Research Britta Ricker Part 3. Empirical Interventions 5. A Hybrid Approach to Geotweets: Reading and Mapping Tweet Contexts on Marijuana Legalization and Same-Sex Marriage in Seattle, Washington Jin-Kyu Jung and Jungyeop Shin 6. Geosocial Footprints and Geoprivacy Concerns Christopher D. Weidemann, Jennifer N. Swift, and Karen K. Kemp 7. Foursquare in the City of Fountains: Using Kansas City as a Case Study for Combining Demographic and Social Media Data Emily Fekete Part 4. Urban Big Data: Urban-Centric and Uneven 8. Big City, Big Data: Four Vignettes Jessa Lingel 9. Framing Digital Exclusion in Technologically Mediated Urban Spaces Matthew Kelley Part 5. Talking across Borders 10. Bringing the Big Data of Climate Change Down to Human Scale: Citizen Sensors and Personalized Visualizations in Climate Communication David Retchless 11. Synergizing Geoweb and Digital Humanitarian Research Ryan Burns Part 6. Conclusions 12. Rethinking the Geoweb and Big Data: Future Research Directions Mark Graham Bibliography List of Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisBy synthesizing scholarly work at the intersection of political ecology, digital geography, and science and technology studies, The Nature of Data analyzes how new digital technologies affect environments and their control.Trade Review"This book is a necessary piece to lay the groundwork for a political ecology of data and urge more research in this direction. . . . A welcome integration of digital social sciences, political ecology, critical GIS, and science and technology studies, and as such which will be of interest to scholars across these fields, but also to conservation practitioners. This collection of essays might also be useful as a methodological text for advanced graduate students."—Anne-Lise Boyer, H-Environment"Thanks to insights from ecomedia studies, environmental humanists are increasingly studying how the environment becomes digital and the digital becomes environmental. The Nature of Data ably contributes to this research."—Heather Houser, ISLE“Data may not grow on trees, but it increasingly shapes how humans know, govern, and struggle over forests—and indeed, much of the nonhuman world. The Nature of Data captures this moment empirically while advancing political ecology conceptually. An altogether stellar volume.”—Susanne Freidberg, author of Fresh: A Perishable History“In accelerating ways, environmental politics are data politics. This powerful book shows what this looks like in different settings and at different scales, persuasively calling for a new subfield focused on the political ecology of data. Extending from prior work on the delimitations and politics of environmental science, the collection draws out what environmental data can help us see, what it cuts out, and how environmental data production itself is both polluting and weighted by commercial interests.”—Kim Fortun, author of Advocacy after Bhopal: Environmentalism, Disaster, New Global Orders“This is an original, diverse, and scintillating collection. Researchers working on political ecology of conservation and conservation social science have not taken challenges of data justice or the political economy of data production seriously enough. We must—and this book shows us how and why.”—Dan Brockington, author of Celebrity Advocacy and International Development“As environments are reverse engineered to match the spreadsheets and management platforms in which they are tallied, the environmental politics of data control, organization, and proliferation will hugely influence ecologies and politics going forward. By putting that insight front and center, Goldstein and Nost assemble a sweeping set of essays that gaze into the sometimes-disturbing future of the planet.”—Paul Robbins, author of Political Ecology: A Critical Introduction“This volume contributes to the growing discourses around political ecological work on data and the infrastructures that sustain, produce, and exchange them. The volume is startling in both its depth and breadth of engagement with timely and important topics; it marks a significant contribution to a growing field.”—Jim Thatcher, author of Thinking Big Data in Geography: New Regimes, New Research“Throughout, the reader is plunged into the complexities of digital systems, the environments they monitor and conserve, and the limits to their governance and oversight across a variety of places and scales and sovereignties. What emerges is resolutely not an endorsement of further digitalization of nature but a recognition that digitalization is perhaps yet another set of processes in which nature is actively produced.”—Matthew W. Wilson, author of New Lines: Critical GIS and the Trouble of the MapTable of ContentsList of Illustrations List of Tables Introduction: Infrastructuring Environmental Data Jenny Goldstein and Eric Nost Part 1. Sensors, Servers, and Structures 1. Data’s Metropolis: The Physical Footprints of Data Circulation and Modern Finance Graham Pickren 2. An Emerging Satellite Ecosystem and the Changing Political Economy of Remote Sensing Luis F. Alvarez León 3. Smart Earth: Environmental Governance in a Wired World Karen Bakker and Max Ritts 4. Data, Colonialism, and the Transformation of Nature in the Pacific Northwest Anthony Levenda and Zbigniew Grabowski Part 2. Civic Science and Community-Driven Data 5. Environmental Sensing Infrastructures and Just Good Enough Data Jennifer Gabrys and Helen Pritchard 6. Collaborative Modeling as Sociotechnical Data Infrastructure in Rural Zimbabwe M. V. Eitzel, Jon Solera, K. B. Wilson, Abraham Mawere Ndlovu, Emmanuel Mhike Hove, Daniel Ndlovu, Abraham Changarara, Alice Ndlovu, Kleber Neves, Adnomore Chirindira, Oluwasola E. Omoju, Aaron C. Fisher, and André Veski 7. Citizen Scientists and Conservation in the Anthropocene: From Monitoring to Making Coral Irus Braverman 8. Data Infrastructures, Indigenous Knowledge, and Environmental Observing in the Arctic Noor Johnson, Colleen Strawhacker, and Peter Pulsifer 9. Digital Infrastructure and the Affective Nature of Value in Belize Patrick Gallagher 10. Infrastructuring Environmental Data Justice Dawn Walker, Eric Nost, Aaron Lemelin, Rebecca Lave, Lindsey Dillon, and Environmental Data and Governance Initiative (EDGI) Part 3. Governing Data, Infrastructuring Land and Resources 11. “A Poverty of Data”? Exporting the Digital Revolution to Farmers in the Global South Madeleine Fairbairn and Zenia Kish 12. Illicit Digital Environments: Monitoring and Surveilling Environmental Crime in Southeast Asia Hilary O. Faxon and Jenny Goldstein 13. Data Gaps: Penguin Science and Petrostate Formation in the Falkland Islands (Malvinas) James J. A. Blair 14. Data Structures, Indigenous Ontologies, and Hydropower in the U.S. Northwest Corrine Armistead 15. How Forest Became Data: The Remaking of Ground-Truth in Indonesia Cindy Lin Conclusion: Toward a Political Ecology of Data Rebecca Lave, Eric Nost, and Jenny Goldstein Source Acknowledgments Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisEnvironmental remote sensing plays a critical role in observing key hydrological components such as precipitation, soil moisture, evapotranspiration and total water storage on a global scale. As water security is one of the most critical issues in the world, satellite remote sensing techniques are of particular importance for emerging regions which have inadequate in-situ gauge observations. This book reviews multiple remote sensing observations, the application of remote sensing in hydrological modeling, data assimilation and hydrological capacity building in emerging regions.Trade Review"I teach Remote Sensing for Hydrology for graduate students and Ph.D. students. This book will be a perfect text book and reference book for the course. I believe this book will be a valuable textbook or reference book for senior undergraduates or graduate students with emphasis, interest, or major in remote sensing and/or hydrology." — Hongjie Xie, University of Texas at San Antonio, USATable of ContentsSatellite Remote Sensing Observations. Satellite Remote Sensing for Global Precipitation Monitoring. Diurnal Variability of Precipitation in West Africa Monsoon Region. ET Mapping Utilizing Remote Sensing Data. Soil Moisture Estimation Using Active and Passive Remote Sensing Techniques. Remote Sensing Streamflow Estimation via AMSR-E and TMI. Remote Sensing for Surface and Ground Water Observation. Total Water Storage Observed by GRACE. Modeling and Data Assimilation. The Coupled Routing and Excess Storage (CREST) Distributed Hydrological Mode. AMMAS Land Surface Model Intercomparison over West Africa. Multi-Sensor Imaging and Space-Ground Cross-Validation for 2010 Flood along Indus River, Pakistan. Hydroclimatology of Lake Victoria Region Using Hydrologic Model and Satellite Remote Sensing Data. Microwave Satellite Data for Hydrologic Modeling in an Ungauged Basin in Africa. Assimilating the Passive Microwave Streamflow Signals for Improving the Hydrological Predictions in Okavango River Basin, Africa. Statistical and Hydrologic Evaluation of Satellite Precipitation Products for Mountainous Basin. Capacity Building. Real Time Operation Hydrological Monitoring and Forecasting System for Local Decision Makers. Satellite Remote Sensing Drought Monitoring and Predictions Over the Globe. Capacity Building Efforts in Hydrological Modeling for Africa - Workshops about CREST Mode. Capacity Building for Pakistan Hydrometeorologic Hazards. Cloud-Based Cyber-Infrastructure for Disaster Monitoring sand Mitigation Mobile Device Apps for Empowering Citizen Scientists.

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Book SynopsisFuture remote sensing systems will make extensive use of Compressive Sensing (CS) as it becomes more integrated into the system design with increased high resolution sensor developments and the rising earth observation data generated each year. Written by leading experts in the field Compressive Sensing of Earth Observations provides a comprehensive and balanced coverage of the theory and applications of CS in all aspects of earth observations. This work covers a myriad of practical aspects such as the use of CS in detection of human vital signs in a cluttered environment and the corresponding modeling of rib-cage breathing. Readers are also presented with three different applications of CS to the ISAR imaging problem, which includes image reconstruction from compressed data, resolution enhancement, and image reconstruction from incomplete data. Table of ContentsPreface. Editor. Contributors. 1 Compressed Sensing: From Theory to Praxis. 2 Compressive Sensing on the Sphere: Slepian Functions for Applications in Geophysics. 3 Compressive Sensing–Based High Resolution Imaging and Tracking of Targets and Human Vital Sign Detection behind Walls. 4 Recovery Guarantees for High Resolution Radar Sensing with Compressive Illumination. 5 Compressive Sensing for Inverse Synthetic Aperture Radar Imaging. 6 A Novel Compressed Sensing–Based Algorithm for Space–Time Signal Processing Using Airborne Radars. 7 Bayesian Sparse Estimation of Radar Targets in the Compressed Sensing Framework. 8 Virtual Experiments and Compressive Sensing for Subsurface Microwave Tomography. 9 Seismic Source Monitoring with Compressed Sensing. 10 Seismic Data Regularization and Imaging Based on Compressive Sensing and Sparse Optimization. 11 Land Use Classification with Sparse Models. 12 Compressive Sensing for Reconstruction, Classification, and Detection of Hyperspectral Images. 13 Structured Abundance Matrix Estimation for Land Cover Hyperspectral Image Unmixing. 14 Parallel Coded Aperture Method for Hyperspectral Compressive Sensing on GPU. 15 Algorithms and Prototyping of a Compressive Hyperspectral Imager. Index.

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Book SynopsisIn this new edition of an SPIE bestseller, R. C. Olsen examines the definition and uses of remote sensing from a military perspective. The book discusses the instruments and principles that support a wide range of systems, including optical, thermal, radar, and LiDAR. Full-color images, as well as detailed examples and problems sets, make this a valuable textbook for students and engineers alike.

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Book SynopsisThis edited book, composed of chapters written by scholars of the geomatics-based, environmental and biological sciences, examines selected topics from the intersecting fields of geomatics (including remote sensing, geographical information science (GIS), global positioning systems (GPS), mapping and field survey methods) and conservation biology (including ecology and conservation policy), with case studies from West Africa, Canada, India and Malaysia. The focus is on some of the more important issues that dominate current intersections between developments in geomatics technology and those of conservation biology. Chapter One examines the history and themes of geomatics and applications to conservation biology research. Chapter Two presents a case study of geomatics-based research on the vital issue of vulture ecology, extinction and conservation in Central India. Chapter Three examines the relationship between people and elephants in the Dalma Wildlife Sanctuary and its surroundings in India, and it creates habitat suitability models from geomatics techniques to assess and predict elephant presence and potential human-elephant conflicts. Chapter Four examines the history and status of remote sensing as an aspect of geomatics, focusing mainly on satellite imagery. Chapter Five looks at development in GIS and takes an example of multidirectional landcover change from the West African savanna. Chapter Six looks at developments in GPS technology, especially concerning applications to the micro-habitats of bird presence and applications to mammal behavior. Chapter Seven looks at the subfield of animal geography, which looks at the subjective behavior of individual animals and the technology used to measure these detailed phenomena. Chapter Eight takes a case study of bird migration and habitat utilization in the swamps of coastal Malaysia. Chapter Nine looks at the utility of dated aerial photographs and supporting field methods in the evaluation of historical landcover change, covering periods before the development of modern imaging techniques and using an example from the West African savanna. This book makes an important contribution to the intersections of geomatics and conservation biology.

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Book SynopsisA lavishly illustrated reference guide, Cartography. by Kenneth Field is an inspiring and creative companion along the nonlinear journey toward making a great map. This sage compendium for contemporary mapmakers distills the essence of cartography into useful topics, organized for convenience in finding the specific idea or method you need. Unlike books targeted to deep scholarly discourse of cartographic theory, this book provides sound, visually compelling information that translates into practical and useful tools for modern mapmaking. At the intersection of science and art, this book serves as a guidepost for designing an accurate and effective map.Trade Review"What Kenneth Field has created here is a brilliant reference book on behalf of our field of cartography. Finally! A book that truly represents Cartography in 2018." -- Christopher Wesson, The Bulletin of the Society of Cartographers * Christopher Wesson *"Read the book for pragmatic advice or to braden your horizon; for me, it did both." -- Menno-Jan Kraak, president of the International Cartographic Association (ICA); professor, University of Twente, Enschede, Netherlands; author of Mapping Time and coauthor of Cartography, Visualization of Geospatial Data * Menno-Jan Kraak *"An Impressively creative and useful scholarly contribution." -- Mark Monmonier, author of How to Lie with Maps, Distinguished Professor of Geography, Syracuse University, NY. * Mark Monmonier *Table of Contents Introduction Making maps is easy Making great maps is hard 1. Maps as Information Products The nature of an information product What is design? Trends in map design Functional design Designer, data and audience Engineers vs Designers vs Map Makers Simplicity and complexity Form and Function Dispersal and Layering Telling stories (metaphors and simile) Minimalism and efficiency Novelty or redundancy Data density Originality Emotional response Integrity Self-explanatory focus Wayfinding maps Experiential maps Numerical and statistical maps Production paradigms Viewing paradigms 2. Perceptions and Conventions The way the eye and brain works Vizualising for the mind Logically coding points Pictograms vs Icons vs Symbols Logically coding lines Logically coding areas Connotations of form Connotations of colour Mixing and using colours Colour constraints Connotations of value Working in greyscale Connotations of typeface Labelling hierarchies Making connections on the map Consistent denotation Innovation and familiarity Compare and contrast Ways of seeing Navigating the page Navigating the screen Navigating the mobile device Factual understanding vs Interpretation 3. Objective Dimensions Information overload Selection by feature type Selection by numbers Dimensional comparison Measurement of Earth Scale Distances Spheres and elipses Datums Latitude and longitude Geographic coordinates Projected coordinates Numerical integrity Making numbers meaningful Geographical distortions Projection distortions Projection families Choosing a good projection Compromising geographical form Geography as a diagram Measurement and proportions Absolute data Percentages, ratios and rates Comparatives Summarising data distributions Classifying data 4. Structure and Organisation Dispersal vs Layering Grids in information design Organisation and response Generalising features Styling features Graphical hierarchies Contrast Actors and support cast Repetition Proximity Balance Staging hierarchies Which way is up? Signs and pointers Focussing attention Distractions Language and phraseology Choosing a font Serif Sans serif Font efficiency: width, height, size Font efficiency: structure, form, direction, colour Typeface differentiation Legibility Type placement The small print (marginalia) 5. Pick’n’Map Choropleth Isarithmic Dot Density Binning Dasymetric Value by alpha Cartogram Flow Network mapping Schematic diagrams Isochrones Graduated Symbol Proportional Symbol Unique Values Bivariate mapping Multivariate mapping Embedded charts Small multiples Chernof Faces Proportional text 6. Different viewpoints Planimetric Panoramic Isometric Aspect Prism maps 3D isolines Mapping change Animation Dynamic variables Temporal 7. Going digital – the UI/UX challenge Map Mashups The 2 second rule Resolution Size Performance Responsive maps Interaction Capabilities Native v Browser apps Partial attention Time and day Inputs Connectivity Currency Personalising the map experience User testing Eye tracking Wireframes Workflow Prototypes Development technologies

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Book SynopsisGIS for Science presents a collection of real-world stories about modern science and a cadre of scientists who use mapping and spatial analytics to expand their understanding of the world.The accounts in this book are written for a broad audience including professional scientists, the swelling ranks of citizen scientists, and people generally interested in science and geography. Scientific data are brought to life with GIS technology to study a range of issues relevant to the functioning of planet Earth in a natural sense as well as the impacts of human activity. In a race against the clock, the scientists profiled in this volume are using remote sensing, web maps, Esri StoryMaps, and spatial analysis to document an array of issues with a geographic dimension that range from climate change, natural disasters, and loss of biodiversity, to political strife, polar ice loss, and resource shortages.These stories present GIS ideas and inspiration that users can apply across many disciplines, making this volume relevant to diverse scientific audience.See how scientists working on the world's most pressing problems apply geographic information systems—GIS.Trade Review"This book is beautiful as well as illuminating, and it dramatizes the ways in which the new science of geospatial information is enriching and empowering all other scientific disciplines." --James Fallows, Staff Writer at The Atlantic and former Chief Speechwriter for President Jimmy Carter * James Fallows *"Advances in remote sensing and geographic information systems allow us to observe, monitor, and understand the planet in unprecedented levels of detail. Data that once had to be collected through painstaking and laborious fieldwork are now available instantly, online, anywhere. This beautifully illustrated and inspiring book brings home the power of today's technology with unique effectiveness, telling and illustrating stories from the earth sciences in novel and powerful ways. A must-have book for anyone concerned about the planet's future." --Mike Goodchild, Distinguished Emeritus Professor and Research Professor of Geography, UC Santa Barbara * Mike Goodchild *"As an ecologist, GIS provides the platform that allows us to generate a holistic perspective of the natural world. This spatial understanding is so critical for us to be able to understand and address the global threats of biodiversity loss and climate change. Given the relevance of this geospatial perspective for all aspects of society, I hope this beautiful book will inspire a wide range of people to embrace the 'Science of Where.' " --Thomas Crowther, Director at Global Forest Biodiversity Initiative * Thomas Crowther *Table of Contents INTRODUCTION The Science of Where: A Framework and a Process How the Book Works Reflections on a Blue Marble: An Astronaut’s View SECTION 1: How the Earth Works Global Ecosystem Mapping GIS as a Scientific Workbench: Pacific Gyre What Lies Beneath: LIDAR in Geology The Anatomy of Super Volcanos Understanding Polar Ice Loss Predicting Seagrass Occurrence SECTION 2: How the Earth Looks Extreme Heat Events Mapping Human Settlement Finding a Way Home: An Analysis of Homelessness EnviroCar: Big Data Analytics Fighting Sea Level Rise with Artificial Reefs Diverse Farms, Diverse Foods Emerging Hotspots of Forest Loss Forestry Inventory Analysis Mapping Avian Species Migration SECTION 3: How we look at the Earth Identifying the Natural Efficient Frontier Lidar Tree Canopy Mapping Mapping Ancient Landscapes SECTION 4: GIS SciTech from Esri Briefs The US National Water Model Equal Earth Projection 3D Marine Data interpolation The Science of the Hex Machine Learning Capabilities World Population Estimate Green Infrastructure The Living Atlas Story Maps for Science Planetary GIS ArcGIS Earth Imagery Workbench for Science Polar Ice App Jupyter Python Notebook SECTION 5: Training Future Generations of Scientists A Glacier in Retreat “Panamapping:” Rainforest Conservation in Panama Evolution of Students’ Spatial Skills Next Steps: Learning GIS

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Book SynopsisGIS for Science, Volume 3: Maps for Saving the Planet, highlights real-world examples of scientists creating maps about saving life on Earth and preserving biodiversity. With Earth and the natural world at risk from various forces, geographic information system (GIS) mapping is essential for driving scientifically conscious decision-making about how to protect life on Earth. In volume 3 of GIS for Science, explore a collection of maps from scientists working to save the planet through documenting and protecting its biodiversity. In this volume, learn how GIS and data mapping are used in tandem with global satellite observation forestry marine policy artificial intelligence conservation biology, and environmental education to help preserve and chronicle life on Earth. This volume also spotlights important global action initiatives incorporating conservation, including Half-Earth, 30 x 30, AI for Earth, the Blue Nature Alliance, and the Sustainable Development Solutions Network. The stories presented in this third volume are ideal for the professional scientist and conservationist and anyone interested in the intersection of technology and the conservation of nature. The book’s contributors include scientists who are applying geographic data gathered from the full spectrum of remote sensing and on-site technologies. The maps and data are brought to life using ArcGIS® software and other spatial data science tools that support research, collaboration, spatial analysis, and science communication across many locations and within diverse communities. The stories shared in this book and its companion website present inspirational ideas so that GIS users and scientists can work toward preserving biodiversity and saving planet Earth before time runs out. Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION GIS for Science: A Framework and a Process Introduction by the Editors Foreword PART 1: How Earth Works Earth’s Coastlines Preventing Species Extinctions Mapping Half-Earth PART 2: How Earth Looks From Plots to Pixels Blueprint for a Better Future Conserving the Last Ocean Frontiers PART 3: How We Look at Earth AI for Geospatial Analysis Mapping Extreme Events from Space The Science of Ocean Acoustics PART 4: Training Future Generations of Scientists Spatial Thinking Effects on the Human Brain Fueling Curiosity to Foster a Healthy Planet Teaching Spatial Data Science and Deep Learning PART 5: Technology Showcase Drone Data Automation with Site Scan for ArcGIS Mapping Biodiversity Modeling Global Streamflow Climate Data for the GIS Community Visualizing Vessel Traffic Revealing Sunken Ships with GeoAI The Art of Frequency and Predominance Understanding the Patterns of COVID-19 Monitoring Global Snow Cover People for the People Analyzing Global Water Quality over Time Growing Degree Day Models Interactive Suitability Modeling Inside Submarine Volcanic Eruptions Spatiotemporal Machine Learning

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Book SynopsisMapping the Nation: Navigating Complex Challenges continues the pattern of annual national mapping books from Esri that highlight inspiring GIS work by the public sector. This year, this book focuses on the many ways GIS can help governments face challenges in multiple, specific areas, such as public safety and population growth. These stories highlight how GIS was applied to understand and address various challenges and how the public sector uses GIS to serve all people. Mapping the Nation: Navigating Complex Challenges details how GIS helps gather details about people and place to assist in understanding the issue and making decisions. These stories provide a sample of the work of thousands of public sector professionals around the world who are using GIS to navigate this new territory. They detail how governments at a local, national, and global scale turn to GIS for addressing their challenges. Governments have applied GIS to all manner of challenges. Many states and localities used their understanding of their workers and businesses to forecast and address economic hardship, and to plan for contingencies and recovery. Cities across the country have used GIS to examine and understand who they serve—and who they leave out—to adjust budgets to address inequities. In this time of crisis, we have seen the value of a societal GIS with governments embracing it from the point of seeing details on a dashboard to the delivery of assistance.Table of ContentsIntroduction Foreword An Ecosystem of Open Data Climate Action Infrastructure Public Safety and Humanitarian Response Defense and National Security Conservation and Environmental Protection Health Equity and Social Justice

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Book SynopsisStudying the Ocean Planet requires measuring and sampling instruments to feed models that take into account its complexity. This book presents the diversity of observation and monitoring techniques at various scales, but also different kinds of model that take into account some conceptual schemes incorporating various scientific knowledge. Sampling is approached via the efficiency of fishing gears; underwater acoustics is used to detect, count, identify and listen to live and mobile living resources. Bio-logging allows us to rely on the behavior of marine animals to help investigate environments that are difficult to sample by conventional means, while listing the physiological changes they undergo. Modeling is presented not only in a functional framework, but also in an exploratory design incorporating various scenarios for ecosystem changes under the pressure of global change. This ninth volume completes the "Seas and Oceans" Set that adopts a transversal approach leading to the governance and sustainable management of the marine environment.Table of ContentsForeword xi Chapter 1. For a Systemic and Transdisciplinary Approach to the Environment 1André MONACO, Patrick PROUZET and Patrick VINCENT 1.1. Introduction 1 1.2. A complex and vulnerable ocean system 4 1.3. Suitable observation tools 9 1.3.1. For a systemic vision of the ocean 10 1.3.2. To assess our vulnerability to global change 11 1.3.3. The contribution of operational oceanography 13 1.3.4. New technologies applied to the living world 15 1.4. Conclusion 16 1.5. Acknowledgments 17 1.6. Bibliography 17 Chapter 2. Vulnerability to Global Change: Observation Strategies for the Marine Environment 19Patrick FARCY, Gilles REVERDIN and Philippe BERTRAND 2.1. Introduction 19 2.2. Marine environment observation strategies 20 2.2.1. Parameters to measure 21 2.2.2. Measurement techniques with wide-ranging applications 25 2.3. Some large observation domains 28 2.3.1. The open sea 28 2.3.2. The coastal and littoral ocean 30 2.3.3. The ocean floor: substratum and population 36 2.4. Satellite contribution to observation strategies 42 2.5. In situ observation 45 2.5.1. Lagrangian measurements at the surface and in the water column 45 2.5.2. Eulerian measurements 56 2.5.3. Other significant parameters 60 2.6. Observation strategies 64 2.6.1. The “observatory” approach 64 2.6.2. Some examples of the complementariness of the measurements taken by networks 66 2.6.3. What’s the point of modeling? 67 2.7. What next? 69 2.8. Bibliography 72 Chapter 3. Fishing Technology for Fisheries Research 75Pascal LARNAUD and Benoit VINCENT 3.1. Introduction 75 3.2. The methods employed to measure selectivity 77 3.2.1. What is selectivity? 77 3.2.2. The tools employed to measure meshes 79 3.2.3. The case of trawls 81 3.2.4. Fishing nets and other gear 89 3.3. The tools and observation methods of fishing gear 94 3.3.1. Hydrodynamic tank test 95 3.3.2. Submarine video recording 99 3.3.3. Measurement tools in the domain of fishing technology 103 3.4. Computer simulation tools 104 3.5. Perspectives 108 3.6. Bibliography 109 Chapter 4. Acoustics to Detect and Measure Underwater Organisms 113Verena TRENKEL, Aude PACINI and Laurent BERGER 4.1. Introduction 113 4.1.1. Physical principles of underwater acoustics 113 4.1.2. Instruments 117 4.2. How animals use acoustics 120 4.2.1. Marine mammals 121 4.2.2. Fish 123 4.2.3. Other marine animals 124 4.3. How researchers use acoustics 124 4.3.1. Widening the observation scope 124 4.3.2. Describing animal behavior 126 4.3.3. Estimating fish abundance 128 4.3.4. Ecosystem indicators 130 4.3.5. Seafloor and benthic habitat characterization 131 4.3.6. Quantifying the impact of human activities on ecosystems 131 4.4. Practical uses of acoustics 132 4.4.1. Equipment 132 4.4.2. Carrying out a research cruise 135 4.4.3. Data processing 137 4.4.4. Advantages and drawbacks of acoustics 139 4.5. Acknowledgments 140 4.6. Bibliography 140 Chapter 5. “Bio-logging” as a Tool to Study and Monitor Marine Ecosystems, or How to Spy on Sea Creatures 143Yann TREMBLAY and Sophie BERTRAND 5.1. Introduction 143 5.2. The variety of sensors and measurements 144 5.2.1. Position measurements 144 5.2.2. Physiological measurements 147 5.2.3. Behavioral measurements 147 5.2.4. Environmental measurements 148 5.2.5. Presence measurements 149 5.3. Attachment methods: limits and ethics 150 5.4. Current challenges 152 5.5. Some examples of discoveries resulting from bio-logging 153 5.5.1. The marine field is huge, and yet… 153 5.5.2. To adjust, yes, but how? 154 5.5.3. Animals as oceanographers 156 5.5.4. The impact of oceanographic structures 156 5.5.5. Interactions with fisheries, their management and conservation 157 5.6. Conclusion 161 5.7. Bibliography 162 Chapter 6. Modeling Strategies for Ecosystems 175Cédric BACHER and Nathalie NIQUIL 6.1. Definition of mathematical modeling 175 6.1.1. Introduction 175 6.1.2. The main currents of ecological modeling 177 6.2. Mathematical formalization 178 6.2.1. State variables, process variables and the equation of state 178 6.2.2. Functional responses 180 6.2.3. Simplified food web 187 6.3. Metabolic foundations of population dynamics 192 6.3.1. Metabolic laws 192 6.3.2. Population and communities 197 6.4. Modeling complexity 199 6.4.1. Introduction 199 6.4.2. From NPZD to trophodynamic models 203 6.4.3. Static holistic models 204 6.5. Conclusion 209 6.5.1. The ideal of end-to-end models 209 6.5.2. To find out more 210 6.6. Acknowledgments 212 6.7. Bibliography 212 Chapter 7. The Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries: Reconciling Conservation and Exploitation 221Philippe CURY, Arnaud BERTRAND, Sophie BERTRAND, Marta COLL, Philippe GROS, Souad KIFANI, François Le LOCH, Olivier MAURY, Frédéric MENARD, Florent RENAUD, Lynn SHANNON and Yunne-Jai SHIN 7.1. The ecosystem approach to fisheries: a shared view on the management of marine resources 221 7.1.1. The challenges of the ecosystem approach 221 7.1.2. Three bodies of the United Nations structure the ecosystem approach to global fisheries 223 7.1.3. The complex matter of scientific issues supporting governance 233 7.2. The way marine ecosystems work 236 7.2.1. Bottom-up, top-down and wasp-wait controls 236 7.2.2. Trophic relationships in marine ecosystems 248 7.3. EAF and research on marine ecosystems 256 7.3.1. Quantifying ecological interactions 256 7.3.2. Understanding spatial dynamics 258 7.3.3. Modeling as a tool to integrate knowledge 262 7.4. Ecological indicators Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) 271 7.4.1. Three current levels of organization: international, national and regional 273 7.4.2. The ecosystem approach of the MSFD 274 7.4.3. The assessment of food webs 275 7.5. Implementing the EAF: the Benguela and Humboldt examples 278 7.5.1. Benguela 278 7.5.2. The Humboldt 283 7.6. Dynamic approaches to the ecosystem management of fisheries 289 7.7. Bibliography 290 Chapter 8. Modeling in Contemporary Sciences: Efficiency and Limits Examples from Oceanography 313Alain PAVÉ 8.1. Introduction 313 8.2. A language to describe reality 314 8.3. Relationships between models and reality 315 8.4. What about marine ecological systems and their management? 323 8.5. Interdisciplinarity, transdisciplinarity and modeling 329 8.5. Bibliography 332 List of Authors 337 Index 339

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Book SynopsisThis book presents fundamental and applied research in developing geospatial modeling solutions to manage the challenges that urban areas are facing today. It aims to connect the academics, researchers, experts, town planners, investors and government officials to exchange ideas. The areas addressed include urban heat island analysis, urban flood vulnerability and risk mapping, green spaces, solar energy, infrastructure management, among others. The book suggests directions for smart city research and outlines practical propositions. As an emerging and critical area of research and development, much research is now being done with regard to cities. At the international level and in India alike, the “smart cities” concept is a vital topic for universities and research centers, and well as for civic bodies, town planners and policymakers. As such, the book offers a valuable resource for a broad readership.Table of ContentsAnalyzing the role of geospatial technology in smart city development .- Part II: Urban expansion and infrastructure.- The dark side of the earth: Benchmarking lighting access for all cities on Earth and the citynet dataset.- Object-oriented approach for urbanization growth by using remote sensing and Gis techniques: A case study in Hilla city, Babylon Governorate, Iraq.- Designing the streets for smart cities.- An automated approach to facilitate rooftop solar Pv installation in smart cities: Acomparative study between Bhopal, India and Trondheim, Norway.- Analyzing and predicting urban expansion and its effects on surface temperature for two Indian megacities: Bengaluru and Chennai.- Analyzing new frontiers in urban preference and perception research.- Land transformation and future projections of land consumption using high resolution remote sensing data for Allahabad, India.- The meta-analysis of studies on urban sprawl.- Four-dimensional slum urban simulation using hologram interferometry of Envisat satellite.- Geospatial technologies for public health management system.- Utilisation of geo spatial technology to study the variation in access of urban health care centres in Kamrup Metro, Assam.- Geo-spatial analysis of health care service centres for smart cities: A study of South East district, Delhi-India.- Usage of transport apps by Indian commuters: An empirical investigation.- Parking maximums and work place levies: Time to adopt new paradigms in India, the case of Kochi.- Assessing to append homeless people to plan smart regions to be more inclusive.- Part II: Urban ecology and disaster management.- Fire and flood vulnerability, and implications for evacuation.- An information and communication technology (ICT) driven disaster management system: A case of fire-fighting in Mumbai.- Selection of suitable site for biomedical waste disposal in Lucknow city, India using remote sensing data, GIS and AHP method.- How does tourism affect urban ecological standards? A geospatial analysis of wetland transformations in the coastal resort town of Digha, West Bengal, India.- Urban housing in Itanagar: Mountain geomorphology, hazard vulnerability vis-à-vis smart city framework.- Hydrogeological studies of urban-rural interface in the northwest part of Pune Metropolis, India.- Ground water analytics for measuring quality and quantity.- Status of ground water quality in Bhilwara district of Rajasthan: A geospatial approach.- Green infrastructure as a tool for improving livability of area based development projects under smart city mission.- Evaluating decadal change in green cover of Dehradun city.- Summary and way forward.

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Book SynopsisThis Handbook presents a complete and rigorous overview of the fundamentals, methods and applications of the multidisciplinary field of Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS), providing an exhaustive, one-stop reference work and a state-of-the-art description of GNSS as a key technology for science and society at large. All global and regional satellite navigation systems, both those currently in operation and those under development (GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, BeiDou, QZSS, IRNSS/NAVIC, SBAS), are examined in detail. The functional principles of receivers and antennas, as well as the advanced algorithms and models for GNSS parameter estimation, are rigorously discussed. The book covers the broad and diverse range of land, marine, air and space applications, from everyday GNSS to high-precision scientific applications and provides detailed descriptions of the most widely used GNSS format standards, covering receiver formats as well as IGS product and meta-data formats. The full coverage of the field of GNSS is presented in seven parts, from its fundamentals, through the treatment of global and regional navigation satellite systems, of receivers and antennas, and of algorithms and models, up to the broad and diverse range of applications in the areas of positioning and navigation, surveying, geodesy and geodynamics, and remote sensing and timing. Each chapter is written by international experts and amply illustrated with figures and photographs, making the book an invaluable resource for scientists, engineers, students and institutions alike.Trade Review“The book can be used as a textbook and reference book in communication engineering courses at the undergraduate to doctorate levels. … it provides a huge amount of mathematical details related to GNSS. GNSS-related computer program developers can use it as a good reference book.” (Maulik A. Dave, Computing Reviews, April, 2018)​Table of ContentsPart A: Fundamentals of GNSS. .- Introduction to GNSS.- Time and Reference Systems.- Satellite Orbits and Attitude.- Signals and Modulation.- Clocks.- Atmospheric Signal Propagation.- Part B: Satellite Navigation Systems: .- The Global Positioning System (GPS).- GLONASS.- Galileo.- Chinese Navigation Satellite Systems.- Regional Systems.- Space Based Augmentation Systems.- Part C: GNSS Receivers and Architecture: .- Receiver Architecture.- Signal Processing.- Multipath.- Interference.- Antennas.- Simulators and Test Equipment.- Part D: GNSS Algorithms and Models: .- The Basic Observation Equations.- Combinations of Observations.- Positioning Model.- Least-Squares Estimation and Kalman Filtering.- Carrier Phase Integer Ambiguity Resolution.- Batch and Recursive Model Validation.- Part E: Positioning and Navigation: .- Precise Point Positioning.- Differential Positioning.- Attitude Determiantion.- GNSS/INS Integration.- Land and Marine Applications.- Aviation Applications.- Ground Based Augmentation Systems.- Space Applications.- The International GNSS Service.- Part F: Surveying, Geodesy and Geodynamics: .- Orbit and Clock Product Generation.- Surveying.- Geodesy.- Geodynamics.- Part G: GNSS Remote Sensing and Timing: .- Monitoring of the Neutral Atmosphere.- Ionospheric Monitoring.- Reflectometry.- GNSS Time and Frequency Transfer.- Appenidx: .- Data Formats.- GNSS Parameters.

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Book SynopsisThe Encyclopedia of Mathematical Geosciences is a complete and authoritative reference work. It provides concise explanation on each term that is related to Mathematical Geosciences. Over 300 international scientists, each expert in their specialties, have written around 350 separate articles on different topics of mathematical geosciences including contributions on Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, Compositional Data Analysis, Geomathematics, Geostatistics, Geographical Information Science, Mathematical Morphology, Mathematical Petrology, Multifractals, Multiple Point Statistics, Spatial Data Science, Spatial Statistics, and Stochastic Process Modeling. Each topic incorporates cross-referencing to related articles, and also has its own reference list to lead the reader to essential articles within the published literature. The entries are arranged alphabetically, for easy access, and the subject and author indices are comprehensive and extensive.Table of ContentsEntries A-Z: Accuracy and Precision.- Additive Logistic Normal Distribution.- Additive Logistic Skew-Normal Distribution.- Agterberg, Frits.- Aitchison, John.- Algebraic Reconstruction Techniques.- Allometric Power Laws.- Argand Diagram.- Artificial Intelligence in the Earth Sciences.- Artificial Neural Network.- Autocorrelation.- Automatic and Programmed Gain Control.- Backprojection Tomography.- Bayes’s Theorem.- Bayesian Inversion in Geoscience.- Bayesian Maximum Entropy.- Best Linear Unbiased Estimation.- Big Data.- Binary Mathematical Morphology.- Binary Partition Tree.- Bonham-Carter, Graeme.- Bootstrap.- Burrough, Peter Alan.- Cartogram.- Chaos in Geosciences.- Chayes, Felix.- etc.

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Book SynopsisThis book discusses the problems in planning, building, and management strategies in the wake of application and expansion of remote sensing and GIS products in natural resources and infrastructure management. The book suggests proactive solutions to problems of natural resources and infrastructure management, providing alternatives for strategic planning, effective delivery, and growth perspectives. The uniqueness of the book is its broader spectrum of coverage with related interconnections and interdependences across science, engineering, and innovation. The book contains information that can be downscaled to the local level. Presenting a wide spectrum of viewpoints and approaches, the book is a collective of topics such as application to agriculture and forestry (land and landscape, agriculture, forestry management and deforestation), water resources and ecology (hydro-meteorological, climate diagnostics, and prognostics, water resources management, environment management, cross-scale ecology and resilience), urban management (urban planning, design, construction and operations of infrastructure, natural disasters, novel approaches to upgrade old infrastructure), hydro informatics, predictive and geospatial data analytics, synthesis, and management through the various processes, tools, and technologies.Table of ContentsIntroduction.- Applications to Agriculture and Forestry.- Water Resources and Ecology.- Urban Management.- Case Studies.- Conclusions and Recommendations.

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Book SynopsisThis textbook presents a clear and accessible argument for sustainable planning and development. The book discusses multiple environmental issues and examines how potential solutions can and should be addressed in the context of space and place. The book also offers an invaluable discussion on the need for a framework for system-based thinking where various disciplines should work together to find innovative solutions. Students are provided with an appreciation of the need for an interdisciplinary approach to these issues combined with an underlying sense of space, an appreciation of cultural diversity and differences, as well as associated insights into human relationships. These core attributes put space at the heart of environmental and natural resources management, in terms of policy, planning and on-the-ground initiatives.This book will be an invaluable reference for advanced undergraduate, graduate students and researchers working in the field looking for an accessible overview of this interdisciplinary approach to the topic.Table of Contents

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Book SynopsisThis book covers methodology of the study for all aspects of human geography. As a comprehensive geography textbook, it consists of detailed research methodology for research in human geography including a few selected case studies in Asia. It explores different approaches, methodological possibilities, and challenges in conducting geographical research in human geography. New digital geographic data sources and GIS applications can help researchers to receive clearer concepts and obtain better measurements of the relevant attributes changes. Furthermore, the book provides an opportunity to critically examine the conceptualization and identification of the field in geographical research and how digital media has not only expanded the scope of what constitutes the field but has redefined the field in itself as well as the practices of observing, knowing, and analyzing the real world. The uniqueness of this book is due to the contribution of several professors and subject experts from South East and East Asia with special particular reference to cases studies from this region of the world. Table of Contents

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Book SynopsisThis book aims to provide a comprehensive study on various aspects of environmental pollution dynamics using geospatial technology and modeling techniques. The utility of geospatial technology will be demonstrated for the effective study of environmental pollution, as space and location are very important for effective environmental health surveillance. The timeliness of the work is due to the increasing relevance of geospatial technology applications in environmental health investigations. Moreover, different types of pollution are covered in detail, including air and soil, all of which are analyzed using latest Remote Sensing and GIS technology. The basics of environmental pollution and its impacts are covered in the book's first part, while the second part focuses on the use of geospatial technology in investigating and modeling various instances of environmental pollution. The third part discusses policy measures for mitigating environmental pollution hazards, using geospatial analyses and data to craft informed policy decisions. The primary audience for the book is researchers working in the field of environmental pollution with incorporation of geospatial technology, including upper-level undergraduate and graduate students taking courses in remote sensing and its environmental applications. The secondary audience is academicians, planners, environmentalists and policymakers working in the field of environment protection and management.Table of ContentsChapter 1: Types of Environmental Pollution and Its Effects On The Environment and Society.- Chapter 2: Geostatistical Methods and Framework For Pollution Modelling.- Chapter 3: GIS-based Modelling for Estimation of Water Quality Parameters: A Review.- Chapter 4: Air Quality Monitoring Using Geospatial Technology and Field Sensors.- Chapter 5: Geospatial Techniques and Methods for Monitoring and Assessment of Soil Contaminants.- Chapter 6: Geospatial Modelling and Framework For the Detection and Mapping of Noise Pollution.- Chapter 7: Urban Areas and Air Pollution: Causes, Concerns and Mitigation.- Chapter 8: Constructing The Dynamics of Water Quality Parameters Using Geospatial Technology and In Situ Observations.- Chapter 9: Urban Air Quality Monitoring and Modelling Using Ground Monitoring, Remote Sensing and GIS.- Chapter 10: Assessment of Soil Contamination Using Remote Sensing and Spatial Techniques.- Chapter 11: Noise Pollution Modelling Using Gis Techniques in Srinagar City.- Chapter 12: Geostatistics Interceded Groundwater Quality Study With Emphasis on Kriging Across the Andhra Pradesh State Of India.- Chapter 13: Air Quality and Human Health.- Chapter 14: Significance of Geo-Visualization Tools For Pollution Monitoring.- Chapter 15: Environmental Pollution Control Measures And Strategies: An Overview Of Recent Developments.- Chapter 16: Environmental Legislation and Global Initiatives.

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Book SynopsisThis book aims to provide an advanced R software approach that can carry out rainfall trend analysis using Mann-Kendall and Sen’s slope estimator tests. The research study follows a systematic approach while utilizing R software as it can greatly facilitate the analysis of rainfall trends. About 30 stations located in the study area and 41 to 50 years’ time series were selected for the purpose of analysis. The data for the research was collected from the State Water Data Centre (SWDC) in Gujarat, Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) in Pune, DAAC (NASA), and ESRI. Cluster analysis has been performed to analyze the variability of the mean rainfall. The stations have been divided into 2 clusters with 17 and 13 stations in each cluster which significantly differ from each other. This book is aimed at researchers, scientists and government organizations working in the field of climate change. Table of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Literature survey.- Chapter 3. Study area and data collection.- Chapter 4. Methodology.- Chapter 5. Computations.- Chapter 6. Results and discussion.- Chapter 7. Conclusion.

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Book SynopsisFundamentals of Inertial Navigation, Satellite-based Positioning and their Integration is an introduction to the field of Integrated Navigation Systems. It serves as an excellent reference for working engineers as well as textbook for beginners and students new to the area. The book is easy to read and understand with minimum background knowledge. The authors explain the derivations in great detail. The intermediate steps are thoroughly explained so that a beginner can easily follow the material. The book shows a step-by-step implementation of navigation algorithms and provides all the necessary details. It provides detailed illustrations for an easy comprehension. The book also demonstrates real field experiments and in-vehicle road test results with professional discussions and analysis. This work is unique in discussing the different INS/GPS integration schemes in an easy to understand and straightforward way. Those schemes include loosely vs tightly coupled, open loop vs closed loop, and many more. Table of ContentsReference Frames and Earth Geometry.- Global Positioning System.- Inertial Navigation System.- Inertial Navigation System Modeling.- Modeling INS Errors by Linear State Equations.- Kalman Filter.- INS/GPS integration.- Three Dimensional Reduced Inertial Sensor System / GPS Integration for Land-Based Vehicles.- Two Case Studies- full IMU/GPS and 3D RISS/GPS Integration.

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Book SynopsisThis annual covers excavation reports and analytical studies on archaeology, palaeobotany and archaeozoology. Topics include: island migration of early modern Homo sapiens in Southeast Asia; and Roman Iron Age plant husbandry at Peelo, the Netherlands.

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Book SynopsisFuture plans of the European Commission are presented in this volume. Other themes covered include: land applications; ice; water; ocean and coastal management; methods; models; systems aspects; and a section on data fusion.

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Book SynopsisThis is the Proceedings of the Ofan Inqua Symposium on Genesis and Lithology of Quaternary Deposits, Zurich, held on the 10-20 September 1978.

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Book SynopsisThe study of southern African Mesozoic and Tertiary strata has long had a low priority in both academic and commercial circles, and with the notable exception of diamonds, rocks of this age have not been thought to contain much worth digging up. This reference list contains approximately 750 entries and provides a review and synthesis of data on the Mesozoic and Tertiary rocks of southern Africa, seen in the context of Gondwana fragmentation.Table of Contents1 SOUTHERN AFRICA AND ITS POST-PALAEOZOIC SETTING 2 TRIASSIC TO EARLY JURASSIC ROCKS OF THE INTRACRATONIC BASINS 3 THE CAPE FOLD BELT 4 MIDDLE JURASSIC TO LOWER CRETACEOUS 5 UPPER CRETACEOUS 6 TERTIARY 7 SUMMARY OF MESOZOIC AND TERTIARY IGNEOUS ACTIVITY

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Book SynopsisSatellite designers deal with the special features of satellites for remote sensing, engineers explain spacecraft sensors, and mathematicians and specialist programmers discuss the problems of processing remote sensing dat Experts in agriculture, geology, forestry, oceanography and hydrology highli

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Book SynopsisA study of magmatism, one of the most important factors in the differentiation of matter of the Earth. It covers geological structures volcanic series, genesis of basaltic magma, and petrology of andesites of island arcs, and more.

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Book SynopsisContents: The concept of 'metallogeny of lithospheric plates' specially resorting to geodynamic modelling. Different geodynamic situations of metallogeny on global perspective and specific situations for the formation of copper-molybdenum, tin-wolfram, mercury, lead-zinc and fluorite provinces. Geodynamic models; Metallogenic investigations of geodynamic models; Paramount indicators of the geodynamic regime; Copper-Molybdenum porphyry ore provinces.

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Book SynopsisProceedings of the Sixth International Symposium on [title] held in Malvern, England, August 1989. No subject index. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

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Book SynopsisContents: Historical aspects of Precambrian tectonics and metallogeny; Archaean supracrustal belts; Proterozoic mobile belts; Protoplatforms and ancient platforms; Regions of protoactivisation; Regions of tectonomagnetic activisation and rifting; Marginal and sulture structures; Deep structure of the continental crust and ore formation; Conclusions; Selected references; Index.

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Book SynopsisRemote sensing stands as the defining technology in our ability to monitor coral reefs, as well as their biophysical properties and associated processes, at regional to global scales. With overwhelming evidence that much of Earth’s reefs are in decline, our need for large-scale, repeatable assessments of reefs has never been so great. Fortunately, the last two decades have seen a rapid expansion in the ability for remote sensing to map and monitor the coral reef ecosystem, its overlying water column, and surrounding environment.Remote sensing is now a fundamental tool for the mapping, monitoring and management of coral reef ecosystems. Remote sensing offers repeatable, quantitative assessments of habitat and environmental characteristics over spatially extensive areas. As the multi-disciplinary field of coral reef remote sensing continues to mature, results demonstrate that the techniques and capabilities continue to improve. New developments allow reef assessments and mapping to be performed with higher accuracy, across greater spatial areas, and with greater temporal frequency. The increased level of information that remote sensing now makes available also allows more complex scientific questions to be addressed. As defined for this book, remote sensing includes the vast array of geospatial data collected from land, water, ship, airborne and satellite platforms. The book is organized by technology, including: visible and infrared sensing using photographic, multispectral and hyperspectral instruments; active sensing using light detection and ranging (LiDAR); acoustic sensing using ship, autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) and in-water platforms; and thermal and radar instruments.Emphasis and AudienceThis book serves multiple roles. It offers an overview of the current state-of-the-art technologies for reef mapping, provides detailed technical information for coral reef remote sensing specialists, imparts insight on the scientific questions that can be tackled using this technology, and also includes a foundation for those new to reef remote sensing. The individual sections of the book include introductory overviews of four main types of remotely sensed data used to study coral reefs, followed by specific examples demonstrating practical applications of the different technologies being discussed. Guidelines for selecting the most appropriate sensor for particular applications are provided, including an overview of how to utilize remote sensing data as an effective tool in science and management. The text is richly illustrated with examples of each sensing technology applied to a range of scientific, monitoring and management questions in reefs around the world. As such, the book is broadly accessible to a general audience, as well as students, managers, remote sensing specialists and anyone else working with coral reef ecosystems.Trade ReviewFrom the Foreword:"This remarkable book, Coral Reef Remote Sensing: A Guide for Mapping, Monitoring and Management, for the first time documents the full range of remote sensing systems, methodologies and measurement capabilities essential to understanding more fully the status and changes over time of coral reefs globally. Such information is essential and provides the foundation for policy development and for implementing management strategies to protect these critically endangered ecosystems. ... Included here is an overview of technologies for reef mapping, technical information useful for scientists and other research and policy development experts, ideas for application of remote sensing to resolve questions, and thoughts about future remote sensing technologies and their applications. I wholeheartedly recommend this book to scientists, students, managers, remote sensing specialists and anyone who would like to be inspired by the ingenious new ways that have been developed and are being applied to solve one of the world’s greatest challenges: how to take care of the ocean that takes care of us."Sylvia A. EarleNational Geographic Explorer in ResidenceFounder, Mission BlueTable of ContentsSection I Visible and Infrared1 Visible and Infrared Overview 1.1 Introduction 1.2 Physical and Technical Principles1.3 Image Processing1.4 Future DirectionsSuggested ReadingReferences2 Photography Applications2.1 Introduction 2.2 Photography of Coral Reefs2.3 Photography Analysis and Classification Techniques 2.4 Example Applications of Photography 2.5 Conclusions and Future DirectionsSuggested ReadingReferences3 Multispectral Applications3.1 Introduction3.2 Multispectral Analysis and Classification3.3 Example Applications3.4 Conclusions and Future DirectionsSuggested ReadingReferences4 Hyperspectral Applications4.1 Introduction4.2 Hyperspectral Planning and Preprocessing4.3 Hyperspectral Algorithms4.4 Conclusions Suggested ReadingReferences Section II LiDAR 5 LiDAR Overview5.1 Introduction5.2 Physical Principles5.3 Image Products and Environmental Variables5.4 Processing and Validation RequirementsSuggested ReadingReferences6 LiDAR Applications6.1 Introduction 6.2 Example LiDAR Applications 6.3 Future Directions in LiDAR6.4 Conclusion Suggested Reading References 7 Integrated LiDAR and Hyperspectral7.1 Introduction7.2 LiDAR/Hyperspectral Processing7.3 Applications of LiDAR/Hyperspectral Fusion7.4 Summary and DiscussionSuggested ReadingReferences Section III Acoustic 8 Acoustic Methods Overview8.1 Introduction8.2 Physical and Technical Principles8.3 Applications of Acoustics8.4 ConclusionSuggested ReadingReferences9 Acoustic Applications9.1 Introduction 9.2 Applications 9.3 State of the Science and Future DirectionsSuggested ReadingReferences 10 Deep Acoustic Applications10.1 Introduction10.2 History of Mapping Cold-Water Coral Habitats10.3 Cold-Water Coral Mapping Example10.4 Conclusions and RecommendationsSuggested ReadingReferences Section IV Thermal and Radar11 Thermal and Radar Overview11.1 Introduction 11.2 Thermal Overview11.3 Radar Overview11.4 ConclusionSuggested ReadingReferences12 Thermal Applications12.1 Introduction 12.2 Thermal Data Products and Analysis12.3 Example Thermal Applications 12.4 Future DirectionsSuggested ReadingReferences13 Radar Applications 13.1 Introduction13.2 HF Ocean Radar13.3 VHF High Resolution Radar13.4 Synthetic Aperture Radar 13.5 Scatterometers13.6 X-band Wave Radars 13.7 Conclusions and Future DirectionsSuggested ReadingReferences Section V Effective Use of Remote Sensing in Science and Management14 Validation14.1 Introduction 14.2 Sampling Design and Accuracy Measures14.3 Validation Literature Review 14.4 Conclusions and Recommendations Suggested ReadingReferences15 Science and Management15.1 Introduction 15.2 Research and Management Needs15.3 Example Applications15.4 Conclusions and RecommendationsSuggested ReadingReferencesIndex

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Book SynopsisThis edited book is a collection of information on recent advancements in remote sensing for forestry application. The main focus of this book is to address the novel applications in remote sensing in terms of recent techniques, sensors, methods and data collection. Remote sensing has been used for many decades. Today, remote sensing is heavily utilized in forest management, which is acquired from airborne and space-borne platforms using satellite data. In recent years, there have been rapid advances in the new types of sensors. The new generations of satellite sensors are introduced not only to provide important information on forest ecosystems, but also to improve the techniques and accuracies obtained by the traditional approaches. Researchers have become increasingly aware of the potential of remote sensing to address important forestry issues and challenges. The number of forestry publications using remote sensing has grown very rapidly, and this is noticeable with many recent technologies and applications. This book provides valuable source of reference to foresters, researchers, ecologists, climate change scientists and scholars who use remote sensing in their work. Furthermore, it serves as an academic book for undergraduate and graduate students of forestry, agriculture, natural resources and environmental sciences. The book demonstrates and engages the students how the new advancements in remote sensing technology and theory relate to the many real-world forestry applications. It gives readers deeper understanding on how remote sensing has come a long way and evolved into a mature science in the past five decades. Table of Contents1. Remote Sensing for Forest Inventory and Resources Assessment.- 2. Multiple Sensors and Platforms for Biophysical and Biochemical Characterizations of Various Ecosystem Types of Tropical Forests in Malaysia: Advance, Limitation and Opportunity.- 3. A Review on the Use of LiDAR Remote Sensing for Forest Landscape Restoration.- 4. Assessment and Modeling of Forest Biomass and Carbon Stock and Sequestration using Various Remote Sensing Sensor Systems.- 5. Spatial Modeling of Transport and Resources Accessibility for Protecting Forest Ecosystems Against Forest Fires.- 6. Assessment of Forest Aboveground Biomass Estimation from Superview-1 Satellite Image using Machine Learning Approaches.- 7. Floristic Distribution Modelling for Resource Partitioning of Four Native Tree Species in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK), Pakistan using Maxent.- 8. Application of Remote Sensing Vegetation Indices for Forest Cover Assessments.- 9. Rainforest Assessment in Brunei Darussalam through Application of Remote Sensing.- 10. Rubber Trees and Biomass Estimation Using Remote Sensing Technology.- 11. The Use of Landsat TM Imagery for the Application of Rubber Tree Area and Stand Volume Predictive Models in Rubber Plantations in Selangor, Malaysia.- 12. Using Historical Disturbance Identified with LandTrendr in Google Earth Engine for Land Cover Mapping of Oil Palm Landscapes.- 13. Geospatial Technology - Unlocking the Management and Monitoring in Malaysian Mangrove Forests.- 14. Effect of Tidal Regime, Relative Sea Level and Wind Intensity on Changes of Mangrove Area using Remote Sensing Approach.- 15. Spatio-temporal Distribution of Mangrove at Kuala Sepetang Forest Reserve, Malaysia using Remotely-sensed Data.- 16. Determination of The Effect of Urban Forests and Other Green Areas on Surface Temperature in Antalya.- 17. Conceptualising the Citizen-Driven Urban Forest Framework to Improve Local Climate Condition: Geospatial Data Fusion and Numerical Simulation.- 18. State-of-the-Art on Airborne LiDAR Applications in the Field of Forest Engineering.- 19. Restoration of Damaged Forest and Roles of Remote Sensing.- 20. Recent Advances in UAV-based Structure-from-motion Photogrammetry for Aboveground Biomass and Carbon Storage Estimations in Forestry.- 21. Hyperspectral Identification of Selected Dipterocarp Montane at the Species Level.- 22. Tree Biophysical Parameters Retrieval from Multi-source Remote Sensing Data Fusion.

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Book SynopsisGeographic Information Systems (GIS) play a pivotal role in the field of urban planning and management and provide better solutions for numerous urban problems. With GIS, one has the ability to better understand existing requirements of a city and its design to fulfill those needs. This book contributes to developing scientific knowledge based on geospatial technologies among planners, researchers, scientists, professionals, students, and laymen and providing them with better understanding for urban planning and management at various levels. The book manifests the importance of GIS in better understanding of current urban challenges and provides new insights on how to apply GIS in urban planning. It also encourages the various stakeholders of society to participate in the decision-making process and assists planners and authorities to formulate suitable plans for sustainable urban growth of a region. The book is divided into two parts. The first part describes the fundamental concepts of GIS and also deals with the advanced techniques of spatial planning. The second part addresses real-world case studies using various applications of GIS. The case studies include urban land-use changes, simulation of future urban growth, urban heat island, alternate landfill site selection and urban flood susceptibility mapping, among others. This book shows how to integrate GIS with remote sensing, geostatistics, artificial intelligence-machine learning techniques, and other cutting-edge technologies. Readers find this book to be an invaluable resource for understanding and solving problems relating to sustainable urban planning and management.Table of ContentsPART I Fundamentals of Geographic Information Systems 1. Introduction of Geographic Information System 2. Referencing and Coordinate Systems in GIS 3. GIS Data Models 4. Data Input in GIS 5. Data Visualization and Output 6. Spatial Data Analysis 7. Non-spatial Data Management 8. Applications of GIS in Urban Policy/Planning/Management PART II Case Studies: Applications of Geographic Information Systems in Urban Planning and Management 9. Case Study 1 – Monitoring and Modelling of Urban Land Use Changes 10. Case Study 2 – Simulating Future Urban Growth using Cellular Automata-Markov Chain Models 11. Case Study 3 – Identification of Potential Sites for Housing Development Using GIS Based Multi-Criteria Evaluation Technique 12. Case Study 4 – Urban Green Space Analysis and Potential Site Selection for Green Space Expansion 13. Case Study 5 – A Multi-Criteria Decision Making for Alternative Landfill Site Selections Using Fuzzy TOPSIS Approach 14. Case Study 6 – Urban Flood Susceptibility Modelling of Srinagar using Novel Fuzzy Multi-Layer Perceptron Neural Network (Fuzzy MLPNN) 15. Case Study 7 – Assessment, Mapping and prediction of Urban Heat Island

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Book SynopsisIntroduction to Remote sensing and GIS Application in Forest Conservation Planning.- Forest fire incidences and their GIS mapping in western Himalayas; district Kinnaur from 2000 to 2020, Himachal Pradesh, India.- The Existing Forest Policies and Practices of Forest Fire Management Control and Prevention.- Land Use Land Cover Analysis of Forests of Pakistan- Case Studies of Chitral-Northern Mountainous Areas and Sindh-Southern Low Land.- Forest Fire Detection through Google Earth Engine using Landsat 8 Imagery: A Case Study from Panna District, Madhya Pradesh.- Optical remote sensing and geographic information system for assessing land cover change and forest management in Idanre forest reserve in Ondo state, Nigeria.- Integrative application of Landsat images and social surveys for assessing Land use/cover change and land surface temperature.- A comparative study of decadal changes in Land Use Land Cover pattern using geospatial data of Kanyakumari district, Tamil Nadu.- Assessment of the last 50 years temporal changes in the two Lake using Remote Sensing and GIS Techniques Ramsar sites of Rajasthan - Keoladeo National Park and Sambhar.- Interacting RS and GIS to GWPZ in urban development site suitability analysis of Kovilpatti Region, Southern Tamil Nadu, India.- Assessment of irrigation suitable land in Africa: A continental study based on geospatial multi-criteria decision analysis.- Drainage Basin Morphometry of Gandhamardan Hills in Western Odisha using Geographic Information System.- A review on current modelling techniques for predicting forest fires.- Forest cover change in Keonjhar district of Odisha, India using remote sensing: An exploration based on landscape metrics.- The Stories of Ailing Forest Reserves and Standpoints of Agrarian Landowners: Kumbo and Lambo Reserves in Perspectives.- Forest preventives, mitigation measures, strategies and challenges.- Technologies and Methods for Land Use and Land Cover: A Comprehensive Review.- Understanding Climate Change Impacts on Coastal Communities: Resilience, Adaptation, and Sustainable Development in Sindh, Pakistan.- An assessment of groundwater vulnerability using GIS techniques in the Srivaikundam region of Thoothukudi district, Southern Tamil Nadu, India.- Conclusions.

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Book SynopsisConception of Eco-Environmental Informatics and its Historical Roots.- The Fundamental Theorem for Eco-Environmental Surface Modelling.- Spatial Interpolation.- Upscaling and Downscaling.- Data Fusion.- Model-Data Assimilation.- Surface Modelling of Climatic Change.- Surface Modelling of Ecosystems and Ecological Biodiversity.- Surface Modelling of Soil Properties.- Mapping Soil Compositional Data.

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