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Geoinformation: Remote Sensing, Photogrammetry and Geographic Information Systems, Second Edition

CRC Press, 2002

Surveying and mapping has recently undergone a transition from discipline-oriented technologies, such as geodesy, surveying, photogrammetry and cartography, to the methodology-oriented integrated discipline of geoinformatics based on GPS positioning, remote sensing, digital photography for data acquisition, and GIS for data manipulation and data...

ArcPy and ArcGIS: Geospatial Analysis with Python

Packt Publishing, 2015

Use the ArcPy module to automate the analysis and mapping of geospatial data in ArcGIS

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Perform GIS analysis faster by automating tasks, such as selecting data or buffering data, by accessing GIS tools using scripting

Access the spatial data contained within shapefiles and...

Building XML Web Services for the Microsoft .NET Platform

Microsoft Press, 2002

You can hardly pick up a technical magazine, developer conference brochure, or corporate IT strategy document without seeing a reference to Web services. So what is all the hype about? Simply put, Web services allow developers to create unrestricted applications—applications that span different operating systems,...

Information Graphics: A Comprehensive Illustrated Reference

Oxford University Press, 1996

This book addresses charts, graphs, maps, diagrams, and tables used in all areas; however, its major focus is on their uses for operational purposes.

To many people, information graphics are the images frequently used in presentations at formal meetings or the stylized charts and graphs used in newspapers and magazines.

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The Postcolonial Enlightenment: Eighteenth-century Colonialism and Postcolonial Theory

Oxford University Press, 2009

Over the last thirty years, postcolonial critiques of European imperial practices have transformed our understanding of colonial ideology, resistance, and cultural contact. The Enlightenment has played a complex but often unacknowledged role in this discussion, alternately reviled and venerated as the harbinger of colonial dominion and avatar of...

Fuzzy Surfaces in GIS and Geographical Analysis: Theory, Analytical Methods, Algorithms and Applications

CRC Press, 2007

Surfaces are a central to geographical analysis. Their generation and manipulation are a key component of geographical information systems (GISs). However, geographical surface data is often not precise. When surfaces are used to model geographical entities, the data inherently contains uncertainty in terms of both position and attribute....

Multihop Wireless Networks: Opportunistic Routing (Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing)

John Wiley & Sons, 2011

This book provides an introduction to opportunistic routing an emerging technology designed to improve the packet forwarding reliability, network capacity and energy efficiency of multihop wireless networks

This book presents a comprehensive background to the technological challenges lying behind opportunistic routing. The...

International Assignments: An Integration of Strategy, Research, and Practice

Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2004

Although the authors of this book and I approach the strategic challenges of globalization
from different perspectives, we've come to a similar conclusion: that the
"people" imperative is often overlooked when companies decide to enter new
countries or world regions. Stroh, Black, Mendenhall, and Gregersen base their...

Doing Business in the New China: A Handbook and Guide

Praeger Publishers, 2004

China's economy, despite recently weathered challenges, continues to prove attractive to foreign investors, expanding businesses, and entrepreneurs seeking global opportunities. This handbook has been written for anyone with an interest in doing business in China, including the consultants and specialists who work with global companies, but it is...

Technological Innovation Across Nations: Applied Studies of Coevolutionary Development

Springer, 2009

The book offers an interesting blend of applied state-of-the-art studies of coevolutionary development of institutions, innovation diffusion and innovative entrepreneurship, not published anywhere else. It can firstly be classified as belonging to mainstream endogenous growth studies on the country level, and secondly, to mainstream evolutionary...

Eskimo Architecture: Dwelling and Structure in the Early Historic Period

University of Alaska Press, 2003

The architecture of Eskimo peoples represents a diversified and successful means of coping with one of the most severe climates humankind can inhabit. The popular image of the igloo is but one of the many structures examined by experts Lee and Reinhardt in the first book-length and arctic-wide study of this remarkable subject.

Lavishly...

GIS For Dummies (Computer/Tech)

For Dummies, 2009

GIS (geographic information system) is a totally cool technology that has been called “geography on steroids.” GIS is what lets you see the schools in your neighborhood or tells you where the nearest McDonald’s is. GIS For Dummies tells you all about mapping terminology and digital mapping, how to locate geographic...

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