Description
* Gives thorough consideration of the needs for environmental research in both spatial and temporal domains.
* Features examples of applications involving field-collected data ranging from individual observations to data logging.
* Includes examples also of applications involving government and NGO sources, ranging from satellite imagery to environmental data collected by regulators such as EPA.
* Contains class-tested exercises in all chapters other than case studies. Solutions manual available for instructors.
* All examples and exercises make use of a GitHub package for functions and especially data.
About the Author
Jerry Douglas Davis is a Professor of Geography & Environment (https://geog.sfsu.edu/) and the Director of the Institute for Geographic Information Science (https://gis.sfsu.edu/) at San Francisco State University, and borrows heavily from his and his students' field-based environmental research for examples in the book.
Book Information
ISBN 9781032322186
Author Jerry Davis
Format Hardback
Page Count 382
Imprint Chapman & Hall/CRC
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Weight(grams) 984g