Introduction to Earth Information Science

Author: Ma Jianhua
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Publish Date: 2004-01-01
Features: This book comprehensively and systematically elaborates on the disciplinary characteristics and research content of Earth Information Science, with a focus on its fundamental theories, technical methods, and engineering applications. The book is divided into fifteen chapters: ; the first two chapters introduce the origin and development of Earth Information Science and its disciplinary characteristics and research content; chapters three, four, and five discuss the content and theoretical issues of Earth System Science, Information Science, and Earth Information Mechanism; chapters six to ten provide a detailed introduction to the relevant content and methods of Earth Information Acquisition, Earth Information Analysis and Mining, Earth Information Management, Earth Information Transmission, and Earth Information Cartography; chapters eleven to fourteen focus on elaborating on Earth Information Engineering, Earth Information Application Groups, Earth Information Application Models, Virtual Geographic Environments, and the theory and implementation of Earth Information Visualization; the fifteenth chapter introduces the frontiers of Earth Information Science and looks ahead to its future. This book can serve as a textbook for senior undergraduate students in Earth Science, Resource and Environment, and Information-related fields, and can also be referenced by graduate students in related disciplines, as well as scientists and engineers working in Earth resources and environmental fields, and scholars in emerging fields such as information resource development.