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The Global Positioning System and GIS by Michael Kennedy (Hardback)
£105.00
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Product Ref. (e.g. ISBN, SKU)
9780367506063
Published:
26 Aug 2025
Format:
Hardback
Number of pages:
408 pages
Dimensions:
234mm
Weight:
0.453kgs
Author:
As GIS representations of the Earth in 3D become more precise and GPS services allow for greater accuracy, the information presented in this new edition has changed considerably. It guides users through methods to build a highly accurate geographical database and understand how GNSS interoperates with 3D Earth scans obtained from LiDAR.
The fourth edition of this bestseller continues to provide concise and practical knowledge for using the Global Positioning System (GPS) as a method of data input into a Geographic Information System (GIS). As GIS representations of the Earth in 3D become more precise and GPS services (GNSS in general) allow for greater accuracy, the information presented in the book has been augmented considerably. With a myriad of GPS-receiving devices and GIS platforms available, this book guides students and users through methods that are proven to build a highly accurate geographical database, including altitude, and understand how GNSS interoperates with 3D Earth scans obtained from LiDAR.Features The only book to address methods of putting global navigation satellite system (GNSS) data into GIS platforms. Uses QGIS, a freely downloadable open-source GIS software, as well as ESRI ArcInfo. Features Trimble Navigation equipment but is usable for almost any combination of hardware and software. Each chapter includes a theoretical overview, step-by-step examples, and hands-on exercises in GPS and GIS. Provides data sets as downloadable supplementary material that instructors can use for examples and exams. Includes an entirely new chapter written by GPS Editor-in-Chief, Matteo Luccio, as well as interviews from leading experts in the industry, Brad Parkinson, Charlie Trimble, and Jack Dangermond. This textbook is intended for students learning about geospatial data input to a GIS. It's for any discipline in which geospatial location is important. It also serves as an invaluable resource for GIS professionals familiar with GIS software but not with techniques for getting geospatial data into their systems.
About the Author: Michael Kennedy's principal expertise lies in the application of computers to interesting problems and is deeply involved in the growing area of Geographic Information Systems (GIS). Since the early 1970s he has conducted work on "making a computer believe it's a map." In 1991 he founded the GIS program in the Department of Geography at the University of Kentucky. Professor Kennedy is the author of several textbooks and "Introducing Geographic Information Systems with ArcGIS -- A Workbook Approach to Learning GIS, Third Edition" published by Wiley, is one of them. Over the years Professor Kennedy has had a wide range of experiences relating computers and environmental matters. Primarily to be able to talk to planners about the newly emerging field of GIS he became certified as a planner by the American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP). He was Director of the Computer-Aided Design Laboratory at the University of Kentucky for several years. He has been invited to teach GIS and/or programming at Simon Fraser University and several state or provincial universities: North Carolina, Florida, and British Columbia.Alexander Kennedy is a Software Engineer, Data Visualization Engineer, and Data Journalist who specializes in interactive data storytelling for environmental and public health issues. His public-facing work has been published in People Magazine and Undark Magazine. In 2022 his interactive feature Below Dozens of Aging Dams a Potential Toxic Calamity (co-authored with James Dinneen) was awarded the ASJA Donald Robinson Memorial Award for Investigative Journalism, nominated for ASME's National Magazine Award in the Reporting category, and nominated for the NIHCM Foundation's Digital Media Journalism Award. Alexander has led data visualization workshops, including a D3.js workshop at Impact Labs. Alexander is an active advocate for open data policies and civic data art. From 2019 to 2021 he co-curated and co-organized Data Through Design (DxD), an annual exhibition celebrating tangible, multimedia expressions of New York City's Open Data. DxD is produced in partnership with the NYC Mayor's Office of Data Analytics, BetaNYC, NYC Open Data Week, and the US Census. In his spare time, Alexander loves to make music and dance.
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