- Learning Geospatial Analysis with Python Second Edition
- Table of Contents
- Learning Geospatial Analysis with Python Second Edition
- Credits
- About the Author
- About the Reviewers
- www.PacktPub.com
- Preface
- 1. Learning Geospatial Analysis with Python
- Geospatial analysis and our world
- History of geospatial analysis
- Geographic information systems
- Remote sensing
- Elevation data
- Computer-aided drafting
- Geospatial analysis and computer programming
- Importance of geospatial analysis
- Geographic information system concepts
- Common vector GIS concepts
- Common raster data concepts
- Creating the simplest possible Python GIS
- Summary
- 2. Geospatial Data
- 3. The Geospatial Technology Landscape
- 4. Geospatial Python Toolbox
- 5. Python and Geographic Information Systems
- 6. Python and Remote Sensing
- 7. Python and Elevation Data
- 8. Advanced Geospatial Python Modeling
- 9. Real-Time Data
- 10. Putting It All Together
- A typical GPS report
- Working with GPX-Reporter.py
- Stepping through the program
- The initial setup
- Working with utility functions
- Parsing the GPX
- Getting the bounding box
- Downloading map and elevation images
- Creating the hillshade
- Creating maps
- Measuring the elevation
- Measuring the distance
- Retrieving weather data
- Summary
- Index
This book is for anyone who wants to understand digital mapping and analysis and who uses Python or any other scripting language for the automation or crunching of data manually. This book primarily targets Python developers, researchers, and analysts who want to perform geospatial, modeling, and GIS analysis with Python.
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