The ArcGIS Imagery Book
New View. New Vision.
Published on 1. September 2016
Book
Paperback/Softback
172 pages
978-1-58948-462-7 (ISBN)
Description
Explore how imagery and remote sensing power modern GIS. With The ArcGIS Imagery Book, you will roll up your sleeves and quickly begin putting imagery to smarter, more skillful use with your GIS. Even armchair geographers will appreciate this book and its electronic companion www.thearcgisimagerybook.com for the wealth of gorgeous, inspiring, and occasionally troubling images and links to powerful web apps and maps that weave interesting stories about our planet and the issues we face. Appropriate for those very familiar with geographic information systems and those who have never heard of the term.
More details
Edition
New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Redlands
United States
Publishing group
ESRI Press
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
New edition
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 231 mm
Width: 229 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
592 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-58948-462-7 (9781589484627)
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Persons
Clint Brown is the Director of Software Products at Esri.
Christian Harder is the founding publisher of Esri Press and the author of numerous books on GIS, including The ArcGIS Book: 10 Big Ideas about Applying GIS to Your World and Understanding GIS: An ArcGIS Project Workbook.
Christian Harder is the founding publisher of Esri Press and the author of numerous books on GIS, including The ArcGIS Book: 10 Big Ideas about Applying GIS to Your World and Understanding GIS: An ArcGIS Project Workbook.
Content
Foreword By Lawrie Jordan
How this book works
Chapter 1 Imagery Is Visible Intelligence
Chapter 2 The Nature of Remote Sensing
Chapter 3 Defining Imagery
Chapter 4 Perceiving the Imperceptible
Chapter 5 Turning Imagery into Information
Chapter 6 Creating Mirror Worlds
Chapter 7 Imagery in the 4th Dimension
Chapter 8 The Ultimate Big Data
Chapter 9 The Future Is Now
Contributors & acknowledgments
Credits -- Esri
How this book works
Chapter 1 Imagery Is Visible Intelligence
Chapter 2 The Nature of Remote Sensing
Chapter 3 Defining Imagery
Chapter 4 Perceiving the Imperceptible
Chapter 5 Turning Imagery into Information
Chapter 6 Creating Mirror Worlds
Chapter 7 Imagery in the 4th Dimension
Chapter 8 The Ultimate Big Data
Chapter 9 The Future Is Now
Contributors & acknowledgments
Credits -- Esri