| Manual of Geospatial Science and Technology shows how to work across the range of geospatial science and technology, whether as a user or as a contractor of services employing these technologies, and without either specialist education or substantial experience. The manual covers the fundamentals, providing the requisite mathematics, computer science and physics necessary to understand how the technologies work, assuming some elementary background in calculus and physics. It also shows how the technologies can be used together and focuses on their commonalities. A number of applications such as mapping and environmental modeling are presented, and a website accompanies the book. Contents Part I Prerequisites 1. Geospatial Science 2. Coordinates and Coordinate Systems 3. Datums 4. Transformations 5. Basics of Computer Science 6. Basics of Electromagnetic Radiation Part II 1. Background 2. Fundamentals 3. GPS Surveying 4. Instrumentation 5. Planning GIS Surveys 6. DGPS Services Vs. Highest Precision 7. Carrying Out a GPS Mapping Task 8. Data Analysis 9. The Future of GPS Part II Remote Sensing 1. Background 2. Collecting Remotely Sensed Data 3. Sensing Systems 4. Processing the Remotely Sensed Data 5. Image Processing Hardware and Software 6. Quality Control and Quality Assurance 7. Carrying Out a Remote Sensing Project 8. Selecting Remote Sensing Monitoring and Modeling Applications 9. The Future of Remote Sensing Part III Geographical Information Systems 1. Background 2. Fundamentals of GIS 3. Processing Spatial Data 4. Hardware and Software 5. Representing Spatial Data 6. Spatial Analysis and Modeling 7. Spatial Data Quality 8. Visualizing Spatial Data 9. Carrying Out a GIS Project 10. Urban-Social Applications 11. Bio-Physical Applications Part IV Applications Using GIS, GPS and Remote Sensing 1. National Efforts in Geospatial Science 2. State Applications 3. County-Wide Applications 4. Private Sector Applications Systems; Applications using GIS, GPS and Remote Sensing |
