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Handbook on Advances in Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems [electronic resource] : Paradigms and Applications in Forest Landscape Modeling / by Margarita N. Favorskaya, Lakhmi C. Jain.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Intelligent Systems Reference Library ; 122Publisher: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017Description: XIX, 415 p. 109 illus. online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9783319523088
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Printed edition:: No titleDDC classification:
  • 006.3 23
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
In: Springer eBooksSummary: 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.
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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.

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.