Advances in Scalable and Intelligent Geospatial Analytics: Challenges and Applications

ISBN-13: 9781032200316 / Angielski / Twarda / 2023 / 390 str.

Surya S. Durbha; Jibonananda Sanyal; Lexie Yang

Opis

Geospatial data acquisition and analysis techniques have experienced tremendous growth in the last few years, providing an opportunity to solve previously unsolved environmental- and natural resource-related problems. However, a variety of challenges are encountered in processing the highly voluminous geospatial data in a scalable and efficient manner. Technological advancements in high-performance computing, computer vision, and big data analytics are enabling the processing of big geospatial data in an efficient and timely manner. Many geospatial communities have already adopted these techniques in multidisciplinary geospatial applications around the world. This book is a single source that offers a comprehensive overview of the state of the art and future developments in this domain.

FEATURES

• Demonstrates the recent advances in geospatial analytics tools, technologies, and algorithms
• Provides insight and direction to the geospatial community regarding the future trends in scalable and intelligent geospatial analytics
• Exhibits recent geospatial applications and demonstrates innovative ways to use big geospatial data to address various domain-specific, real-world problems
• Recognizes the analytical and computational challenges posed and opportunities provided by the increased volume, velocity, and veracity of geospatial data

This book is beneficial to graduate and postgraduate students, academicians, research scholars, working professionals, industry experts, and government research agencies working in the geospatial domain, where GIS and remote sensing are used for a variety of purposes. Readers will gain insights into the emerging trends on scalable geospatial data analytics.

Spis treści

Section I: Introduction to Geospatial Analytics. 1. Geospatial Technology – Developments, Present Scenario and Research Challenges. Section II: Geo-Ai. 2. Perspectives on Geospatial Artificial Intelligence Platforms for Multimodal Spatiotemporal Datasets. 3. Temporal Dynamics of Place and Mobility. 4. Geospatial Knowledge Graph Construction Workflow for Semantics-Enabled Remote Sensing Scene Understanding. 5. Geosemantic Standards-Driven Intelligent Information Retrieval Framework for 3D LiDAR Point Clouds. 6. Geospatial Analytics Using Natural Language Processing. Section III: Scalable Geospatial Analytics. 7. A Scalable Automated Satellite Data Downloading and Processing Pipeline Developed on AWS Cloud for Agricultural Applications. 8. Providing Geospatial Intelligence through a Scalable Imagery Pipeline. 9. Distributed Deep Learning and Its Application in Geo-spatial Analytics. 10. High-Performance Computing for Processing Big Geospatial Disaster Data. Section IV: Geovisualization: Innovative Approaches for Geovisualization and Geovisual Analytics for Big Geospatial Data. 11. Dashboard for Earth Observation. 12. Visual Exploration of LiDAR Point Clouds. Section V: Other Advances in Geospatial Domain. 13. Toward a Smart Metaverse City: Immersive Realism and 3D Visualization of Digital Twin Cities. 14. Current UAS Capabilities for Geospatial Spectral Solutions. 15. Flood Mapping and Damage Assessment Using Sentinel – 1 & 2 in Google Earth Engine of Port Berge & Mampikony Districts, Sophia Region, Madagascar. Section VI: Case Studies from the Geospatial Domain. 16. Fuzzy-Based Meta-Heuristic and Bi-Variate Geo-Statistical Modelling for Spatial Prediction of Landslides. 17. Understanding the Dynamics of the City through Crowdsourced Datasets: A Case Study of Indore City. 18. A Hybrid Model for the Prediction of Land Use/Land Cover Pattern in Kurunegala City, Sri Lanka. 19. Spatio-Temporal Dynamics of Tropical Deciduous Forests under Climate Change Scenarios in India. 20. A Survey of Machine Learning Techniques in Forestry Applications Using SAR Data.