Geographic Information Science

Author: Chen Sheng
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Publish Date: 2003-07-01
Features: This book is available for researchers and teachers/students from universities involved in aerospace, geography, meteorology, oceanography, surveying and mapping, environment, ecology, urban and regional planning, as well as space information technology and earth system science. This volume includes 57 articles on Earth Information Science. The content mainly includes: ① Earth Information Science: Discusses theoretical issues related to Earth System Science and Earth Information Science, elaborates on Earth Information Science in the new economic era and its applications, as well as the development of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and the industrialization wave; ② Digital Earth Strategy: Discusses the background and high points of the Digital Earth strategy, the challenges it brings, and explores theoretical and technical issues of Digital Earth; ③ Satellite Remote Sensing Applications: Discusses new concepts in aerospace remote sensing applications, the spatiotemporal dimensions of remote sensing geoscience analysis, and the theoretical research on geographic spatiotemporal hierarchy; ④ Geoscience Information Atlas Method and Knowledge Innovation: Elaborates on the concept, methods, and geographic environmental virtual reality of geoscience information atlases, as well as issues related to grid computing, technology integration, and knowledge innovation.