Contents in Brief
Part 1 Geospatial Data and GPS
1 It’s a Geospatial World Out There
1
2 Where in the Geospatial World Are You?
29
3 Getting Your Data to Match the Map
51
4 Finding Your Location with the Global
Positioning System
73
Part 2 Geographic Information Systems
5 Working With Digital Spatial Data and GIS
99
6 Using GIS for Spatial Analysis
147
7 Using GIS to Make a Map
185
8 Getting There Quicker with Geospatial Technology
223
Part 3 Remote Sensing
9 Remotely Sensed Images from Above
269
10 How Remote Sensing Works
295
11 Images from Space
323
12 Studying the Environment from Space
351
Part 4 Geospatial Applications
13 Digital Landscaping
377
14 See the World in 3D
405
15 What’s Next for Geospatial Technology?
439