Importance of Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems

Description

Earth, resource, and environmental experts now have a new drive thanks to remote sensing. It is necessary to fully utilize this space technology gift to address the nation's issues. Our planners, leaders, and scientists have been forced to think about better ways to manage natural resources due to rising populations and declining resources. Remote Sensing and GIS are intended to serve as foundational texts for undergraduate courses in civil engineering, geoinformatics/geomatics engineering, geotechnical engineering, survey engineering, and environmental engineering. It will likewise satisfy the prerequisites for introductory courses in geography, geophysics, earth resources management, environmental management, and disaster management. Do geographic information systems offer a way to combine and analyze spatial data, such as the location of the closest movie theater? combined with pertinent non-spatial data. GIS may run on a variety of systems and offers three main functionalities. However, a GIS only produces one kind of product, a map, and there are no other ways to engage with geographic data in a GIS. The book begins with an overview of GIS, its numerous elements, and functionality before covering map projection systems, various data input models, spatial analysis, and surface modeling GIS topics. A computer-based tool for mapping and evaluating features and events on earth is a geographic information system (GIS). Maps and standard database functions like querying and statistical analysis are combined using GIS technology. On the other hand, the science of gathering information about an object or a phenomenon without coming into contact with it is known as remote sensing. The book is a resource for professionals that encounter remote sensing and GIS in their job and wish to learn more about its fundamentals and real-world applications to aid in their professional or exploration activities.