A Quick Introduction to Free and Open Source GIS

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  • Web Mapping Illustrated: Using Open Source GIS Toolkits

    • UPC: 636920008651
    • ASIN: 0596008651
    • ISBN: 0596008651
    • Brand: Brand: O'Reilly Media
    • Manufacturer: O'Reilly Media

    With the help of the Internet and accompanying tools, creating and publishing online maps has become easier and rich with options. A city guide web site can use maps to show the location of restaurants, museums, and art venues. A business can post a map for reaching its offices. The state government can present a map showing average income by area.... [Read More]

  • Open Source GIS: A GRASS GIS Approach

    • ASIN: 038735767X
    • ISBN: 038735767X
    • Brand: Markus Neteler
    • Manufacturer: Springer

    Thoroughly updated with material related to the GRASS6, the third edition includes new sections on attribute database management and SQL support, vector networks analysis, lidar data processing and new graphical user interfaces. All chapters were updated with numerous practical examples using the first release of a comprehensive, state-of-the-art g... [Read More]

  • Imagery and GIS: Best Practices for Extracting Information from Imagery

    • ASIN: B0741Q75JX
    • Manufacturer: Esri Press

    Imagery and GIS, working together, expand our perspective so that we can better perceive and understand The Science of Where™.Today, most maps include imagery in the form of aerial photos, satellite images, thermal images, digital elevation models, and scanned maps. Imagery and GIS: Best Practices for Extracting Information from Imagery shows how... [Read More]

  • Tangible Modeling with Open Source GIS

    • ASIN: 3319893025
    • ISBN: 3319893025
    • Manufacturer: Springer

    This book provides an overview of the latest developments in the fast growing field of tangible user interfaces.  It presents a new type of modeling environment where the users interact with geospatial data and simulations using 3D physical landscape model coupled with 3D rendering engine. Multiple users can modify the physical model, while i... [Read More]

  • PostGIS in Action, 2nd Edition

    • ASIN: 1617291390
    • ISBN: 9781617291395
    • Manufacturer: Manning Publications

    SummaryPostGIS in Action, Second Edition teaches readers of all levels to write spatial queries that solve real-world problems. It first gives you a background in vector-, raster-, and topology-based GIS and then quickly moves into analyzing, viewing, and mapping data. This second edition covers PostGIS 2.0 and 2.1 series, PostgreSQL 9.1, 9.2, and ... [Read More]

  • Desktop GIS: Mapping the Planet with Open Source Tools

    • ASIN: 1934356069
    • ISBN: 1934356069
    • Manufacturer: Pragmatic Bookshelf

    Desktop GIS explores the world of Open Source GIS software and provides a guide to navigate the many options available. Discover what kind of GIS user you are and lay the foundation to evaluate the options and decide what software is best for you.Desktop GIS examines the challenges associated with assembling and using an OSGIS toolkit. You'll find ... [Read More]

  • Mastering ArcGIS (WCB Geography)

    • ASIN: 007809514X
    • ISBN: 9780078095146
    • Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill Education

    Price: Mastering ArcGIS is an introductory GIS text that is designed to offer everything you need to master the basic elements of GIS. The author's step-by-step approach helps students negotiate the challenging tasks involved in learning sophisticated GIS software. An innovative and unique feature of Mastering ArcGIS is its accompanying narrated vi... [Read More]

  • Open Source Approaches in Spatial Data Handling (Advances in Geographic Information Science)

    • ASIN: 354074830X
    • ISBN: 354074830X
    • Manufacturer: Springer

    The role open-source geospatial software plays in data handling within the spatial information technology industry is the overarching theme of the book. It also examines new tools and applications for those already using OS approaches to software development.

  • Beginning MapServer: Open Source GIS Development (Expert's Voice in Open Source)

    • UPC: 689253594902
    • ASIN: 1590594908
    • ISBN: 1590594908
    • Brand: Brand: Apress
    • Manufacturer: Apress

    * The first book to cover MapServer. * Shows readers how to build dynamic maps using popular open source languages including PHP, Perl and Python. * Shows readers how to pull map information from a MySQL database, to build data-driven mapping applications.

  • Introductory Digital Image Processing (3rd Edition)

    • ASIN: 0131453610
    • ISBN: 0131453610
    • Manufacturer: Prentice Hall

    This revision of Introductory Digital Image Processing: A Remote Sensing Perspective continues to focus on digital image processing of aircraft- and satellite-derived, remotely sensed data for Earth resource management applications. Extensively illustrated, it explains how to extract biophysical information from remote sensor data for almost all mu... [Read More]

  • Geoinformatics for Marine and Coastal Management

    • ASIN: 1498731546
    • ISBN: 1498731546
    • Manufacturer: CRC Press

    Geoinformatics for Marine and Coastal Management provides a timely and valuable assessment of the current state of the art geoinformatics tools and methods for the management of marine systems. This book focuses on the cutting-edge coverage of a wide spectrum of activities and topics such as GIS-based application of drainage basin analysis, contrib... [Read More]

  • Remote Sensing Time Series Image Processing (Imaging Science)

    • ASIN: 1138054593
    • ISBN: 1138054593
    • Manufacturer: CRC Press

    Today, remote sensing technology is an essential tool for understanding the Earth and managing human-Earth interactions. There is a rapidly growing need for remote sensing and Earth observation technology that enables monitoring of world’s natural resources and environments, managing exposure to natural and man-made risks and more frequently occu... [Read More]

  • GIS Tutorial II: Spatial Analysis Workbook (GIS Tutorials)

    • ASIN: 1589482018
    • ISBN: 1589482018
    • Brand: Brand: ESRI Press
    • Manufacturer: Esri Press

    GIS Tutorial II: Spatial Analysis Workbook offers hands-on exercises to help GIS users at the intermediate level continue to build their problem-solving and analysis skills. Inspired by The ESRI Guide to GIS Analysis book series by Andy Mitchell, GIS Tutorial II provides a practical format for GIS users to develop proficiency in various spatial ana... [Read More]

  • GIS for Web Developers: Adding 'Where' to Your Web Applications

    • ASIN: 0974514098
    • ISBN: 0974514098
    • Brand: Brand: Pragmatic Bookshelf
    • Manufacturer: Pragmatic Bookshelf

    There is a hidden revolution going on: geography is moving from niche to the mainstream. News reports routinely include maps and satellite images. More and more pieces of equipment cell phones, cars, computers now contain Global Positioning System (GPS) receivers. Many of the major database vendors have made geographic data types standard in their ... [Read More]

  • Internet GIS: Distributed Geographic Information Services for the Internet and Wireless Network

    • ASIN: 0471359238
    • ISBN: 0471359238
    • Brand: Zhong Ren Peng
    • Manufacturer: Wiley

    * Provides case studies in each chapter illustrating how principles work in practice. * Compares strengths and weaknesses of off-the-shelf software packages.

  • International Perspectives on Maps and the Internet (Lecture Notes in Geoinformation and Cartography) (v. 1)

    • ASIN: 3540720286
    • ISBN: 3540720286
    • Manufacturer: Springer

    The Internet has redefined how maps are used. No longer restricted to paper, maps are now transmitted almost instantly and delivered to the user in a fraction of the time required to distribute maps on paper. They are viewed in a more timely fashion. The Internet presents the map user with both a faster method of map distribution and different form... [Read More]

  • Geographic Information Systems and Environmental Modeling

    • ASIN: 0130408174
    • ISBN: 0130408174
    • Manufacturer: Prentice Hall

    This book provides readers with the most comprehensive and authoritative treatment of the topic available. Topics covered include modeling frameworks, paradigms and approaches; model development, calibration and validation; dynamic systems modeling and four-dimensional GIS; and more. Includes case studies in GIS/EM. This book is intended for reader... [Read More]

  • A Quick Introduction to Free and Open Source GIS

    Top 5 Open Source GIS Software - Mapping in GIS

    Lesson 5 - Part 1: Intro to Open Source GIS