Book Outline

1. Introduction:

1. Open Standards

2. Open Source

3. Open Books

4. Open Data

2. Coordinate Reference System

1. Datum

2. Projection

3. Geospatial Data

1 Geospatial Data Basics

1. Geospatial Data Formats

1. Raster Data

2. Vector Data

3. Attribute Data

4. Documenting Geospatial Data. The Metadata

2. Geospatial Data Collection

1. Aerial Photography and Remote Sensing

1. Instruments

2. Photogrammetry Basics

3. Remote Sensing Basics

2. GPS

1. How the GPS System Works

2. GPS Receiver Types

1. Recreational

2. GIS

3. Survey

3. Traditional Surveying

1. Surveying Basics

2. Surveying Instruments and Equipment

1. Surveying Instruments

1. Total Stations

2. Levels

3. GPS Receivers

4. Laser Scanners

5. Hydrographic Surveying Instruments

6: Other Surveying Equipment

3. Types Of Traditional Surveys

1. Control Surveys

2. Topographic Surveys

3. Hydrographic Surveys

4. Construction Surveys

4.Processing Survey Data

4. Utilizing Existing Data

1. Using Existing Hardcopy Data

1. Scanning

2. Vectorization

2. Using Digital Data

5. A System Geospatial Data Collection

1. Planning

2. Record Keeping During Data Collection

Discovering Data. Clearinghose systems and Protocol z 39.50
4. Web Map Service

1. What is the WMS protocol

2. Example sites/services using WMS

3. HOWTO - request a simple map by hand

4. [Open Source Clients]?

1. Client side only solutsions (javascript)

2. Server side supported clients (PHP, JSP...)

5. Walkthough - a simple map portal

6. Open Source Servers

7. Simple Maps

8. SLD

9. Complex maps

5. Web Feature Servers 6. Web Coverage Servers 7. Catalogues (ed: markus) 8. Client applications (here or before WMS?) ed: M Gould

1. light clients

2. heav(ier) clients

9. Image Enhancement

1. Statistical Overview

2. Histograms

3. Constrast Stretching

1. Linear Stretching

2. Non-linear Stretching

4. Spatial Filtering

1. Convolution Filter

2. Fourier Transform

10. Spectral Indices 11. Image classification 12. Geostatistics

1. Descriptive Statistics

2. Interpolation

1. Inverse distance weighted

2. Spline

3. Kriging

4. Cokriging

3. Display

1. Contour

13. Network analysis

1. Free Software For Network Analysis

2. Topology

3. Shortest Path

4. Traveling salesman

14. Terrain Analysis (was Digital Elevation Model) ed: ajolma

1. Free Software For Terrain Analysis

2. Visualization Of Terrain

3. [Primary Topographic Attributes]? (was Slope)

4. Orientation (merge into the above?)

5. Hillshading

15. Models and Modeling (was Model)

1. Catchment hydrology (was Watershed) ed: ajolma

2. Erosion

3. Wildfire Spread

4. Computer-aided dispatch

5. Multi-criteria Evaluation

16. Automated Mapping

1. Auto-Labeling

2. Projection Shift

Glossary Appendix 1: Abbreviations Appednix 2: List of Graphics Appendix 3: Answers To Review Questions

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