Part 1: Geospatial Data and GPS
Chapter 1: It’s a Geospatial World Out There:
An Introduction to Geospatial Technology, Google Earth, Thinking Spatially, and One of the Top Emerging and Evolving Job Markets
Chapter 2: Where In The Geospatial World Are You?
Locations in a Digital World, Position Measurements, Datums, Coordinate Systems, GCS, UTM, SPCS, and Map Projections
Chapter 3: Getting Your Data To Match The Map:
Reprojecting, Georeferencing, Control Points, Geometric Transformation and Resampling
Chapter 4: Finding Your Location With the Global Positioning System:
GPS Origins, Position Measurement, Navigation, Errors, Accuracy, Applications, Geocaching, and GNSS Around The World
Part 2: Geographic Information Systems
Chapter 5: Working With Digital Spatial Data and GIS:
Geographic Information Systems, Modeling the Real World, Vector Data and Raster Data, Attribute Data, Joining Tables, Metadata, ESRI, and ArcGIS
Chapter 6: Using GIS For Spatial Analysis:
Database Query and Selection, Buffers, Overlay Operations, Geoprocessing Concepts, and Modeling with GIS
Chapter 7: Making a Map With GIS:
Scale, Map Elements, Map Layouts, Type, Thematic Maps, Data Classification Methods, Color Choices, and Digital Map Distribution Formats
Chapter 8: Getting There Quicker With Geospatial Technology:
Vehicle Navigation Systems, Road Maps in a Digital World, Creating a Street Network, Geocoding, Shortest Paths, and Street Networks Online
Part 3: Remote Sensing
Chapter 9: Remotely Sensed Images From Above:
Where Aerial Photography Came From, Color Infrared Photos, Oblique Photos, Orthophotos, Stereo Photos, Visual Image Interpretation, and Photogrammetric Measurements
Chapter 10: How Remote Sensing Works:
What Is Remote Sensing, Electromagnetic Energy, Atmospheric Absorption, Digital Imagery, Color Composites, Histogram Stretching, and NDVI
Chapter 11: Imagery From Space:
Satellite Remote Sensing, Satellite Orbits, Sensor Resolutions, the Landsat Program, and High-Resolution Satellite Sensors
Chapter 12: Studying the Environment From Space:
NASA’s Earth Observing System Program, Terra, Aqua, Aura, Other Satellite Missions, and Obtaining and Examining EOS Data
Part 4: Geospatial Applications
Chapter 13: Digital Landscaping:
Digital Topographic Maps, Contours, Digital Terrain Modeling, Digital Elevation Models (DEMs), NED, SRTM, LIDAR, and 3D Views of Landscapes and Terrain
Chapter 14: See The World In 3D:
3D Geovisualization, 3D Modeling and Design, 3D Prism Maps, Google SketchUp, and Google Earth in 3D
Chapter 15: What’s Next For Geospatial Technology?
New Frontiers in Geospatial Technology, Geospatial Technology in K-12 Education, College and University Educational Programs, a Geospatial World Online, How to Easily Get Data, and Other Cool Developments