Free GIS Book

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FreeGIS Book

  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. Format
              1. Raster
              2. Vector
        2. Data gathering
              1. Remote sensing
              2. GPS
              3. Traditional survey
              4. Scanning
              5. Vectorization
  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