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Essential Image Processing and GIS for Remote Sensing is an accessible overview of the subject and successfully draws together these three key areas in a balanced and comprehensive manner. The book provides an overview of essential techniques and a selection of key case studies in a variety of appli...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Liu, Jian-Guo
Other Authors: Mason, Philippa J.
Format: Government Document eBook
Language:English
Published: Chichester, UK ; Hoboken, NJ : Wiley-Blackwell, 2009.
Subjects:
Remote sensing.
Geographic information systems.
Image processing.
Earth (Planet) > Surface > Remote sensing.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Essential Image Processing and GIS for Remote Sensing; Contents; Overview of the Book; Part One: Image Processing; 1 Digital Image and Display; 1.1 What is a digital image?; 1.2 Digital image display; 1.3 Some key points; Questions; 2 Point Operations (Contrast Enhancement); 2.1 Histogram modification and lookup table; 2.2 Linear contrast enhancement; 2.3 Logarithmic and exponential contrast enhancement; 2.4 Histogram equalization; 2.5 Histogram matching and Gaussian stretch; 2.6 Balance contrast enhancement technique; 2.7 Clipping in contrast enhancement.