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SPATIAL COMPUTING The MIT Press Essential Knowledge Series A complete list of the titles in this series appears at the back of this book. SPATIAL COMPUTING SHASHI SHEKHAR AND PAMELA VOLD The MIT Press | Cambridge, Massachusetts | London, England © 2019 Massachusetts Institute of Technology All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form by any electronic or mechanical means (including photocopying, recording, or information storage and retrieval) without permission in writing from the publisher. This book was set in Chaparral Pro by Toppan Best-set Premedia Limited. Library of Congress Cataloging- in- Publication Data Names: Shekhar, Shashi, 1963- author. | Vold, Pamela, author. Title: Spatial computing / Shashi Shekhar and Pamela Vold. Description: Cambridge, MA : The MIT Press, [2019] | Series: The MIT Press essential knowledge series | Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifiers: LCCN 2019013947 | ISBN 9780262538046 (pbk. : alk. paper) Subjects: LCSH: Geographic information systems. Classification: LCC G70.212 .S538 2019 | DDC 910.285—d c23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019013947 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 To Ibha, Will, Henry, Hirsh, and Hugo CONTENTS Series Foreword ix Preface xi Acknowledgments xiii 1 What Is Spatial Computing? 1 2 Where Am I? Positioning, Outdoors and Indoors 25 3 What’s There? Remote Sensing 59 4 Geographic Information Systems and Cartography 91 5 Spatial Databases 127 6 Spatial Data Science 161 7 The Future of Spatial Computing 197 Glossary 213 Bibliography 219 Further Reading 227 Index 229
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