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Geospatial Algebraic Computations

Joseph Awange,Béla Paláncz

Author : Joseph Awange,Béla Paláncz
Publisher : Springer
Page : 541 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2016-01-29
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783319254654

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Improved geospatial instrumentation and technology such as in laser scanning has now resulted in millions of data being collected, e.g., point clouds. It is in realization that such huge amount of data requires efficient and robust mathematical solutions that this third edition of the book extends the second edition by introducing three new chapters: Robust parameter estimation, Multiobjective optimization and Symbolic regression. Furthermore, the linear homotopy chapter is expanded to include nonlinear homotopy. These disciplines are discussed first in the theoretical part of the book before illustrating their geospatial applications in the applications chapters where numerous numerical examples are presented. The renewed electronic supplement contains these new theoretical and practical topics, with the corresponding Mathematica statements and functions supporting their computations introduced and applied. This third edition is renamed in light of these technological advancements.

Surveying for Civil and Mine Engineers

John Walker,Joseph L. Awange

Author : John Walker,Joseph L. Awange
Publisher : Springer
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2017-08-04
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783319531298

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Surveying for Civil and Mine Engineers by John Walker,Joseph L. Awange Pdf

"Indeed, the most important part of engineering work—and also of other scientific work—is the determination of the method of attacking the problem, whatever it may be, whether an experimental investigation, or a theoretical calculation. ... It is by the choice of a suitable method of attack, that intricate problems are reduced to simple phenomena, and then easily solved." Charles Proteus Steinmetz. The structure of this book is to provide a sequence of theory, workshops and practical field sessions that mimic a simple survey project, designed for civil and mining engineers. The format of the book is based on a number of years of experience gained in presenting the course at undergraduate and post graduate levels. The course is designed to guide engineers through survey tasks that the engineering industry feels is necessary for them to have a demonstrated competency in surveying techniques, data gathering and reduction, and report presentation. The course i s not designed to make engineers become surveyors. It is designed to allow an appreciation of the civil and mine engineering surveyor’s job. There are many excellent text books available on the subject of engineering surveying, but they address the surveyor, not the engineer. Hopefully this book will distil many parts of the standard text book. A lot of the material presented is scattered through very disparate sources and has been gathered into this book to show what techniques lie behind a surveyor’s repertoire of observational and computational skills, and provide an understanding of the decisions made in terms of the presentation of results. The course has been designed to run over about 6 weeks of a semester, providing a half unit load which complements a computer aided design (CAD) based design project.

GNSS Environmental Sensing

Joseph Awange

Author : Joseph Awange
Publisher : Springer
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2017-09-04
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783319584188

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GNSS Environmental Sensing by Joseph Awange Pdf

This book is the second edition of Environmental Monitoring using GNSS and highlights the latest developments in global navigation satellite systems (GNSS). It features a completely new title and additional chapters that present emerging challenges to environmental monitoring—“climate variability/change and food insecurity.” Since the publication of the first edition, much has changed in both the development and applications of GNSS, a satellite microwave remote sensing technique. It is the first tool to span all four dimensions of relevance to humans (position, navigation, timing and the environment), and it has widely been used for positioning (both by military and civilians), navigation and timing. Its increasing use is leading to a new era of remote sensing that is now revolutionizing the art of monitoring our environment in ways never imagined before. On the one hand, nearly all GNSS satellites (Global Positioning System (GPS), Global Navigation Satellite System (GLONASS), Galileo and Beidou) have become operational, thereby providing high-precision, continuous, all-weather and near real- time remote sensing multi-signals beneficial to environmental monitoring. On the other hand, the emerging challenges of precisely monitoring climate change and the demand for the production of sufficient food for ever-increasing populations are pushing traditional monitoring methods to their limits. In this regard, refracted GNSS signals (i.e., occulted GNSS signals or GNSS meteorology) are now emerging as sensors of climate variability, while the reflected signals (GNSS reflectometry or GNSS-R) are increasingly finding applications in determining, e.g., soil moisture content, ice and snow thickness, ocean heights, and wind speed and direction, among others. Furthermore, the increasing recognition and application of GNSS-supported unmanned aircraft vehicles (UAV)/drones in agriculture (e.g., through the determination of water holding capacity of soil) highlights the new challenges facing GNSS. As such, this new edition three new chapters address GNSS reflectometry and applications; GNSS sensing of climate variability; and the applications in UAV/drones. Moreover, it explores the application of GNSS to support integrated coastal zone management.

Spatial Information Theory. Cognitive and Computational Foundations of Geographic Information Science

Christian Freksa,David M. Mark

Author : Christian Freksa,David M. Mark
Publisher : Springer
Page : 486 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2003-07-31
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783540483847

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Spatial Information Theory. Cognitive and Computational Foundations of Geographic Information Science by Christian Freksa,David M. Mark Pdf

The Conference on Spatial Information Theory – COSIT – grew out of a series of workshops / NATO Advanced Study Institutes / NSF specialist meetings concerned with cognitive and applied aspects of representing large-scale space, particularly geographic space. In these meetings, the need for a well-founded theory of spatial information processing was identified. The COSIT conference series was established in 1993 as a biennial interdisciplinary European conference on the representation and processing of information about large-scale space, after a successful international conference on the topic had been organized by Andrew Frank et al. in Pisa, Italy, in 1992 (frequently referred to as ‘COSIT zero’). After two successful European conferences with strong North-American participation (COSIT ’93, held on the Island of Elba, Italy; COSIT ’95, held in Semmering, Austria), the conference became a truly international enterprise when COSIT ’97 was held in the Laurel Highlands, Pennsylvania, USA. COSIT ’99 will take place in Stade, Germany. All aspects of large-scale space, i. e. spaces too large to be seen from a single vantage point, are addressed in the COSIT conferences. These include spaces of geographic scale, as well as smaller spaces in which humans, animals, or autonomous robots have to find their way around. Spatial information theory also deals with the description of objects, processes, or events in spatial environments and it forms the foundation for the construction of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and for spatial information and communication system design in general.

Advanced Procrustes Analysis Models in Photogrammetric Computer Vision

Fabio Crosilla,Alberto Beinat,Andrea Fusiello,Eleonora Maset,Domenico Visintini

Author : Fabio Crosilla,Alberto Beinat,Andrea Fusiello,Eleonora Maset,Domenico Visintini
Publisher : Springer
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2019-02-28
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783030117603

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Advanced Procrustes Analysis Models in Photogrammetric Computer Vision by Fabio Crosilla,Alberto Beinat,Andrea Fusiello,Eleonora Maset,Domenico Visintini Pdf

This book gives a comprehensive view of the developed procrustes models, including the isotropic, the generalized and the anisotropic variants. These represent original tools to perform, among others, the bundle block adjustment and the global registration of multiple 3D LiDAR point clouds. Moreover, the book also reports the recently derived total least squares solution of the anisotropic Procrustes model, together with its practical application in solving the exterior orientation of one image. The book is aimed at all those interested in discovering valuable innovative algorithms for solving various photogrammetric computer vision problems. In this context, where functional models are non-linear, Procrustean methods prove to be powerful since they do not require any linearization nor approximated values of the unknown parameters, furnishing at the same time results comparable in terms of accuracy with those given by the state-of-the-art methods.

Solving Algebraic Computational Problems in Geodesy and Geoinformatics

Joseph L. Awange,Erik W. Grafarend

Author : Joseph L. Awange,Erik W. Grafarend
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 354023425X

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Solving Algebraic Computational Problems in Geodesy and Geoinformatics by Joseph L. Awange,Erik W. Grafarend Pdf

Charity Mupanga, the resilient and maternal proprietor of Harrods International Bar (and Nightspot) faces her toughest challenge in Dizzy Worms, the final novel in Michael Holman's acclaimed trilogy set in the African slum of Kireba. Faced with a Health and Safety closure, Charity has a week to appeal and the chances of success seem negligible: elections are imminent, and Kireba is due to become a showcase of President Josiah Nduka's 'slum rehabilitation program', backed by gullible foreign donors. But before taking on Nduka and the council, she has a promise to keep – to provide a supply of her famous sweet doughballs to a small army of street children, as voracious as they are malodorous . . . Michael Holman uses his witty satirical pen to brilliant effect in this affectionate portrait of a troubled region, targeting local politicians, western diplomats, foreign donors and journalists, puncturing pretensions and questioning the philosophy of aid.

ECAI 2014

T. Schaub,G. Friedrich,B. O'Sullivan

Author : T. Schaub,G. Friedrich,B. O'Sullivan
Publisher : IOS Press
Page : 1264 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2014-08
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781614994190

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ECAI 2014 by T. Schaub,G. Friedrich,B. O'Sullivan Pdf

The role of artificial intelligence (AI) applications in fields as diverse as medicine, economics, linguistics, logical analysis and industry continues to grow in scope and importance. AI has become integral to the effective functioning of much of the technical infrastructure we all now take for granted as part of our daily lives. This book presents the papers from the 21st biennial European Conference on Artificial Intelligence, ECAI 2014, held in Prague, Czech Republic, in August 2014. The ECAI conference remains Europe's principal opportunity for researchers and practitioners of Artificial Intelligence to gather and to discuss the latest trends and challenges in all subfields of AI, as well as to demonstrate innovative applications and uses of advanced AI technology. Included here are the 158 long papers and 94 short papers selected for presentation at the conference. Many of the papers cover the fields of knowledge representation, reasoning and logic as well as agent-based and multi-agent systems, machine learning, and data mining. The proceedings of PAIS 2014 and the PAIS System Demonstrations are also included in this volume, which will be of interest to all those wishing to keep abreast of the latest developments in the field of AI.

Spatial Information Theory

Max J. Egenhofer,Nicholas Giudice,Reinhard Moratz,Michael Worboys

Author : Max J. Egenhofer,Nicholas Giudice,Reinhard Moratz,Michael Worboys
Publisher : Springer
Page : 470 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2011-09-08
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783642231964

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Spatial Information Theory by Max J. Egenhofer,Nicholas Giudice,Reinhard Moratz,Michael Worboys Pdf

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Spatial Information Theory, COSIT 2011, held in Belfast, ME, USA, in September 2011. The 23 revised full papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 55 submissions. They are organized in topical sections on maps and navigation, spatial change, spatial reasoning, spatial cognition and social aspects of space, perception and spatial semantics, and space and language.

Adjustment Computations

Paul R. Wolf, Ph.D.,Charles D. Ghilani

Author : Paul R. Wolf, Ph.D.,Charles D. Ghilani
Publisher : Wiley-Interscience
Page : 594 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1997-02-05
Category : Architecture
ISBN : UOM:39015042922487

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Adjustment Computations by Paul R. Wolf, Ph.D.,Charles D. Ghilani Pdf

This book examines every aspect of least square adjustment. It defines terms and introduces readers to the fundamentals of errors and describes methods for analyzing them. It also illustrates the application of least squares in adjusting a wide range of survey types and provides detailed coverage of applications of least squares to GPSs and GISs.

Environmental Geoinformatics

Joseph Awange,John Kiema

Author : Joseph Awange,John Kiema
Publisher : Springer
Page : 635 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2018-12-08
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783030030179

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Environmental Geoinformatics by Joseph Awange,John Kiema Pdf

This second edition includes updated chapters from the first edition as well as five additional new chapters (Light detection and ranging (LiDAR), CORONA historical de-classified products, Unmanned Aircraft Vehicles (UAVs), GNSS-reflectometry and GNSS applications to climate variability), shifting the main focus from monitoring and management to extreme hydro-climatic and food security challenges and exploiting big data. Since the publication of first edition, much has changed in terms of technology, and the demand for geospatial data has increased with the advent of the big data era. For instance, the use of laser scanning has advanced so much that it is unavoidable in most environmental monitoring tasks, whereas unmanned aircraft vehicles (UAVs)/drones are emerging as efficient tools that address food security issues as well as many other contemporary challenges. Furthermore, global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) are now responding to challenges posed by climate change by unravelling the impacts of teleconnection (e.g., ENSO) as well as advancing the use of reflected signals (GNSS-reflectometry) to monitor, e.g., soil moisture variations. Indeed all these rely on the explosive use of “big data” in many fields of human endeavour. Moreover, with the ever-increasing global population, intense pressure is being exerted on the Earth’s resources, leading to significant changes in its land cover (e.g., deforestation), diminishing biodiversity and natural habitats, dwindling fresh water supplies, and changing weather and climatic patterns (e.g., global warming, changing sea level). Environmental monitoring techniques that provide information on these are under scrutiny from an increasingly environmentally conscious society that demands the efficient delivery of such information at a minimal cost. Environmental changes vary both spatially and temporally, thereby putting pressure on traditional methods of data acquisition, some of which are highly labour intensive, such as animal tracking for conservation purposes. With these challenges, conventional monitoring techniques, particularly those that record spatial changes call for more sophisticated approaches that deliver the necessary information at an affordable cost. One direction being pursued in the development of such techniques involves environmental geoinformatics, which can act as a stand-alone method or complement traditional methods.

Computational Science and Its Applications - ICCSA 2008

Osvaldo Gervasi,Beniamino Murgante,Antonio Laganà,Youngsong Mun,David Taniar

Author : Osvaldo Gervasi,Beniamino Murgante,Antonio Laganà,Youngsong Mun,David Taniar
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 1283 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2008-06-24
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783540698388

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Computational Science and Its Applications - ICCSA 2008 by Osvaldo Gervasi,Beniamino Murgante,Antonio Laganà,Youngsong Mun,David Taniar Pdf

The two-volume set LNCS 5072 and 5073 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the International Conference on Computational Science and Its Applications, ICCSA 2008, held in Perugia, Italy, in June/July, 2008. The two volumes contain papers presenting a wealth of original research results in the field of computational science, from foundational issues in computer science and mathematics to advanced applications in virtually all sciences making use of computational techniques. The topics of the fully refereed papers are structured according to the five major conference themes: computational methods, algorithms and scientific applications, high performance technical computing and networks, advanced and emerging applications, geometric modelling, graphics and visualization, as well as information systems and information technologies. Moreover, submissions from more than 20 workshops and technical sessions in the areas, such as embedded systems, geographical analysis, computational geometry, computational geomatics, computer graphics, virtual reality, computer modeling, computer algebra, mobile communications, wireless networks, computational forensics, data storage, information security, web learning, software engineering, computational intelligence, digital security, biometrics, molecular structures, material design, ubiquitous computing, symbolic computations, web systems and intelligence, and e-education contribute to this publication.

Spatial Analysis

Tonny J. Oyana,Florence Margai

Author : Tonny J. Oyana,Florence Margai
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2015-07-28
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9781498707640

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Spatial Analysis by Tonny J. Oyana,Florence Margai Pdf

An introductory text for the next generation of geospatial analysts and data scientists, Spatial Analysis: Statistics, Visualization, and Computational Methods focuses on the fundamentals of spatial analysis using traditional, contemporary, and computational methods. Outlining both non-spatial and spatial statistical concepts, the authors present p

Spatial Context

Christopher Gold

Author : Christopher Gold
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2018-04-17
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9781315349664

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Spatial Context by Christopher Gold Pdf

Many disciplines are concerned with manipulating geometric (or spatial) objects in the computer – such as geology, cartography, computer aided design (CAD), etc. – and each of these have developed their own data structures and techniques, often independently. Nevertheless, in many cases the object types and the spatial queries are similar, and this book attempts to find a common theme.

Spatial Tessellations

Atsuyuki Okabe,Barry Boots,Kokichi Sugihara,Sung Nok Chiu

Author : Atsuyuki Okabe,Barry Boots,Kokichi Sugihara,Sung Nok Chiu
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 696 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2009-09-25
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9780470317853

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Spatial Tessellations by Atsuyuki Okabe,Barry Boots,Kokichi Sugihara,Sung Nok Chiu Pdf

Spatial data analysis is a fast growing area and Voronoi diagrams provide a means of naturally partitioning space into subregions to facilitate spatial data manipulation, modelling of spatial structures, pattern recognition and locational optimization. With such versatility, the Voronoi diagram and its relative, the Delaunay triangulation, provide valuable tools for the analysis of spatial data. This is a rapidly growing research area and in this fully updated second edition the authors provide an up-to-date and comprehensive unification of all the previous literature on the subject of Voronoi diagrams. Features: * Expands on the highly acclaimed first edition * Provides an up-to-date and comprehensive survey of the existing literature on Voronoi diagrams * Includes a useful compendium of applications * Contains an extensive bibliography A wide range of applications is discussed, enabling this book to serve as an important reference volume on this topic. The text will appeal to students and researchers studying spatial data in a number of areas, in particular, applied probability, computational geometry, and Geographic Information Science (GIS). This book will appeal equally to those whose interests in Voronoi diagrams are theoretical, practical or both.

Thinking about GIS

Roger F. Tomlinson

Author : Roger F. Tomlinson
Publisher : ESRI, Inc.
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Computers
ISBN : 1589480708

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Thinking about GIS by Roger F. Tomlinson Pdf

A planning guide for GIS explains how to consider the strategic purpose of an organization to ensure that the GIS will work toward serving some useful and important purpose, with information on active participation in the planning process and early identification of the desired information output, practical techniques for gathering feedback from the organization, formalized approaches to needs assessment, data considerations, and the work of specifying hardware, software, and networking that will prove appropriate for the desired results. Covered in detail are topics such as system design, logical data models, and implementation planning.

Geospatial Algebraic Computations

Geospatial Algebraic Computations by Joseph Awange,Béla Paláncz Pdf

Surveying for Civil and Mine Engineers by John Walker,Joseph L. Awange Pdf

GNSS Environmental Sensing by Joseph Awange Pdf

Spatial Information Theory. Cognitive and Computational Foundations of Geographic Information Science by Christian Freksa,David M. Mark Pdf

Advanced Procrustes Analysis Models in Photogrammetric Computer Vision by Fabio Crosilla,Alberto Beinat,Andrea Fusiello,Eleonora Maset,Domenico Visintini Pdf

Solving Algebraic Computational Problems in Geodesy and Geoinformatics by Joseph L. Awange,Erik W. Grafarend Pdf

ECAI 2014 by T. Schaub,G. Friedrich,B. O'Sullivan Pdf

Spatial Information Theory by Max J. Egenhofer,Nicholas Giudice,Reinhard Moratz,Michael Worboys Pdf

Adjustment Computations by Paul R. Wolf, Ph.D.,Charles D. Ghilani Pdf

Environmental Geoinformatics by Joseph Awange,John Kiema Pdf

Computational Science and Its Applications - ICCSA 2008 by Osvaldo Gervasi,Beniamino Murgante,Antonio Laganà,Youngsong Mun,David Taniar Pdf

Spatial Analysis by Tonny J. Oyana,Florence Margai Pdf

Spatial Context by Christopher Gold Pdf

Spatial Tessellations by Atsuyuki Okabe,Barry Boots,Kokichi Sugihara,Sung Nok Chiu Pdf

Thinking about GIS by Roger F. Tomlinson Pdf

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