Browsing Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment & Design (FEng / FBD) by Author "Kyalo Kiema, John B"
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Optical Remote Sensing
(2013)There are a large variety of systems for collecting remotely sensed data in operation today. -
Protection and Conservation of Animals and Vegetation
(2013)This chapter presents ways in which geoinformatics could be useful in supporting management and conservation efforts of animals and vegetation. Ways in which animals and vegetation impact on the environment, and vice versa, ... -
Satellite Environmental Sensing
(2013)GNSS satellites such as GPS are playing an increasingly crucial role in tracking low earth orbiting (LEO) remote sensing satellites at altitudes below 3000 km with accuracies of better than 10 cm (Yunck et al. 1990). These ... -
Spatial Analysis
(2013)The most important function of GIS is the analysis of spatial data and their attributes for purposes of decision support. Indeed, spatial analysis is the very crux of GIS. It is the means of adding value to geographic data ... -
Water Resources
(2013)Fresh water is one of the basic necessities without which human beings cannot survive since water is key to the sustainability of all kinds of lifeforms. Water has multiple uses namely; nutritional, domestic, recreational, ... -
Weather, Climate and Global Warming
(2013)In order to fully appreciate the contribution of geoinformatics in monitoring climate change caused by increase in temperature, a distinction between weather and climate, on one hand, and climate variability and climate ... -
Web GIS and Mapping
(2013)The Internet and web-based technology has dramatically influenced the access to and dissemination of information among communities, locally and globally. This is no less true in the domain of geographic information systems ...
