REMOTE SENSING AND GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS: Basics and Applications

The book provides a comprehensive coverage of techniques, applications and technologies of remote sensing and Geographical Information System (GIS).
It is organized into three parts: the first part focuses on the basic concepts of Remote Sensing, Digital Image Processing and Geographical Information System; second part deals with the application aspects in the field of natural resource management and the third part covers applied aspects of environment and regional planning based on primary field observations.
In fact, Remote Sensing and Geographical Information System (GIS) techniques are being widely used since last two decades, mainly by earth scientists, geologists, geographers, regional planners, environmentalists in the fields of mineral explorations, archaeological excavations, geographical and topographical analysis, terrain studies, urban planning, regional planning, natural resources management, natural disaster management etc. The basic purpose of this book is to provide literature to research scholars, scientist and planners working in fields of application of remote sensing and GIS.
Contents
Part 1: Basics of Remote Sensing and GIS
1 Principles of Remote Sensing / Shankar Bagale and Amarjeet
2 Geographic Information System / Akshay Manohar and Rahul Tiwari
3 Digital Image Processing Techniques / Shankar Bagale and Ashwini Kumar Vaishnav
Part 2: Application of Remote Sensing and GIS for Natural Resources Management
4 Land Use/Land Cover Change Detection Studies Using Remote Sensing and GIS Techniques / Jagdish Soni and R.P. Naraniwal
5 Groundwater Prospect Zoning by Remote Sensing and GIS Techniques in Dungarpur Block / Maya Poonia and Sunita Singh
6 Natural Resources Analysis by Using Remote Sensing and GIS Techniques: A Case Study of Papum Pare District, Arunachal Pradesh / Akshay Manohar and Yuv Raj Singh Rathore
7 Digitization of Cadastral Maps and their Integration with High Resolution Satellite Data for Land Use/Land Cover
Mapping / Reena Devi and L.R. Patel
8 Palaeo Drainage Mapping by Remote Sensing Techniques / P.R. Vyas and Neeraj Chahar
9 Groundwater Prospecting in Suk Tawa Sub-Watershed Using Remote Sensing and GIS Techniques / Veena Charan, Amarjeet and Chanchal Choudhary
10 Prospecting Groundwater Resources by Remote Sensing and GIS Techniques / Somendra K. Sharma and Pankaj Rawal
Part 3: Application of Remote Sensing and GIS Techniques for Environmental and Regional Planning
11 Application of Remote Sensing and GIS in Land Use and Land Cover Analysis / P.R. Vyas and R.P. Sharma
12 Land Use Planning of Vaniyambadi Block, Vellore District, Tamil Nadu / Rahul Tiwari and Pradeep Purohit
13 Application of Remote Sensing and GIS Technique for Land Use Planning in Irrigation Project Area / P.R. Vyas and Shankar Bagale
14 Land Use/Land Cover Analysis of Teetriya Gram Panchayat Using GIS and Remote Sensing Techniques / P.R. Vyas, Ashwini Kumar Vaishnav and J.P. Sharma
15 Application of Remote Sensing and GIS Techniques for Land Use and Land Cover Analysis and Change Detection
Study of Udaipur City / P.R. Vyas and Deepak Kumar Ahuja