An Introduction to Spatial Data Analysis - Remote Sensing and GIS with Open Source Software

This is a book about how ecologists can integrate remote sensing and GIS in their research.

About the author

Martin Wegmannhas a PhD in remote sensing focusing on time-series analysis on land cover change and fragmentation in Africa. He is an assistant professor at the Global Change Ecology Msc program at the University of Würzburg, Germany and runs courses in remote sensing analysis for biodiversity and conservation.

Summary

Readers will learn the essentials of spatial data handling using the open source software QGIS and be guided through the first steps in using the R programming language. The book includes the fundamentals of spatial data handling and analysis, working with real data from field to analysis.

Product details

• Authors: Stefan Dech, Jakob Schwalb-Willmann, Martin Wegmann
• Assisted by: Stefan Dech (Editor), Jakob Schwalb-Willmann (Editor), Martin Wegmann (Editor)
• Publisher: Pelagic Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2020
• EAN: 9781784272128
• ISBN: 978-1-78427-212-8
• No. of pages: 222
• Dimensions: 252 mm x 176 mm x 17 mm
• Weight: 604 g
• Illustrations: 2 Tables, black and white; 208 Figures
• Series: Data in the Wild
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; Angewandte Ökologie, NATURE / Ecology, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Ecology, Science, SCIENCE / Research & Methodology