Open Source GIS: A GRASS GIS Approach. Third Edition.
Submitted by wolf on Sat, 2008-06-21 20:40.
Publisher:Springer, New York
Copyright:2008
ISBN:978-0-38735767-6
Pages:406
Price:95 USD (list price)
Synopsis:
With this third edition of Open Source GIS: A GRASS GIS Approach,
we enter the new era of GRASS6, the first release that includes
substantial new code developed by the International GRASS Development
Team. The dramatic growth in open source software libraries has made
the GRASS6 development more efficient, and has enhanced GRASS
interoperability with a wide range of open source and proprietary
geospatial tools.
Professionals, researchers and practitioners, graduate students
Thoroughly updated with material related to the GRASS 6, the third edition includes new sections on attribute database management and SQL support, vector networks analysis, lidar data processing and new graphical user interfaces. All chapters were updated with numerous practical examples using the first release of a comprehensive, state-of-the-art geospatial data set.
Open Source GIS: A GRASS GIS Approach (third edition) preserves the continuity of previous editions by maintaining the proven book's structure and continues to target professional audience composed of researchers and practitioners in government and industry as well as graduate students interested in geospatial analysis and modeling.
Written for:Professionals, researchers and practitioners, graduate students
Table of contents:
| 1 Open Source software and GIS | 1 |
| 2 GIS concepts | 7 |
| 3 Getting started with GRASS | 21 |
| 4 GRASS data models and data exchange | 53 |
| 5 Working with raster data | 83 |
| 6 Working with vector data | 169 |
| 7 Graphical output and visualization | 263 |
| 8 Image processing | 287 |
| 9 Notes on GRASS programming | 331 |
| 10 Using GRASS with other Open Source tools | 347 |
| A Appendix | 367 |
| A.1 Selected equations used in GRASS modules | 367 |
| A.2 Landscape process modeling | 381 |
| A.3 Definition of SQLite-ODBC connection | 383 |
| References | 385 |
| Index | 393 |
Review:
An excellent book for everybody working with GRASS GIS. Even seasoned veterans can find something in this book. This book explains the ideology of GRASS GIS, and how it works and why. Not all commands are detailed in this book, since the full documentation comes with GRASS GIS. Anybody wanting to start with Open Source GIS should get this book.
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