Tag: Spatial

Free Download Geographic Information Metadata for Spatial Data Infrastructures: Resources, Interoperability and Information Retrieval By Dr. Javier Nogueras-Iso, Dr. F. Javier Zarazaga-Soria, Dr. Pedro R. Muro-Medrano (auth.)
2005 | 263 Pages | ISBN: 3540244646 | PDF | 4 MB
Metadata play a fundamental role in both DLs and SDIs. Commonly defined as "structured data about data" or "data which describe attributes of a resource" or, more simply, "information about data", it is an essential requirement for locating and evaluating available data. Therefore, this book focuses on the study of different metadata aspects, which contribute to a more efficient use of DLs and SDIs. The three main issues addressed are: the management of nested collections of resources, the interoperability between metadata schemas, and the integration of information retrieval techniques to the discovery services of geographic data catalogs (contributing in this way to avoid metadata content heterogeneity).

Free Download Spatial Linear Models for Environmental Data
by Dale L. Zimmerman
English | 2024 | ISBN: 036718334X | 400 pages | True PDF | 130.77 MB

Free Download Spatial Coherence for Visual Motion Analysis: First International Workshop, SCVMA 2004, Prague, Czech Republic, May 15, 2004. Revised Papers By P. Bouthemy (auth.), W. James MacLean (eds.)
2006 | 141 Pages | ISBN: 3540325336 | PDF | 5 MB
Motionanalysisisacentralproblemincomputervision,andthepasttwodecades have seen important advances in this ?eld. However, visual motion is still often considered on a pixel-by-pixel basis, even though this ignores the fact that image regions corresponding to a single object usually undergo motion that is highly correlated. Further, it is often of interest to accurately measure the boundaries of moving regions. In the case of articulated motion, especially human motion, discovering motion boundaries is non-trivial but an important task nonetheless. Another related problem is identifying and grouping multiple disconnected – gions moving with similar motions, such as a ?ock of geese. Early approaches focused on measuring motion of either the boundaries or the interior, but s- dom both in unison. For several years now, attempts have been made to include spatial coherence terms into algorithms for 2- and 3-D motion recovery, as well as motion boundary estimation. This volume is a record of papers presented at the First International Wo- shop on Spatial Coherence for Visual Motion Analysis, held May 15th, 2004 in Prague, in conjunction with the European Conference on Computer Vision (LNCS 3021-4). The workshop examined techniques for integrating spatial – herence constraints during motion analysis of image sequences. The papers were revised after the workshop to allow for incorporation of feedback from the workshop.

Free Download Jay D. Gatrell, Gregory D. Bierly, Ryan R. Jensen, "Research Design and Proposal Writing in Spatial Science"
English | 2020 | pages: 257 | ISBN: 3030600181 | PDF | 4,5 mb
The investigation of the interactions between human and physical systems poses unique conceptual, methodological, and practical challenges. This book establishes a spatial science framework for policymakers, social scientists, and environmental researchers as they explore and analyze complex problems. The authors provide guidance for scientists, writers, and students across a broad range of fields on how to tackle discipline-specific issues of space, place, and scale as they propose and conduct research in the spatial sciences. This practical textbook and overview blends plenty of concrete examples of spatial research and case studies to familiarize readers with the research process, demystifying and illustrating how it is actually done. The appendix contains both completed and in-progress proposals for MA and PhD theses and dissertations, as well as successful research grants. By emphasizing research as a learning and experiential process, while providing students with the encouragement and skills needed for success in proposal writing, "Research Design and Proposal Writing in Spatial Science" can serve as a textbook for research-design or project-based courses at the upper-division undergraduate and graduate level.

Free Download Mark Blacklock, "The Emergence of the Fourth Dimension: Higher Spatial Thinking in the Fin de Siecle"
English | ISBN: 0198755481 | 2018 | 246 pages | EPUB | 679 KB
The Emergence of the Fourth Dimension describes the development and proliferation of the idea of higher dimensional space in the late nineteenth- and early twentieth-centuries. An idea from mathematics that was appropriated by occultist thought, it emerged in the fin de siecle as a staple of genre fiction and influenced a number of important Modernist writers and artists.

Free Download Jon Atli Benediktsson, "Spectral-Spatial Classififcation of Hyperspectral Remote Sensing Images"
English | ISBN: 1608078124 | 2015 | 284 pages | PDF | 26 MB
This comprehensive new resource brings you up to date on recent developments in the classification of hyperspectral images using both spectral and spatial information, including advanced statistical approaches and methods. The inclusion of spatial information to traditional approaches for hyperspectral classification has been one of the most active and relevant innovative lines of research in remote sensing during recent years. This book gives you insight into several important challenges when performing hyperspectral image classification related to the imbalance between high dimensionality and limited availability of training samples, or the presence of mixed pixels in the data. This book also shows you how to integrate spatial and spectral information in order to take advantage of the benefits that both sources of information provide.

Free Download Spatial Data Science: With Applications in R
English | 2023 | ISBN: 1138311189 | 405 Pages | EPUB (True) | 26 MB
Spatial Data Science introduces fundamental aspects of spatial data that every data scientist should know before they start working with spatial data. These aspects include how geometries are represented, coordinate reference systems (projections, datums), the fact that the Earth is round and its consequences for analysis, and how attributes of geometries can relate to geometries. In the second part of the book, these concepts are illustrated with data science examples using the R language. In the third part, statistical modelling approaches are demonstrated using real world data examples. After reading this book, the reader will be well equipped to avoid a number of major spatial data analysis errors.

Free Download The Infinite Retina: Spatial Computing, Augmented and Mixed Reality and the next tech revolution by Irena Cronin, Robert Scoble
English | February 11, 2025 | ISBN: 1836204833 | 514 pages | EPUB | 15 Mb
Insightful look at the current applications and future of Spatial Computing, and how this cutting-edge technology is changing the way we do business across seven primary industries, and what it means for humanity.

Free Download Spatial Data Science by John P. Wilson
English | November 26th, 2024 | ISBN: 1589486102 | 250 pages | True EPUB | 4.53 MB
Spatial Data Science will show GIS scientists and practitioners how to add and use new analytical methods from data science in their existing GIS platforms. By explaining how the spatial domain can provide many of the building blocks, it’s critical for transforming data into information, knowledge, and solutions.

Free Download The Art of Spatial Illusion; Immersive Encounters between People, Media, and Place
by Richard Koeck
English | 2025 | ISBN: 1138045543 | 294 pages | True PDF EPUB | 62.6 MB