The only integrated presentation of geoinformatics Interdisciplinary and practice-oriented Also considers remote sensing and computer science

Autorentext

Norbert de Lange studied geography and mathematics in Bochum, taught and conducted research at the Institutes of Geography at the Universities of Münster and Osnabrück. In 2005, he was involved in founding the Institute for Geoinformatics and Remote Sensing at the University of Osnabrück, which has since merged with the Institute for Computer Science, where he has been Professor of Environmental Informatics and Municipal Planning since 2016. His main research focuses on applications of geoinformatics in urban and regional planning. He has taught a variety of courses on geoinformation systems, digital cartography and data analysis in earth sciences for more than 40 years.

Inhalt

1 Introduction.- 2 Basic terms and general principles of information processing.- 3 Basics from computer science.- 4 Spatial objects and reference systems.- 5 Digital spatial data: Data mining, geographic reference data and VGI.- 6 Standards and interoperability of spatial data.- 7 Visualization of spatial information.- 8 Data organization and database systems.- 9 Geographic information systems.- 10 Remote sensing and digital image processing.