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  • Land Use Cover Datasets and Validation Tools

    Validation Practices with QGIS

    This open access book represents a comprehensive review of available land-use cover data and techniques to validate and analyze this type of spatial information. The book provides the basic theory needed to understand the progress of LUCC mapping/modeling validation practice. It makes accessible to any interested user most of the research community's methods and techniques to validate LUC maps and ... Read more

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  • Maritime Spatial Planning

    past, present, future

    Edited by Jacek Zaucha, Kira Gee ...
    This open access book is the first comprehensive overview of maritime or marine spatial planning. Countries across the globe are beginning to implement maritime spatial plans; however the authors of this collection have identified several key questions that are emerging from this growing body of MSP experience. How can maritime spatial planning deal with a complex and dynamic environment such as ... Read more

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  • Earth Observation Open Science and Innovation

    Series Book 15 - ISSI Scientific Report Series
    This book is published open access under a CC BY 4.0 license.Over the past decades, rapid developments in digital and sensing technologies, such as the Cloud, Web and Internet of Things, have dramatically changed the way we live and work. The digital transformation is revolutionizing our ability to monitor our planet and transforming the way we access, process and exploit Earth Observation data ... Read more

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  • Artificial Intelligence Oceanography

    Edited by Xiaofeng Li, Fan Wang ...
    This open access book invites readers to learn how to develop artificial intelligence (AI)-based algorithms to perform their research in oceanography. Various examples are exhibited to guide details of how to feed the big ocean data into the AI models to analyze and achieve optimized results. The number of scholars engaged in AI oceanography research will increase exponentially in the next decade. ... Read more

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  • Satellite Earth Observations and Their Impact on Society and Policy

    Edited by Masami Onoda, Oran R Young ...
    The result of a workshop bringing together an international advisory board of experts in science, satellite technologies, industry innovations, and public policy, this book addresses the current and future roles of satellite Earth observations in solving large-scale environmental problems. The book showcases the results of engaging distinct communities to enhance our ability to identify emerging ... Read more

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  • Location-Based Information Systems

    Developing Real-Time Tracking Applications

    Drawing on the authors' more than six years of R&D in location-based information systems (LBIS) as well as their participation in defining the Java ME Location API 2.0, Location-Based Information Systems: Developing Real-Time Tracking Applications provides information and examples for creating real-time LBIS based on GPS-enabled cellular phones ... Read more

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  • GIS in Sustainable Urban Planning and Management

    A Global Perspective

    The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.tandfebooks.com/doi/view/10.1201/9781315146638, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 3.0 license.GIS is used today to better understand and solve urban problems. GIS in Sustainable Urban Planning and Management: A Global Perspective, explores and illustrates the capacity that geo ... Read more

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  • Renewing Local Planning to Face Climate Change in the Tropics

    Series series Green Energy and Technology
    This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license.This book aims to inspire decision makers and practitioners to change their approach to climate planning in the tropics through the application of modern technologies for characterizing local climate and tracking vulnerability and risk, and using decision-making tools. Drawing on 16 case studies conducted mainly in the Caribbean, Central America, ... Read more

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  • Martin Waldseemüller’s 'Carta marina' of 1516

    Study and Transcription of the Long Legends

    This open access book presents the first detailed study of one of the most important masterpieces of Renaissance cartography, Martin Waldseemüller’s Carta marina of 1516. By transcribing, translating into English, and detailing the sources of all of the descriptive texts on the map, as well as the sources of many of the images, the book makes the map available to scholars in a wholly unprecedented ... Read more

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  • Beyond 100: The Next Century in Geodesy

    Proceedings of the IAG General Assembly, Montreal, Canada, July 8-18, 2019

    Series Book 152 - International Association of Geodesy Symposia
    This open access book contains 30 peer-reviewed papers based on presentations at the 27th General Assembly of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG). The meeting was held from July 8 to 18, 2019 in Montreal, Canada, with the theme being the celebration of the centennial of the establishment of the IUGG. The centennial was also a good opportunity to look forward to the next ... Read more

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  • Across the Sahara

    Tracks, Trade and Cross-Cultural Exchange in Libya

    This open access book provides a multi-perspective approach to the caravan trade in the Sahara during the 19th century. Based on travelogues from European travelers, recently found Arab sources, historical maps and results from several expeditions, the book gives an overview of the historical periods of the caravan trade as well as detailed information about the infrastructure which was necessary ... Read more

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  • Linked Data

    A Geographic Perspective

    Linked Data opens up structured data from databases to be searched and queried via the web, and a geographic element is increasingly being used to link to those data. This book helps you understand how to organize and describe data that includes geographic content and how to publish it as Linked Data for the Semantic Web, as well as explaining the benefits of doing so. In easy-to-understand terms, ... Read more

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  • Advanced Location-Based Technologies and Services

    Edited by Hassan A. Karimi ...
    Since the publication of the first edition in 2004, advances in mobile devices, positioning sensors, WiFi fingerprinting, and wireless communications, among others, have paved the way for developing new and advanced location-based services (LBSs). This second edition provides up-to-date information on LBSs, including WiFi fingerprinting, mobile computing, geospatial clouds, geospatial data mining, ... Read more

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  • Droni

    by Tiziano ...
    Il breve saggio intende consegnare al lettore una visione di insieme sul crescente fenomeno dei Droni.L’analisi attinge alle diverse fonti presenti su Internet e condensa in un unico volume la risposta a poche semplici domande: Cosa sono i Droni? A cosa servono? Quando sono nati e quali sono gli sviluppi per il futuro ?di Tiziano ... Read more

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  • Counteracting Urban Heat Island Effects in a Global Climate Change Scenario

    Edited by Francesco Musco ...
    Urban heat islands are a new type of microclimatic phenomenon that causes a significant increase in the temperature of cities compared to surrounding areas. The phenomenon has been enforced by the current trend towards climate change. Although experts consider urban heat islands an urgent European Union public health concern, there are too few policies that address it. The EU carried out a project ... Read more

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  • Sustainable Development Goals Connectivity Dilemma

    Land and Geospatial Information for Urban and Rural Resilience

    Edited by Abbas Rajabifard ...
    The Open Access version of this book, available at https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429290626**, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.**Large-scale migration from rural to urban areas, and between countries, affects sustainable development at local, national, and regional levels. To strengthen urban and rural resilience to global ... Read more

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  • 3D Recording and Interpretation for Maritime Archaeology

    Series Book 31 - Coastal Research Library
    This open access peer-reviewed volume was inspired by the UNESCO UNITWIN Network for Underwater Archaeology International Workshop held at Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia in November 2016. Content is based on, but not limited to, the work presented at the workshop which was dedicated to 3D recording and interpretation for maritime archaeology. The volume consists of contributions from ... Read more

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  • Manual of Digital Earth

    This open access book offers a summary of the development of Digital Earth over the past twenty years. By reviewing the initial vision of Digital Earth, the evolution of that vision, the relevant key technologies, and the role of Digital Earth in helping people respond to global challenges, this publication reveals how and why Digital Earth is becoming vital for acquiring, processing, analysing ... Read more

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  • GIS and Housing

    Principles and Practices

    Series series GIS in Action
    GIS and Housing: Principles and Practices discusses one of the challenges that has not been addressed by Geographic Information Science thus far: how can we use GIS to deal with the complex issues underlying the housing crisis? This book provides GIS technicians and analysts with an overview of US housing challenges and examples of how to effectively integrate spatial thinking to address housing ... Read more

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  • COVID-19 Pandemic, Geospatial Information, and Community Resilience

    Global Applications and Lessons

    "The Open Access version of this book, available at https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-edit/10.1201/9781003181590**, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license."**Geospatial information plays an important role in managing location dependent pandemic situations across different communities and domains. Geospatial information and ... Read more

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  • Precision Agriculture Technology for Crop Farming

    Edited by Qin Zhang ...
    This book provides a review of precision agriculture technology development, followed by a presentation of the state-of-the-art and future requirements of precision agriculture technology. It presents different styles of precision agriculture technologies suitable for large scale mechanized farming; highly automated community-based mechanized production; and fully mechanized farming practices ... Read more

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  • Drones and Geographical Information Technologies in Agroecology and Organic Farming

    Contributions to Technological Sovereignty

    Although organic farming and agroecology are normally not associated with the use of new technologies, it’s rapid growth, new technologies are being adopted to mitigate environmental impacts of intensive production implemented with external material and energy inputs. GPS, satellite images, GIS, drones, help conventional farming in precision supply of water, pesticides, fertilizers. Prescription ... Read more

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  • Global Forest Monitoring from Earth Observation

    Series series Earth Observation of Global Changes
    Covering recent developments in satellite observation data undertaken for monitoring forest areas from global to national levels, this book highlights operational tools and systems for monitoring forest ecosystems. It also tackles the technical issues surrounding the ability to produce accurate and consistent estimates of forest area changes, which are needed to report greenhouse gas emissions and ... Read more

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  • Polarimetric Synthetic Aperture Radar

    Principles and Application

    Series Book 25 - Remote Sensing and Digital Image Processing
    This open access book focuses on the practical application of electromagnetic polarimetry principles in Earth remote sensing with an educational purpose. In the last decade, the operations from fully polarimetric synthetic aperture radar such as the Japanese ALOS/PalSAR, the Canadian Radarsat-2 and the German TerraSAR-X and their easy data access for scientific use have developed further the ... Read more

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