- Includes rich set of practical examples extensively tested by users with data and changes, related to software updates readily available on a related website
- The vector data architecture in the third edition is completely new; database support added
- Vector data covers both polygons, lines and sites in a new way and includes database management
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With this third edition of Open Source GIS: A GRASS GIS Approach, we enter the new era of GRASS6, the first release that includes substantial new code developed by the International GRASS Development Team. The dramatic growth in open source software libraries has made GRASS6 development more efficient, and has enhanced GRASS interoperability with a wide range of open source and proprietary geospatial tools.
Thoroughly updated with material related to GRASS6, the third edition includes new sections on attribute database management and SQL support, vector networks analysis, lidar data processing and new graphical user interfaces. All chapters are updated with numerous practical examples using the first release of a comprehensive, state-of-the-art geospatial data set.
Open Source GIS: A GRASS GIS Approach, Third Edition preserves the continuity of previous editions by maintaining the book's proven structure. This volume is structured for a professional audience composed of researchers and practitioners in government and industry, as well as graduate students interested in geospatial analysis and modeling.
- Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Open Source software and GIS
Pages 1-6
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GIS concepts
Pages 7-19
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Getting started with GRASS
Pages 21-51
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GRASS data models and data exchange
Pages 53-82
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Working with raster data
Pages 83-168
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Open Source GIS
- Book Subtitle
- A GRASS GIS Approach
- Authors
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- Markus Neteler
- Helena Mitasova
- Copyright
- 2008
- Publisher
- Springer US
- Copyright Holder
- Springer-Verlag US
- eBook ISBN
- 978-0-387-68574-8
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-0-387-68574-8
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-0-387-35767-6
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-1-4419-4206-7
- Edition Number
- 3
- Number of Pages
- XX, 406
- Additional Information
- Originally published as volume 773 in the series: The International Series in Engineering and Computer Science
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