Imagery and GIS: Best Practices for Extracting Information from Imagery

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 Imagery shows 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.

Table of Contents

Section 1 Discovering Imagery
Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 Thinking About Imagery
Chapter 3 Imagery Fundamentals
Chapter 4 Choosing and Accessing the Right Imagery

Section 2 Using Imagery
Chapter 5 Working with Imagery
Chapter 6 Imagery Processing: Controlling Unwanted Variation in the Imagery

Section 3 Extracting Information from Imagery
Chapter 7 Understanding Variation on the Ground—the Importance of the Classification Scheme
Chapter 8 Digital Elevation Models
Chapter 9 Data Exploration: Tools for Linking Variation in the Imagery to Variation on the Ground
Chapter 10 Image Classification
Chapter 11 Change Analysis

Section 4 Managing Imagery and GIS Data
Chapter 12 Accuracy Assessment
Chapter 13 Managing and Serving Imagery
Chapter 14 Concluding Thoughts