Research and Markets: This Essential Report on Laser Scanning for the Environmental Sciences is Now Available

DUBLIN--(Business Wire)--
Research and Markets
(http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/e70220/laser_scanning_for) has
announced the addition of John Wiley and Sons Ltd's new report "Laser Scanning
for the Environmental Sciences" to their offering.

3D surface representation has long been a source of information describing
surface character and facilitating an understanding of system dynamics from
micro-scale (e.g. sand transport) to macro-scale (e.g. drainage channel network
evolution). Data collection has been achieved through field mapping techniques
and the use of remotely sensed data. Advances in this latter field have been
considerable in recent years with new rapid-acquisition methods being developed
centered around laser based technology.

The advent of airborne and field based laser scanning instruments has allowed
researchers to collect high density accurate data sets and these are revealing a
wealth of new information and generating important new ideas concerning terrain
characterisation and landform dynamics. The proposed book collates a series of
invited peer reviewed papers presented at the a conference on geoinformatics and
LIDAR to be held at the National Centre for Geocomputation based in the National
University of Ireland, Maynooth. Current constraints in field survey and DEM
construction are reviewed together with technical and applied issues around the
new technology.

The utility of the data in process modelling is also covered. The book will be
of great value to researchers in the field of geomorphology, geostatistics,
remote sensing and GIS and will prove extremely useful to students and
practitioners concerned with terrain analysis. The proposed work will: Highlight
major technological breakthrough in 3D data collection. Feature examples of
application across a wide range of environmental areas. Critically evaluate the
role of laser based techniques in the environment. Detail theory and application
of laser techniques in the natural environment.

Key Topics Covered:

* Preface
* List of Contributors
* Laser scanning evolution of the discipline (Andrew R.G.)
* Large Methods for processing and automatic feature extraction for natural as
well as for artificial (man-made) objects (Christoph Straub, Yungsheng Wang)
* The future (Andrew R.G., Large, G.L.)
* Heritage
* Index

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