Essential image processing and GIS for remote sensing / Jian Guo Liu, Philippa J. Mason.
Publication details: Chichester, UK ; Hoboken, NJ : Wiley-Blackwell, 2009.Description: 1 online resource (xvi, 443 pages) : illustrations (some color), mapsContent type:- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9780470746042
- 0470746041
- 9781118687963
- 1118687965
- Remote sensing
- Geographic information systems
- Image processing
- Earth (Planet) -- Surface -- Remote sensing
- Earth -- Surface -- Remote sensing
- Geographic information systems
- Image processing
- Remote sensing
- TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Remote Sensing & Geographic Information Systems
- Bildverarbeitung
- Fernerkundung
- Geoinformationssystem
- G70.4 .L583 2009eb
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Essential Image Processing and GIS for Remote Sensing; Contents; Overview of the Book; Part One: Image Processing; 1 Digital Image and Display; 1.1 What is a digital image?; 1.2 Digital image display; 1.3 Some key points; Questions; 2 Point Operations (Contrast Enhancement); 2.1 Histogram modification and lookup table; 2.2 Linear contrast enhancement; 2.3 Logarithmic and exponential contrast enhancement; 2.4 Histogram equalization; 2.5 Histogram matching and Gaussian stretch; 2.6 Balance contrast enhancement technique; 2.7 Clipping in contrast enhancement.
Essential Image Processing and GIS for Remote Sensing is an accessible overview of the subject and successfully draws together these three key areas in a balanced and comprehensive manner. The book provides an overview of essential techniques and a selection of key case studies in a variety of application areas. Key concepts and ideas are introduced in a clear and logical manner and described through the provision of numerous relevant conceptual illustrations. Mathematical detail is kept to a minimum and only referred to where necessary for ease of understanding. Such concepts are explained th.
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