TY - BOOK AU - Liu,Jian Guo AU - Mason,Philippa J. TI - Image processing and GIS for remote sensing: techniques and applications SN - 9781118724200 U1 - 621.3678 23 PY - 2016/// CY - Chichester PB - Wiley Blackwell KW - Remote sensing KW - Geographic information systems KW - Image processing KW - Earth (Planet) KW - Surface N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; 1. Digital image and display -- 2. Point operations (contrast enhancement) -- 3. Algebraic operations (multi-image point operations) -- 4. Filtering and neighbourhood processing -- 5. RGB-IHS transformation -- 6. Image fusion techniques -- 7. Principal component analysis (PCA) -- 8. Image classification -- 9. Image geometric operations -- 10. Introduction to interferometric synthetic aperture radar (InSAR) technique -- 11. Sub-pixel technology and its applications -- 12. Geographical information systems -- 13. Data models and structures -- 14. Defining a coordinate space -- 15. Operations -- 16. Extracting information from point data : geostatistics -- 17. Representing and exploiting surfaces -- 18. Decision support and uncertainty -- 19. Complex problems and multi-criterion evaluation -- 20. Image processing and GIS operation strategy -- 21. Thematic teaching case studies in SE Spain -- 22. Research case studies -- 23. Industrial case studies -- 24. Concluding remarks -- Appendices N2 - This book maintains its aim to provide an application-driven package of essential techniques in image processing and GIS, together with case studies for demonstration and guidance in remote sensing applications ER -