Spatial Computing

Shekhar, Shashi, Vold, Pamela

  • 出版商: MIT Press
  • 出版日期: 2020-02-18
  • 售價: $720
  • 貴賓價: 9.5$684
  • 語言: 英文
  • 頁數: 256
  • 裝訂: Quality Paper - also called trade paper
  • ISBN: 0262538040
  • ISBN-13: 9780262538046
  • 相關分類: 駭客 Hack
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商品描述

An accessible guide to the ideas and technologies underlying such applications as GPS, Google Maps, Pok mon Go, ride-sharing, driverless cars, and drone surveillance.

Billions of people around the globe use various applications of spatial computing daily--by using a ride-sharing app, GPS, the e911 system, social media check-ins, even Pok mon Go. Scientists and researchers use spatial computing to track diseases, map the bottom of the oceans, chart the behavior of endangered species, and create election maps in real time. Drones and driverless cars use a variety of spatial computing technologies. Spatial computing works by understanding the physical world, knowing and communicating our relation to places in that world, and navigating through those places. It has changed our lives and infrastructures profoundly, marking a significant shift in how we make our way in the world. This volume in the MIT Essential Knowledge series explains the technologies and ideas behind spatial computing.

The book offers accessible descriptions of GPS and location-based services, including the use of Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and RFID for position determination out of satellite range; remote sensing, which uses satellite and aerial platforms to monitor such varied phenomena as global food production, the effects of climate change, and subsurface natural resources on other planets; geographic information systems (GIS), which store, analyze, and visualize spatial data; spatial databases, which store multiple forms of spatial data; and spatial statistics and spatial data science, used to analyze location-related data.

商品描述(中文翻譯)

這本書是一本易於理解的指南,介紹了支持GPS、Google Maps、Pokémon Go、共乘服務、無人駕駛汽車和無人機監控等應用的理念和技術。全球數十億人每天使用空間計算的各種應用,例如使用共乘服務應用程式、GPS、e911系統、社交媒體簽到,甚至是Pokémon Go。科學家和研究人員使用空間計算來追蹤疾病、繪製海底地圖、記錄瀕危物種的行為,並即時創建選舉地圖。無人機和無人駕駛汽車使用各種空間計算技術。空間計算通過理解物理世界、了解和傳達我們與該世界中的位置的關係以及在這些位置中導航來工作。它深刻地改變了我們的生活和基礎設施,標誌著我們在世界中行走方式的重大轉變。這本MIT Essential Knowledge系列的書解釋了空間計算背後的技術和理念。

本書提供了對GPS和基於位置的服務的易於理解的描述,包括使用Wi-Fi、藍牙和RFID來確定位置,以克服衛星範圍之外的問題;遙感技術使用衛星和航空平台監測全球食物生產、氣候變化影響以及其他行星上的地下自然資源等各種現象;地理信息系統(GIS)用於存儲、分析和可視化空間數據;空間數據庫用於存儲多種形式的空間數據;空間統計和空間數據科學用於分析與位置相關的數據。

作者簡介

Shashi Shekhar is McKnight Distinguished Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Minnesota.

Pamela Vold is a writer and communication professional based in St. Paul, Minnesota.

作者簡介(中文翻譯)

Shashi Shekhar是明尼蘇達大學計算機科學與工程系的麥克奈特傑出教授。
Pamela Vold是一位居住在明尼蘇達州聖保羅的作家和傳播專業人士。