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  • Ultimate Navigation Manual

    by Lyle Brotherton ...
    Due to the level of detail, the images are best viewed on a tablet.All the techniques you need to become an expert navigator.The Ultimate Navigation Manual is a unique guide to finding your way on land – from the basic principles right up to the advanced technology of GPS. Designed to allow even the absolute beginner to find their way anywhere in the world, it also develops a unique confidence in ... Read more

    R267,82

  • Collaborative Cities

    Mapping Solutions to Wicked Problems

    by Stephen Goldsmith, Kate Markin Coleman ...
    Dynamic problems require dynamic collaboration and technology.Our communities today face difficult issues—such as climate change, access to health care, and homelessness—which are tangled, complicated, and constantly evolving. Coined “wicked problems” more than 40 years ago by the University of California’s professors Horst Rittel and C. West Churchman, these issues exceed the capacity of any one ... Read more

    R395,24

  • Historical Geotectonics - Mesozoic and Cenozoic

    by A.N. Balukhovsky, V.E. Khain ...
    Examines the structural evolution of the Earth's crust from the Triassic period to the present. The book describes the patterns of distribution, and the composition and accumulation conditions of formations in the various geological periods in all the continents and oceans. ... Read more

    R4 540,89

  • Rock Slope Engineering

    Civil Applications, Fifth Edition

    by Duncan C. Wyllie ...
    Rock Slope Engineering covers the investigation, design, excavation and remediation of man-made rock cuts and natural slopes, primarily for civil engineering applications. It presents design information on structural geology, shear strength of rock and ground water, including weathered rock. Slope design methods are discussed for planar, wedge, circular and toppling failures, including seismic ... Read more

    R2 411,42

  • Collateral Values

    The Natural Capital Created by Landscapes of War

    Edited by Todd R. Lookingbill, Peter D. Smallwood ...
    Series Book 25 - Landscape Series
    This book explores the unanticipated benefits that may arise after wars and conflicts, showing how the preservation of battlefields and the establishment of borderlands can create natural capital in the former landscapes of war. The editors call this Collateral Value, in contrast to the collateral damage that war inflicts upon infrastructure, natural capital, and human capital. The book includes ... Read more

    R2 493,76

  • Subpixel Mapping for Remote Sensing Images

    by Peng Wang, Lei Zhang ...
    Subpixel mapping is a technology that generates a fine resolution land cover map from coarse resolution fractional images by predicting the spatial locations of different land cover classes at the subpixel scale. This book provides readers with a complete overview of subpixel image processing methods, basic principles, and different subpixel mapping techniques based on single or multi-shift remote ... Read more

    R1 308,21

  • Theoretical and Applied Approaches to Economic Geography and Spatial Planning

    Edited by George M. Korres, Maria Michailidis, Anastasios K. Sepetis, Spyros Anagnostou ...
    The field of economic geography and spatial planning bridges theoretical insights and practical applications to better understand how economic activities are distributed across space. By examining the spatial dimensions of economic behavior such as location choices and regional disparities, scholars and planners can develop strategies that promote balanced growth and sustainable development. These ... Read more

    R3 493,23

  • Geospatial Information Handbook for Water Resources and Watershed Management, Volume I

    Fundamentals and Analyses

    Edited by John G Lyon, Lynn Lyon ...
    Volume I of Geospatial Information Handbook for Water Resources and Watershed Management discusses fundamental characteristics, measurements, and analyses of water features and watersheds including lakes and reservoirs, rivers and streams, and coasts and estuaries. It presents contemporary knowledge on Geospatial Technology (GT)–supported functional analyses of water runoff, storage and balance, ... Read more

    R1 616,08

  • Teaching Spatial Thinking with Geographic Information Systems

    by Joseph Kerski ...
    Series series Elgar Guides to Teaching
    This book focuses on the whys of where, transcending disciplinary boundaries and offering over 100 practical hands-on lessons in teaching spatial thinking through interactive maps made with Geographic Information Systems (GIS).Using foundations in educational research and the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the included tools and methods cover scales from local to global, building skills ... Read more

    R723,23

  • Aquatic Ecosystems Monitoring

    Conventional Assessment to Advanced Remote Sensing

    Edited by Prem Chandra Pandey, Prashant K. Srivastava, Sanjeev Kumar Srivastava ...
    This book collates traditional and modern applications of remote sensing in aquatic ecosystem monitoring. It covers conventional assessment methods like sampling, surveying, macroinvertebrates, and chlorophyll estimation for aquatic ecosystem health assessment. Advanced remote sensing technology provides timely spectral information for quantitative and qualitative assessment of water quality, ... Read more

    R1 513,46

  • Radar Imaging for Maritime Observation

    by Fabrizio Berizzi, Marco Martorella, Elisa Giusti ...
    Series series Signal and Image Processing of Earth Observations
    Based on the experiences of the Department of Information Engineering of the University of Pisa and the Radar and Surveillance System (RaSS) national laboratory of the National Interuniversity Consortium of Telecommunication (CNIT), Radar Imaging for Maritime Observation presents the most recent results in radar imaging for maritime observation. The book explores both the areas of sea surface ... Read more

    Was R1 872,64 Now R1 667,40

  • GIS and Machine Learning for Small Area Classifications in Developing Countries

    by Adegbola Ojo ...
    Since the emergence of contemporary area classifications, population geography has witnessed a renaissance in the area of policy related spatial analysis. Area classifications subsume geodemographic systems which often use data mining techniques and machine learning algorithms to simplify large and complex bodies of information about people and the places in which they live, work and undertake ... Read more

    R1 436,49

  • Ultimate Newman’s Law 2

    Book of the Laws, #2

    by S. M. Newman ...
    Series Book 2 - Book of the Laws
    Ultimate Newman's Law II — Neutrinos: The Spider's Footprints, Not the WebBook Description:Welcome to a rollicking, nerd-joy ride at the edge of physics and philosophy. In Volume II of the Newman canon, S. M. Newman trains his ear on the universe's most mischievous particles: neutrinos. These ghostlike travelers—born in stellar furnaces, supernovae, and reactor cores—are the perfect test case for ... Read more

    R108,69 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Explainable Machine Learning for Geospatial Data Analysis

    A Data-Centric Approach

    by Courage Kamusoko ...
    Explainable machine learning (XML), a subfield of AI, is focused on making complex AI models understandable to humans. This book highlights and explains the details of machine learning models used in geospatial data analysis. It demonstrates the need for a data-centric, explainable machine learning approach to obtain new insights from geospatial data. It presents the opportunities, challenges, and ... Read more

    R3 206,77

  • Synthetic Aperture Radar for Surface Motion Estimation

    by Timo Balz ...
    Series Book 3 - Topics in Advanced Geoinformatics
    This book delivers a comprehensive introduction to the principles and applications of synthetic aperture radar (SAR) for measuring and monitoring surface motion caused by a wide range of geophysical phenomena, such as earthquakes, volcanoes, urban subsidence, and landslides. Along with covering essential SAR concepts like the radar equation, resolution, and signal processing techniques such as ... Read more

    R948,05

  • Introduction to GIS Programming and Fundamentals with Python and ArcGIS®

    by Chaowei Yang ...
    Combining GIS concepts and fundamental spatial thinking methodology with real programming examples, this book introduces popular Python-based tools and their application to solving real-world problems. It elucidates the programming constructs of Python with its high-level toolkits and demonstrates its integration with ArcGIS Theory. Filled with hands-on computer exercises in a logical learning ... Read more

    Was R1 410,83 Now R1 256,90

  • Spatial Analysis in Field Primatology

    Applying GIS at Varying Scales

    Edited by Francine L. Dolins, Christopher A. Shaffer, Leila M. Porter, Jena R. Hickey, Nathan P. Nibbelink ...
    From foraging patterns in a single tree to social interactions across a home range, how primates use space is a key question in the field of primate behavioral ecology. Drawing on the latest advances in spatial analysis tools, this book offers practical guidance on applying geographic information systems (GIS) to central questions in primatology. An initial methodological section discusses niche ... Read more

    R1 007,27

  • Information Engineering of Emergency Treatment for Marine Oil Spill Accidents

    by Lin Mu, Lizhe Wang, Jining Yan ...
    Oil spills are a serious marine disaster. Oil spill accidents usually occur in shipping, ports and offshore oil development. Although most are emergent events, once an oil spill occurs, it will cause great harm to the marine ecological environment, and bring direct harm to the economic development along the affected coast as well as to human health and public safety.Information Engineering of ... Read more

    R1 513,46

  • Hydrologic Remote Sensing

    Capacity Building for Sustainability and Resilience

    Edited by Yang Hong, Yu Zhang, Sadiq Khan ...
    Environmental remote sensing plays a critical role in observing key hydrological components such as precipitation, soil moisture, evapotranspiration and total water storage on a global scale. As water security is one of the most critical issues in the world, satellite remote sensing techniques are of particular importance for emerging regions which have inadequate in-situ gauge observations. This ... Read more

    R4 156,04

  • Optical Remote Sensing of Land Surface

    Techniques and Methods

    by Nicolas Baghdadi, Mehrez Zribi ...
    The considerable progress in instrumentation and in the development of methods for the processing and analysis of data places remote sensing at the center of various international programs for the surveillance and tracking of climatic and anthropogenic changes and effects on the environment. This volume presents optical imaging and LiDAR systems: their instrumentation, physics of measurement, ... Read more

    R2 511,67

  • Martin Waldseemüller’s 'Carta marina' of 1516

    Study and Transcription of the Long Legends

    by Chet Van Duzer ...
    This open access book presents the first detailed study of one of the most important masterpieces of Renaissance cartography, Martin Waldseemüller’s Carta marina of 1516. By transcribing, translating into English, and detailing the sources of all of the descriptive texts on the map, as well as the sources of many of the images, the book makes the map available to scholars in a wholly unprecedented ... Read more

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  • Geospatial Technologies for Land Degradation Assessment and Management

    by R. S. Dwivedi ...
    The constant growth of the world’s population and the decline of the availability of land and soil resources are global concerns for food security. Other concerns are the decrease in productivity and delivery of essential ecosystems services because of the decline of soil quality and health by a range of degradation processes. Key soil properties like soil bulk density, organic carbon ... Read more

    R1 154,27

  • Fundamentals of Spatial Analysis and Modelling

    by Jay Gao ...
    This textbook provides comprehensive and in-depth explanations of all topics related to spatial analysis and spatiotemporal simulation, including how spatial data are acquired, represented digitally, and spatially aggregated. Also features the nature of space and how it is measured. Descriptive, explanatory, and inferential analyses are covered for point, line, and area data. It captures the ... Read more

    R1 308,21

  • Data and Models in Action

    Methodological Issues in Production Ecology

    Edited by A. Stein, F.W. Penning de Vries ...
    Series Book 5 - Current Issues in Production Ecology
    Under leadership of CT de Wit a large amount of modeling, building prototypes and also application, was carried out in the 1970s and 1980s. Comprehensive models were built, evaluated and carefully documented in the areas of crop growth production, plant breeding, soil water and nutrients, and in crop protection. Simulation techniques and biophysical theories developed in parallel. Simulation and ... Read more

    R2 493,76