GIS and Environmental Monitoring Applications in the Marine, Atmospheric and Geomagnetic Fields /

• Main Authors: Kolios, Stavros (Author), Vorobev, Andrei V. (Author), Vorobeva, Gulnara R. (Author), Stylios, Chrysostomos (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: Geotechnologies and the Environment, 20
• Subjects: Geography.; Geophysics.; Environmental sciences.; Geographical information systems.; Geographical Information Systems/Cartography.; Geophysics/Geodesy.; Environmental Science and Engineering.

This book constitutes a notable contribution to investigate and present the capabilities of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and their applicability and usefulness in environmental-related applications and sciences. The focus is on the design, creation, development and operation of integrated We...

Table of Contents:

• From the Contents: Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
• Brief history
• Overview of GIS definition and tasks
• WebGIS
• WebGIS definition
• WebGIS applications in Environmental monitoring
• WebGIS applications in E-Government
• WebGIS applications in GeoSciences and especially in presenting geomagnetic fields
• Modeling and analysis of geomagnetic filed and variations using WebGIS
• Earth magnetism origin.