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Learning Geospatial Analysis with Python
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Learning Geospatial Analysis with Python

by Joel Lawhead
October 2013
Beginner to intermediate
364 pages
8h 8m
English
Packt Publishing
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Common raster data concepts

Remote sensing contains thousands of operations which can be performed on data. And this field changes on an almost daily basis as new satellites are put into space and computer power increases. Despite its decades long history, we haven't even scratched the surface of the knowledge this field can provide the human race. Once again, similar to the common GIS processes, this minimal list of operations gives you the basis to evaluate any technique used in remote sensing.

Band math

Band math is multidimensional array mathematics. In array math, arrays are treated as single units, which are added, subtracted, multiplied, and divided. But in an array the corresponding numbers in each row and column across multiple arrays are ...

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