Handbook on Advances in Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems: Paradigms and Applications in Forest Landscape Modeling

ISBN-13: 9783319523064 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 415 str.

Margarita N. Favorskaya; Lakhmi C. Jain; Igor Mikhailovich Danilin

Opis

This book presents the latest advances in remote-sensing and geographic information systems and applications.

Spis treści

Innovations in Remote Sensing of Forests.- Overview of LiDAR Technologies and Equipment for Land Cover Scanning.- Software Tools for Terrain and Forest Modelling.- Data Fusion for Evaluation of Woodland Parameters.- Tree Modelling in Virtual Reality Environment.- Realistic Tree Modelling.-  Digital Modelling of Terrain Surface.- Texturing of Landscape Scenes.- Large Scene Rendering.- Scene Rendering under Meteorological Impacts.- Lighting and Shadows Rendering in Natural Scenes.- Modelling of Forest Ecosystems.

Blurb

This book presents the latest advances in remote-sensing and geographic information systems and applications. It is divided into four parts, focusing on Airborne Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) and Optical Measurements of Forests; Individual Tree Modelling; Landscape Scene Modelling; and Forest Eco-system Modelling.

Given the scope of its coverage, the book offers a valuable resource for students, researchers, practitioners, and educators interested in remote sensing and geographic information systems and applications.