The Global Positioning System and GIS [Hardcover]

As GIS representations of the Earth in 3D become more precise and GPS services allow for greater accuracy, the information presented in?this new edition has changed considerably. It guides users through methods to build a highly accurate geographical database and understand how GNSS interoperates with 3D Earth scans obtained from LiDAR.

1. Basic Concepts.  2. More on GPS Data Collection.  3. Examining GPS Data.  4. Differential Correction, DOQs, and ESRI Data.  5. Integrating GPS Data with GIS Data.  6. Attributes and Positions.  7. GNSS: Past, Present, and Future. 

Michael Kennedys principal expertise lies in the application of computers to interesting problems and is deeply involved in the growing area of Geographic Information Systems (GIS). Since the early 1970s he has conducted work on making a computer believe it's a map. In 1991 he founded the GIS program in the Department of Geography at the University of Kentucky. Professor Kennedy is the author of several textbooks and Introducing Geographic Information Systems with ArcGIS -- A Workbook Approach to Learning GIS, Third Edition published by Wiley, is one of them. Over the years Professor Kennedy has had a wide range of experiences relating computers and environmental matters. Primarily to be able to talk to planners about the newly emerging field of GIS he became certified as a planner by the American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP). He was Director of the Computer-Aided Design Laboratory at the University of Kentucky for several years. He has been invited to teach GIS and/or programming at Simon Fraser University and several state or provincial universities: North Carolina, Florida, and British Columbia.

Alexander Kennedy is a Software Engineer, Data Visualization Engineer, and Data Journalist who specializes in inl“Õ