Open Source Geospatial Tools: Applications in Earth Observation

By Daniel McInerney and Pieter Kempeneers

Book Overview

Introduction.- Vector data processing.- Raster data explained.- Introduction to GDAL utilities.- Manipulating raster data.- Indexed color images.- Image overviews, tiling and pyramids.- Image (re-)projections and merging.- Raster meets vector data.- Raster meets point data.- Virtual rasters and raster calculations.- Pktools.- Orfeo Toolbox.- Write your own geospatial utilities.- 3D point cloud data processing.- Case study on Vector Spatial analysis.- Multispectral land cover classification.- Case study on point data.- Conclusions and future outlook.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 331901823X
• ISBN13: 9783319018232
• Release Date: December 2014
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 358 Pages
• Weight: 1.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"