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Book SynopsisMany of the challenges of the next century will have physical dimensions, such as tsunamis, hurricanes, and climate change as well as human dimensions such as economic crises, epidemics, and emergency responses. With pioneering editors and expert contributors, Advanced Geoinformation Science explores how certain technical aspects of geoinformation have been used and could be used to address such global issues. The editors and chapter authors have been involved in global initiatives such as Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS) and Digital Earth, and research problems such as air quality, public health, and cloud computing.
The book delineates the problems communities are likely to face and how advanced geoinformation science can be a part of their solution. It introduces different methods in collecting spatial data as the initial feeds to geoinformation science and computing platforms. It discusses systems for data management, data integrati
Trade Review
"The concepts within the book are written very thoroughly. Ti avoids repeating many basic concepts, and achieves its goal of covering advanced topics in geoinformation science. In general, the book does an excellent job of presenting issues that are at the forefront of geographic data collection, management, transformation, analysis and decision-making."—GEOMATICA, Vol. 65, No. 2,2011
Table of ContentsAdvanced GeoInformation Science: An Overview. Space-based Earth Observation (EO). Ground-based EO and Sensor Webs. GeoInformation Computing Platform. Data Access and Data Systems. Geospatial Data Analysis and Information. Information Infrastructure. Geospatial Knowledge Management and Processing. Environmental Applications. Decision Support and Education Applications. Visions for Advanced GeoInformation Science.
