Geographic Information System

Geographic Information System (GIS) aims to organize complex interrelation between different layers of information through a process of gathering, analysing, processing, storing, and presenting the spatial data and images available through different sources. It integrates hardware, software, and data for capturing, managing, analysing, and displaying all forms of geographically referenced information. This book presents theory, methods, and latest research finding for problem-solving and decision-making using GIS-based technologies.

Key Features: Explains raster and vector data and attributive database. Discusses application of GIS in geotechnical engineering, transport engineering, and water resource engineering. Includes model question papers and is well illustrated
Contents:

Introduction to Geographic Information System Information System Geographic Information System Cartography and GIS GIS Database GIS Data Type GIS Data Models Topology and GIS
Raster and vector data Vector Data Raster Data Raster Encoding Methods Shape of the Earth Transformation Digitization
Attribute database and overlay Attribute Data Relations GIS Functionality Spatial Query Vector Data Queries Classification Overlay Buffer Inter-visibility Network Theory

Remote Sensing and Digital Image Processing Remote Sensing Sources of Energy for Remote Sensing Interaction of Electromagnetic Radiation with Atmosphere Interaction of Electromagnetic Radiation with the Earth’s Surface Use of Electromagnetic Spectrum for Remote Sensing Purposes Process of Remote Sensing Sensors and Platforms Orbits and Swaths Platforms Image Processing Applications of Remote Sensing
Applications of GIS GIS in Planning and Management of Utility Lines Geotechnical Engineering Water Resource Engineering Example of GIS Application Development with Open Source
Numerical Problems Scale Conversions Playing with Database
Other books on GIS:
Geoinformatics for Climate Change Studies (ISBN: 9788179934098)
Tectonics of the Eastern Continental Margin (ISBN: 9788179934081)
HealthGIS: managing health geospatially (ISBN: 9788179933251)