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PHOTOGRAMMETRIC ENGINEERING & REMOTE SENSING
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2. Although the generated profile shapefile is in the coordinate sys-
tem of the ArcGIS Map document, the exported shapefile will not
have an associated .PRJ file. It is a good idea to use ArcGIS to add
the projection file, and
3. Drawing a line graphic with the ArcGIS line graphic tool, will
activate the “Export Profile by Selected Graphic” tool. Clicking on
the “Export Profile by Selected Graphic” tool with the line graphic
selected will invoke the same dialogs as the “Export Profile by
Selected Feature” tool and perform the same tasks.
And there you have it.
Al Karlin, Ph.D., CMS-L, GISP
is with Dewberry’s geospatial and
technical services group in Tampa, Florida. As a senior GIS Geospatial
Scientist, he works with all aspects of lidar, remote sensing, photogram-
metry, and GIS-related projects.
Figure 7.
potentials for data mining using artificial intelligence, and
machine and deep learning is addressed in Chapter 13—
Land Degradation Information Systems.
Each chapter has a section on the basics of the land degra-
dation process and an ulterior section on the role of remote
- and sometimes proximal sensing, and on data exploitation
workflows to generate numerical inputs ultimately trans-
lated into physical and chemical indicators - for use with
descriptive and predictive biophysical-mathematical models
specific to each process.
The book is well-written, with copious references offered at
the end of each chapter. Rarely, a typo is found (e.g. Figure
11.6). For the benefit of readers, the term “annexure” should
have been replaced with the more widely used term “an-
nex”. Surprisingly, some duplicated paragraphs occur (e.g.
§ 8.7.2.1.1.8 “Error Assessment” and § 9.5.2.1.7 “Accuracy
Estimation”). The same information appears on Chapter 4 in
Section 4.8. Some map figures appear distorted on Chapter 12.
This work provides a clear exposition on land and soil
degradation processes occurring in select geographies for
which remotely sensed data are ultimately used as inputs to
numerical and stochastic models for mapping, describing and
predicting the current extent and severity and the response
to remediation, mitigation and conservation efforts.
This valuable book serves its best purpose when used as
a primer in remote sensing for specialists in land and soil
sciences, as it emphasizes how sensor data are generated,
what types of data are generated and how measurements
and information are derived for use in their domain. If the
book were to be applied to the opposite crowd, it would
introduce the Earth-observing remote sensing specialist to
specific applications of his/her craft to the perennial but very
timely and momentous topics of land and soil conservation
and remediation.
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