Imagery and GIS Best Practices for Extracting Information from Imagery [Paperback]

Imagery and GIS, working together, expand our perspective so that we can better perceive and understand The Science of Where™.
Today, most maps include imagery in the form of aerial photos, satellite images, thermal images, digital elevation models, and scanned maps.Imagery and GIS: Best Practices for Extracting Information from Imageryshows how imagery can be integrated successfully into GIS maps and analysis. In this essential reference, discover how imagery brings value to GIS and how GIS can be used to derive value from imagery. Learn from case studies and in-depth explanations about selecting the right imagery, image analysis, how to efficiently manage and serve imagery datasets, and how to accurately extract information from imagery. The authors experience working together on numerous research, teaching, and operational remote sensing and GIS applications bestow the book with both the newest innovations, as well as proven advice.
Apply the best practices found in Imagery and GIS to obtain the most value from imagery in your own GIS projects. [A] treasure trove of insights into the entire process of incorporating imagery into GIS objectives. - Midwest Book ReviewThe first in-depth book about using imagery with ArcGIS

Imagery and GISis a well-rounded and approachable introductory remote sensing textbook clearly written with GIS users and community in mind. The quality of the book both in content and printing (e.g., color figures and fonts) combined with an excellent glossary and index, all at an affordable price, make it a very appealing textbook or reference.

--Benjamin W. Heumann, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, Michigan.

Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing Vol. 85, No. 3, March 2019, pp. 161162.

Chapter 1 Introduction to imagery
Chapter 2 Thinking about imagery
Chapter 3 Imagery fundamentals
Chapter 4l£5