Open Source GIS
Subtitle: a GRASS GIS Approach
By: by Markus Neteler, Helena Mitasova
Contributors: Mitasova, Helena
Series: The Kluwer International Series in Engineering and Computer Science -- 689; Kluwer international series in engineering and computer science -- 689.
Publisher: Springer US
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Boston, MA
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 435
ISBN-13: 9781475735802; 9781475735789
Subjects: Computer graphics; Environmental management; Remote sensing; Hydraulic engineering; Geographic information systems; Geography
Description: Open Source GIS: A GRASS GIS Approach was written for experienced GIS users, who want to learn GRASS, as well as for the Open Source software users who are GIS newcomers. Following the Open Source model of GRASS, the book includes links to sites where the GRASS system and on-line reference manuals can be downloaded and additional applications can be viewed. The project's website can be reached at http://grass.itc.it and a number of mirror sites worldwide. Open Source GIS: A GRASS GIS Approach, provides basic information about the use of GRASS from setting up the spatial database, through working with raster, vector and site data, to image processing and hands-on applications. This book also contains a brief introduction to programming within GRASS encouraging the new GRASS development. The power of computing within Open Source environment is illustrated by examples of the GRASS usage with other Open Source software tools, such as GSTAT, R statistical language, and linking GRASS to MapServer. Open Source GIS: A GRASS GIS Approach is designed to meet the needs of a professional audience composed of researchers and practitioners in industry and graduate level students in Computer Science and Geoscience.
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