Open Source GIS A GRASS GIS Approach /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Neteler, Markus (Editor), Mitasova, Helena (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2008.
• Edition: Third Edition.
• Subjects: Geography.; Earth sciences.; Image processing.; Geographical information systems.; Remote sensing.; Geographical Information Systems/Cartography.; Earth Sciences, general.; Remote Sensing/Photogrammetry.; Information Systems Applications (incl. Internet).; Image Processing and Computer Vision.; Environmental Monitoring/Analysis.

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 GRASS6 development more efficie...

Table of Contents:

• Open Source software and GIS
• GIS concepts
• Getting started with GRASS
• GRASS data models and data exchange
• Working with raster data
• Working with vector data
• Graphical output and visualization
• Image processing
• Notes on GRASS programming
• Using GRASS with other Open Source tools.