Open Source Geospatial Tools : Applications in Earth Observation - McInerney, Daniel; Kempeneers, Pieter; SpringerLink (Online service) (Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015)
Introduction -- Vector data processing -- Raster data explained -- Introduction to GDAL utilities -- Manipulating raster data -- Indexed color images -- Image overviews, tiling and pyramids -- Image (re-)projections and merging -- Raster meets vector data -- Raster meets point data -- Virtual rasters and raster calculations -- Pktools -- Orfeo Toolbox -- Write your own geospatial utilities -- 3D point cloud data processing -- Case study on Vector Spatial analysis -- Multispectral land cover classification -- Case study on point data -- Conclusions and future outlook.
Keywords: Physical geography; Remote sensing; Geographical information systems; Computer programming; Optical data processing; Environmental monitoring; Earth System Sciences; Remote Sensing/Photogrammetry.; Geographical Information Systems/Cartography.; Programming Techniques; Image Processing and Computer Vision; Monitoring/Environmental Analysis