Table of contents: Open Source GIS: A GRASS GIS Approach

Open Source GIS: A GRASS GIS Approach
Markus Neteler, Helena Mitasova
3. Edition 2007, 426 pages
Springer, New York
ISBN-10: 038735767X
ISBN-13: 978-0-387-35767-6
e-ISBN-13: 978-0-387-68574-8
Book Series: The International Series in Engineering and Computer Science: Volume 773

What's new in the 3rd edition 2007?

Overall changes

Book updated to GRASS 6.3 (from July 2007)
Many new practical examples
All examples rewritten to use new OSGeo Edu book dataset (North Carolina)
New figures; in color in electronic book version

Chapter specific changes

(see also Table of Contents)

Chapter 1-2 (Intro) updated; consolidated

Chapter 3 (Getting started) updated; gis.m and QGIS introduced;
improved learning-GRASS session

Chapter 4 (Data models) consolidated intro to region management and display usage;
geocoding of maps (scanned, CAD) rewritten to new georectifier

Chapter 5 (Raster) Raster applications consistently merged into this chapter

Chapter 6 (Vector) Completely rewritten to GRASS 6 vector;
greatly expanded (see Table of Contents)

Chapter 7 (Visualization) updated; 3D visualization expanded (NVIZ, Paraview)

Chapter 8 (Image processing) consolidated; orthophoto substituted with MODIS time series etc.

Chapter 9 (Programming) updated to GRASS 6; PyWPS notes added

Chapter 10 (Other Open Source tools) updated to current 'gstat' and R spatial classes

Appendix equations expanded

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