(Ebook) Computer Processing of Remotely-Sensed Images: An Introduction, Fourth Edition by Paul M. Mather, Magaly Koch(auth.) ISBN 9780470666517, 9780470742396, 047066651X, 0470742399

(Ebook) Computer Processing of Remotely-Sensed Images: An Introduction, Fourth Edition by Paul M. Mather, Magaly Koch(auth.) ISBN 9780470666517, 9780470742396, 047066651X, 0470742399

New and updated material includes:

• A website at www.wiley.com/go/mather4 that provides access to an updated and expanded version of the MIPS image processing software for Microsoft Windows, PowerPoint slideshows of the figures from each chapter, and case studies, including full data sets,
• Includes new chapter on Remote Sensing and Environmental GIS that provides insights into the ways in which remotely-sensed data can be used synergistically with other spatial data sets, including hydrogeological and archaeological applications,
• New section on image processing from a computer science perspective presented in a non-technical way, including some remarks on statistics,
• New material on image transforms, including the analysis of temporal change and data fusion techniques,
• New material on image classification including decision trees, support vector machines and independent components analysis, and
• Now in full colour throughout.

This book provides the material required for a single semester course in Environmental Remote Sensing plus additional, more advanced, reading for students specialising in some aspect of the subject. It is written largely in non-technical language yet it provides insights into more advanced topics that some may consider too difficult for a non-mathematician to understand. The case studies available from the website are fully-documented research projects complete with original data sets. For readers who do not have access to commercial image processing software, MIPS provides a licence-free, intuitive and comprehensive alternative.Content:
Chapter 1 Remote Sensing: Basic Principles (pages 1–27):
Chapter 2 Remote Sensing Platforms and Sensors (pages 29–66):
Chapter 3 Hardware and Software Aspects of Digital Image Processing (pages 67–85):
Chapter 4 Preprocessing of Remotely?Sensed Data (pages 87–124):
Chapter 5 Image Enhancement Techniques (pages 125–145):
Chapter 6 Image Transforms (pages 147–202):
Chapter 7 Filtering Techniques (pages 203–228):
Chapter 8 Classification (pages 229–284):
Chapter 9 Advanced Topics (pages 285–323):
Chapter 10 Environmental Geographical Information Systems: A Remote Sensing Perspective (pages 325–375):