Cartography

Since the dawn of creation, man has designed maps to help identify the space that we occupy. From Lewis and Clark's pencil-sketched maps of mountain trails to Jacques Cousteau's sophisticated charts of the ocean floor, creating maps of the utmost precision has been a constant pursuit. So why should ... More

Primarily aimed to be an introductory text for the first course in surveying for the engineering students, this book is written in a very simple and lucid language. There are more than 350 figures to explain the fundamentals. Separate chapters are written on underground surveying, electronic measure... More

Rapid advances in digital camera technology, real-time satellite differential global positioning systems, and digital imaging from airborne platforms have yielded new opportunities for on-the-fly, in situ digital mapping when used in conjunction with state-of-the-art digital photogrammetric workstat... More

One of our greatest current challenges is the preservation and remediation of ecosystem integrity. This requires monitoring and assessment over large geographic areas, repeatedly over time, and cannot be practically fulfilled by field measurements alone. Remotely sensed imagery plays a crucial role ... More

This book remains the first port of call for anyone seeking a comprehensive treament of the mathematics involved in map making and elementary surveying. The author has written a new chapter on the subject of least squares estimations. To support this new topic, an appendix has been added, presenting... More

Although much has been written on evidence-based policy making, this is the first single volume to address the potential contribution of GIS in this area. This book covers the development of new methodological approaches, emphasizing the identification of spatial patterns in social phenomena. Consid... More

This book provides the sweep issues concerning energy, water and forests in an Indian prespective. It fulfils the need of environment management courses in universities and other educational institutions in India. An excellent reading material for general readers conscious of environmental issues.... More

The book is designed as a guide to day-today environmental management. It covers the nuts and bolts of effective environmental management and provides a through introduction.... More

Environmental Management is a neat and comprehensive presentation of a multi-disciplinary subject, treated from both national and global perspectives. Starting with the basics of every branch of science as it relates to the environment, the author goes to expound on human interference with the envir... More

The maps of a country are not only indicators of its political life but also illustrate its social and economic conditions. this volume traces the evolution of Indian maps from the time when India was only a concept in the minds of Ancient races, to the coming of the British, who established cartog... More

This book traces the heritage and hierarchy of environmental, orgnisationaland institutional setup for managing distinguished and disguised problems. Itdisplays the inter-relationships among the different aspects of environmentalmanagement and identifies new concepts which would indicate current and... More

The new edition of this best-selling textbook reflects the increasing importance of cartography as the basis for geographical analysis. The book has been thoroughly updated, and is further enhanced through four new and timely chapters: Atlases, Mapping Time, Maps and the World Wide Web, and Geovisua... More

The book opens with the basic techniques of satellite geocoding (including the use of GPS and mosaic production) before describing a wide range of algorithms for extraction of information from optical and radar satellite images. The text then moves on to address the derivation of topographic informa... More

This look at complex environmental challenges and their increasingly sophisticated technological solutions explores case studies of the most innovative geographic information system (GIS) projects yet devised by governments, businesses, and individuals. Each study showcases GIS solutions, yet balanc... More

The Cat in the Hat introduces beginning readers to maps- the different kinds (city, state, world, topographic, temperature, terrain, etc.); their formats (flat, globe, atlas, puzzle); the tools we use to read them (symbols, scales, grids, compasses); and funny facts about the places they show us (" ... More