"Geographic Information Systems and Science" ed. by Jorge Rocha, Patricia Abrantes

This book talks about some of the geographic information science (GISc) domains encompassing students, researchers, and common users.

GISc has established itself as a collaborative information-processing scheme that is increasing in popularity. Yet, this interdisciplinary and/or transdisciplinary system is still somewhat misunderstood.
Chapters focus on important aspects of GISc, keeping in mind the processing capability of GIS along with the mathematics and formulae involved in getting each solution. The book has one introductory and eight main chapters divided into five sections.
The first section is more general and focuses on what GISc is and its relation to GIS and Geography, the second is about location analytics and modeling, the third on remote sensing data analysis, the fourth on big data and augmented reality, and, finally, the fifth looks over volunteered geographic information.


Contents
1.Introductory Chapter: Geographic Information Systems and Science
2.Evaluation of Nursing Facility Locations Using the Specialization Coefficient of the Population Aging Rate
3.Machine Learning-Based Method for Urban Lifeline System Resilience Assessment in GIS*
4.The Study of Risk Assessment of Soil Liquefaction on Land Development and Utilization by GIS in Taiwan
5.Modeling the Environment with Remote Sensing and GIS: Applied Case Studies from Diverse Locations of the United Arab Emirates (UAE)
6.GIS and Remote Sensing for Mangroves Mapping and Monitoring
7.GIS and Big Data Visualization
8.Google Earth Augmented for Earthwork Construction Planning
9.Volunteered Geographic Information System and Its Contribution in Service Sector Employment