Introduction to Geospatial Technologies 5th Edition by Bradley A. Shellito, ISBN-13: 978-1319249519

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Introduction to Geospatial Technologies 5th Edition by Bradley A. Shellito, ISBN-13: 978-1319249519

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• Publisher: ‎ W. H. Freeman; Fifth edition (December 20, 2019)
• Language: ‎ English
• ISBN-10: ‎ 1319249515
• ISBN-13: ‎ 978-1319249519

Written for majors and non-majors alike, Introduction to Geospatial Technologies demonstrates the wide range of geographic technologies available to and used by geographers today. Each chapter contains an introduction to the key concepts and a lab activity, so that in addition to gaining a basic foundation of knowledge, students also obtain hands-on experience with the relevant software.

Table of Contents:

PART 1 Geospatial Data and GPS

CHAPTER 1 It’s a Geospatial World Out There

An Introduction to Geospatial Technologies, Geospatial Jobs,

Geospatial Data, Volunteered Geographic Information,

Geolocation, and Google Earth

What Is Geospatial Technology?

Who Uses Geospatial Technology?

What Is Geospatial Data?

What Does All This Have to Do with Geography?

What Is Geolocation?

What Is Google Earth?

Geospatial Lab Application 1.1: Introduction to

Geospatial Concepts and Google Earth Pro

Thinking Critically with Geospatial Technology

1.1 What Happens to Privacy in a Geospatial World?

Hands-On Application

1.1 Industries Using Geospatial Technology

1.2 Jobs in the Geospatial Field

1.3 The National Map

1.4 Mapping Data Layers Online

1.5 Examining Real Estate Values Online

1.6 Geospatial Technology and Crime Mapping

1.7 The Geospatial Revolution Will Be Televised

1.8 User-Generated Geospatial Content Online

1.9 Where Am I Right Now?

Geospatial Apps

Geospatial Technologies in Social Media

CHAPTER 2 Where in the Geospatial World Are You?

Locations in a Digital World, Position Measurements,

Datums, Coordinate Systems, GCS, Map Projections, UTM,

and SPCS

What Is a Datum?

What Is a Geographic Coordinate System?

How Can Real-World Data Be Translated onto a Two-

Dimensional Surface?

What Is UTM?

What Is SPCS?

Geospatial Lab Application 2.1: Coordinates and Position

Measurements

Thinking Critically with Geospatial Technology

2.1 Do You Really Need Printed Maps in a Digital World?

Hands-On Application

2.1 Replacing the NAD83 Datum

2.2 Great Circle Distance Calculations

2.3 Examining the Effects of Different Map Projections

2.4 Converting from Latitude/Longitude to UTM

2.5 Using the State Plane Coordinate System

Projection and Coordinate System Apps

Coordinate Systems and Projections in Social Media

CHAPTER 3 Getting Your Data to Match the Map

Reprojecting, Georeferencing, Control Points, and

Transformations

How Can You Align Different Geospatial Datasets to

Work Together?

What Is Georeferencing?

How Can Data Be Georeferenced?

How Is Data Transformed to a Georeferenced Format?

Geospatial Lab Application 3.1: Georeferencing an Image

Thinking Critically with Geospatial Technology

3.1 What Happens When Measurements Don’t Match Up?

3.2 What Happens When the Georeferencing Is Wrong?

Hands-On Application

3.1 David Rumsey Historical Map Collection

3.2 Online Georeferencing Resources

3.3 Georeferenced Historical Maps and the Spyglass

Georeferencing Apps

Georeferencing in Social Media

CHAPTER 4 Finding Your Location with the Global

Positioning System

GPS Origins, Position Measurement, Errors, Accuracy, GNSS

around the World, Applications, and Geocaching

Who Made GPS?

What Does the Global Positioning System Consist of?

How Does GPS Find Your Position?

Why Isn’t GPS Perfectly Accurate?

How Can You Get Better Accuracy from GPS?

What Other GNSS Are There Beyond GPS?

What Are Some Applications of GPS?

Geospatial Lab Application 4.1: GNSS Applications

Thinking Critically with Geospatial Technology

4.1 What Happens if GPS Stops Working?

Hands-On Application

4.1 Trilateration Concepts

4.2 Things to Do Before You Go Geocaching

GPS Apps

GPS and GNSS in Social Media

PART 2 Geographic Information Systems

CHAPTER 5 Working with Digital Geospatial Data and GIS

Geographic Information Systems, Modeling the Real World,

Vector Data and Raster Data, Attribute Data, Joining Tables,

Metadata, Esri, ArcGIS, and QGIS

How Does GIS Represent Real-World Items?

How Can You Represent the Real World as Continuous

Fields?

How Is Non-Spatial Data Handled by GIS?

What Other Kind of Information Do You Need to Use GIS

Data?

What Kinds of GIS Are Available?

Geospatial Lab Application 5.1: GIS Introduction: QGIS

Version

Geospatial Lab Application 5.2: GIS Introduction:

ArcGIS Pro Version

Thinking Critically with Geospatial Technology

5.1 What Happens When You Don’t Have Metadata?

Hands-On Application

5.1 Using GIS Online

5.2 GIS City Maps and Apps

5.3 The National Map Advanced Viewer

5.4 Esri News and Videos

GIS Apps

GIS in Social Media

CHAPTER 6 Using GIS for Spatial Analysis

Database Query and Selection, Buffers, Overlay Operations,

Geoprocessing Concepts, and Modeling with GIS

How Can Data Be Retrieved from a GIS for Analysis?

How Can You Perform Basic Spatial Analysis in GIS?

How Can Multiple Types of Spatial Analysis Operations

Be Performed in GIS?

Geospatial Lab Application 6.1: GIS Spatial Analysis:

QGIS Version

Geospatial Lab Application 6.2: GIS Spatial Analysis:

ArcGIS Pro Version

Thinking Critically with Geospatial Technology

6.1 What Are Potential Societal or Policy Impacts of GIS

Models?

Hands-On Application

6.1 Building SQL Queries in GIS

6.2 Working with Buffers in GIS

6.3 The Land Transformation Model

Spatial Analysis Apps

Spatial Analysis in Social Media

CHAPTER 7 Using GIS to Make a Map

Scale, Map Elements, Map Layouts, Type, Thematic Maps,

Data Classification Methods, Color Choices, and Digital Map

Distribution Formats

How Does the Scale of the Data Affect the Map (and Vice

Versa)?

What Are Some Design Elements Included in Maps?

How Is Data Displayed on a GIS Map?

What Kinds of Colors Are Best to Use with GIS Maps?

How Can GIS Maps Be Exported and Distributed?

Geospatial Lab Application 7.1: GIS Layouts: QGIS

Version

Geospatial Lab Application 7.2: GIS Layouts: ArcGIS

Pro Version

Thinking Critically with Geospatial Technology

7.1 Why Is Map Design Important?

Hands-On Application

7.1 Powers of 10—A Demonstration of Scale

7.2 Presidential Election Thematic Maps

7.3 The Census Data Mapper

7.4 ColorBrewer Online

Cartography Apps

Cartography in Social Media

CHAPTER 8 Getting There More Quickly with Geospatial

Technology

Satellite Navigation Systems, Road Maps in a Digital World,

Creating a Street Network, Geocoding, Shortest Paths, and

Street Networks Online

How Do You Model a Network for Geospatial

Technology?

How Is Address Matching Performed?

How Are Shortest Paths Found?

How Are Networks Used in Geospatial Technology?

Geospatial Lab Application 8.1: Geocoding and Shortest

Path Analysis

Thinking Critically with Geospatial Technology

8.1 What Happens When Maps Are Incorrect?

8.2 What Security, Privacy, and Other Issues Does Google

Street View Entail?

Hands-On Application

8.1 The U.S. Census TIGERweb

8.2 Geocoding Using Online Resources

8.3 Online Mapping and Routing Applications and Shortest

Paths

8.4 Finding the Best Route for Multiple Stops

8.5 Examining Google Street View

Geocoding and Shortest Path Apps

Geocoding and Shortest Paths in Social Media

PART 3 Remote Sensing

CHAPTER 9 Remotely Sensed Images from Above

Where Aerial Photography Came from, UAS, Color-Infrared

Photos, Orthophotos, Oblique Photos, Visual Image

Interpretation, and Photogrammetric Measurements

How Did Aircraft Photography Develop?

What Are Unmanned Aircraft Systems?

What Are the Different Types of Aerial Photos?

How Can You Interpret Objects in an Aerial Image?

How Can You Make Measurements from an Aerial

Photo?

Geospatial Lab Application 9.1: Visual Imagery

Interpretation

Thinking Critically with Geospatial Technology

9.1 What Is the Difference between Flying a UAS for

Commercial Purposes and for Recreational Purposes?

Hands-On Application

9.1 World War II Aerial Photography Online

9.2 No-Fly Zones for UAS

9.3 Viewing Aerial Photography Online

9.4 Examining CIR Photos

9.5 Oblique Imagery on Bing Maps

UAS Apps

Aerial Imagery in Social Media

CHAPTER 10 How Remote Sensing Works

Electromagnetic Energy, the Remote Sensing Process,

Spectral Reflectance, NDVI, Digital Imagery, and Color

Composites

What Is Remote Sensing Actually Sensing?

What Is the Role of the Atmosphere in Remote Sensing?

What Happens to Energy When It Hits a Target on the

Ground?

How Can Spectral Reflectance Be Used in Remote

Sensing?

How Do You Display a Digital Remotely Sensed Image?

Geospatial Lab Application 10.1: Remotely Sensed

Imagery and Color Composites

Thinking Critically with Geospatial Technology

10.1 How Does Remote Sensing Affect Your Privacy?

Hands-On Application

10.1 Viewing Remotely Sensed Imagery Online

10.2 Viewing Imagery over Time

10.3 Wavelengths and the Scale of the Universe

10.4 Color Tools Online: Color Mixing

10.5 Comparing True Color and False Color Composites

Remote Sensing Apps

Remote Sensing in Social Media

CHAPTER 11 Images from Space

Satellite Remote Sensing, Satellite Orbits, Sensor

Resolutions, the Landsat Program, High-Resolution Satellite

Sensors, Small Satellites, CubeSats, and Using Satellites for

Monitoring

How Do Remote Sensing Satellites Collect Data?

What Are the Capabilities of a Satellite Sensor?

What Is a Landsat Satellite, and What Does It Do?

What Satellites Have High-Resolution Sensors?

How Can Satellites Be Used for Monitoring Earth?

Geospatial Lab Application 11.1: Landsat 8 Imagery

Thinking Critically with Geospatial Technology

11.1 What Effect Does Satellite Remote Sensing Have on

Political Borders?

11.2 What Happens If Landsat Imagery Is No Longer Free to

Use?

Hands-On Application

11.1 Examining Satellite Orbits in Real Time

11.2 Viewing Landsat Imagery with LandsatLook Viewer

11.3 Google Earth Engine and Applications of Landsat

Imagery

11.4 Viewing Sentinel-2 Imagery Online

11.5 Viewing High-Resolution Satellite Imagery

11.6 Crowdsourcing Satellite Imagery

Satellite Imagery Apps

Satellite Imagery in Social Media

CHAPTER 12 Studying Earth’s Climate and Environment

from Space

NASA and NOAA Satellites, MODIS, VIIRS, LST, SST,

CERES, AIRS, OMI, OMPS, GRACE-FO, and Jason-3

What Satellites and Sensors Are Used for Studying

Climate and the Environment?

How Is Environmental Monitoring Performed Using

Remote Sensing?

How Do Satellites Take Earth’s Temperature?

How Do Satellites Monitor Earth’s Atmosphere and Air

Quality?

How Do Satellites Monitor the Oceans and Water

Quality?

Geospatial Lab Application 12.1: Earth-Observing

Missions Imagery

Thinking Critically with Geospatial Technology

12.1 What If We Lose the Capability for Large- Scale

Studying and Monitoring of Earth’s Climate and

Environment?

Hands-On Application

12.1 NASA’s Earth Observatory

12.2 NASA Eyes on the Earth

12.3 NASA Worldview

12.4 The VIIRS View Spinning Marble

12.5 NASA Global Maps

12.6 Examining the State of the Ocean

Earth-Observing Mission Apps

Earth-Observing Missions in Social Media

PART 4 Geospatial Applications

CHAPTER 13 Digital Landscaping

Modeling, Digital Elevation Models (DEMs), Lidar, 3DEP,

and Applications of Terrain Data

How Can Terrain Be Represented Using Contours and

Topographic Maps?

How Can Geospatial Technology Represent a Terrain?

What Is a DEM?

How Can Digital Terrain Models Be Utilized?

Geospatial Lab Application 13.1: Digital Terrain Analysis

Thinking Critically with Geospatial Technology

13.1 If Everything’s Digital, Do We Still Need Printed

Topographic Maps?

Hands-On Application

13.1 The Historical Topographic Map Explorer

13.2 US Topos as GeoPDFs

13.3 U.S. Elevation Data and The National Map

13.4 Terrain and Imagery Examples in Google Earth

Terrain and Topography Apps

Digital Terrain in Social Media

CHAPTER 14 See the World in 3D

3D Geovisualization, 3D Modeling and Design, Extrusion,

3D Imagery from Aerial Photography, Stereo Imagery in 3D,

VR, AR, and MR

How Can Objects Be Modeled in 3D Using Geospatial

Technology?

How Can Large-Scale 3D Design Be Performed?

How Can You View Geospatial Data in Immersive 3D?

Geospatial Lab Application 14.1: 3D Modeling and

Visualization

Thinking Critically with Geospatial Technology

14.1 What Is the Advantage of Using 3D Design?

Hands-On Application

14.1 SketchUp Free

14.2 Cesium and 3D Maps

14.3 3D Buildings and Structures in Google Earth

14.4 3D CityEngine Web Scenes

14.5 VR Google Earth

3D Visualization Apps

3D Visualization in Social Media

CHAPTER 15 Life in the Geospatial Cloud and Other

Current Developments

Using the Cloud with Geospatial Technology, Web Maps,

ArcGIS Online, Story Maps, Who’s Involved with Geospatial

Technology, Geospatial Technologies in K–12 Education, and

College and University Geospatial Educational Programs

How Is the Cloud Used with Geospatial Technology?

What Is ArcGIS Online?

Who Is Involved with Geospatial Technology?

How Is Geospatial Technology Used in K–12 Educational

Efforts?

What Types of Educational Opportunities Are Available

with Geospatial Technology?

Geospatial Lab Application 15.1: Creating Web Maps and

Web Apps with ArcGIS Online

Thinking Critically with Geospatial Technology

15.1 Who Owns Geospatial Data?

15.2 What’s Next for Geospatial Technologies?

Hands-On Application

15.1 The Living Atlas of the World

15.2 Esri Story Maps

15.3 AmericaView and the StateView Programs

15.4 Educational Resources and Lesson Plans

15.5 Degree Programs and Certificates for Geospatial

Technology

Geospatial Cloud and Organizational Apps

Geospatial Organizations and the Geospatial Cloud in

Social Media

Glossary

Index

Bradley A. Shellito is a geographer whose work focuses on the application of geospatial technologies. Dr. Shellito has been a professor at Youngstown State University (YSU) since 2004, and was previously a faculty member at Old Dominion University. He teaches classes in GIS, Remote Sensing, GPS, and 3D Visualization and his research interests involve using these concepts with a variety of real-world issues. He also serves as YSU’s PI in OhioView, a statewide geospatial consortium. A native of the Youngstown area, Dr. Shellito received his bachelor’s degree from YSU, his Masters from the Ohio State University, and his doctorate from Michigan State University.

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