Shekhar, Shashi
Spatial Computing (MIT Press Essential Knowledge series)
- ISBN 13:
- 9780262538046
- author:
- Shekhar, Shashi
- format:
- Paperback / softback
- publisher:
- MIT Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2020
- Pages:
- 256
- Dimensions:
- 17.8 x 12.7 x 1.7 centimetres (0
- Genre:
- Computers, General, Computers,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 20 working days
Description
Spatial Computing: Understanding Our World Through Technology This book provides an accessible guide to the ideas and technologies underlying various applications such as GPS, Google Maps, Pokémon Go, ride-sharing, driverless cars, and drone surveillance. Billions of people around the globe use spatial computing daily, from using a ride-sharing app or GPS to social media check-ins like location-based check-ins. Spatial computing works by understanding our relation to places in the physical world, navigating through those places, and communicating that information. The book explains key technologies such as GPS, location-based services, remote sensing, geographic information systems (GIS), spatial databases, and spatial statistics and data science. MIT Press has published this volume in the Essential Knowledge series, offering an introduction to the concepts and ideas behind spatial computing.
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