1.1 Contents in Brief

PART 1 GEOSPATIAL DATA AND GPS

1 It’s a Geospatial World Out There 1

2 Where in the Geospatial World Are You? 33

3 Getting Your Data to Match the Map 58

4 Finding Your Location with the Global Positioning System 80

PART 2 GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS

5 Working with Digital Geospatial Data and GIS 109

6 Using GIS for Spatial Analysis 158

7 Using GIS to Make a Map 198

8 Getting There Quicker with Geospatial Technology 244

PART 3 REMOTE SENSING

9 Remotely Sensed Images from Above 299

10 How Remote Sensing Works 327

11 Images from Space 355

12 Studying the Environment from Space 386

PART 4 GEOSPATIAL APPLICATIONS

13 Digital Landscaping 417

14 See the World in 3D 445

15 Life in the Geospatial Cloud and Other Current Developments 482

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