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Posted by Philippe on March 20, 2006, 10:02 am
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> With all due apologies to every academic, photogrammetrist, and
> satellite engineer reading... Just the basics. No, or few, equations
> please.
>
> I'm looking for a book on Remote Sensing that gets to the point, and
> can be used as a resource by people who want and need to employ raster
> imagery in their work vs. delve into every technical aspect of imagery
> acquisition.
>
> I took a Remote Sensing course in college and loathed Jensen's "Remote
> Sensing of the Environment." Classically academic in the worst possible
> sense and an unfortunate choice of text. Couldn't wait to sell it on
> eBay.
>
> Wish O'Reilly and Associates would do a Raster Hacks book in the spirit
> of their Mapping Hacks and Google Map Hacks, and Web Mapping
> Illustrated. Such classes, and textbooks, should inspire students
> rather than provide a cure for insomnia or an environmental trigger for
> narcolepsy. :-)
>
> Any suggestions other than not to raise the question?
>
> Hopefully there are who profs out there who've found and employ less
> soporific texts. I realize Jensen's book serves a terrific purpose in
> some contexts, but reading Jensen was about as captivating as reading
> the phone book...
>
> I believe Intro to Remote Sensing courses, at least for Geographers,
> should be pitched a tad lower than Jensen. Or rather, use Jensen in the
> classroom as a text if you must, but add something to the Suggested (or
> mandatory) Reading list, e.g:
>
> "Here's what you'll *really* need to know about imagery to be a good
> GIS Analyst." Or rather, as a primer to acquiring and utilizing raster
> data intelligently from those who capture it, rather than learning
> every last facet of imagery capture and pre-processing. I'm sure it has
> its place, but I'm equally as sure that it ought to have little to no
> place for cadastral mappers and other GIS professionals. I guess it's a
> good reference for imagery arcana, and a wonderful door stop as well.
>
> Show us how imagery is captured, but then show us how to use it. Or
> rather, it would be nice to pair Jensen with another book that shows
> one how to use raster imagery - I get it that image use is beyond the
> scope of his book. Evidently Jensen has a related Digital Imagery
> Processing book, but I imagine it's another yawn.
>
> Remote Sensing is fascinating. It's almost criminal to write about it
> in a way that implies, as an unintended consequence, that it is not. Or
> rather, I believe Geography profs ought to consider using the "right"
> text for the Intro to Remote Sensing job. I wonder what the right text
> is or ought to be, regarding what RS books are presently in print.
>
> Are GIScience profs, as a matter of course, typically out of touch with
> what's going on in the field of real-world activities and struggles of
> GIS professionals? You know, the technology and methods Geography
> students and others need to know in order to work in the geospatial
> industry.
>
> If you were teaching a course geared to training GIS professionals, is
> there a good, concise, and practical text about GPS technology you'd
> add to the reading list? I think if colleges and universities can't
> produce enough works for the geospatial industry, that community
> colleges are going to start picking up the slack, cleaning their
> spatiotemporal clocks with new student enrollment rates, and put the
> final nail in the coffin of Geography as an academic speciality. From
> what I recall, Yale and Harvard haven't had a Geography Dept in eons /
> epochs. Are there practical-minded GIScience / Geography profs out
> there, or should we hold a wake?
>
> DeMers' GIS Modeling in Raster is another academic abomination and a
> waste of a perfectly good tree. If I hadn't been able to unload it on
> eBay, I'd have had it pulped. Again, a genuinely fascinating topic (map
> algebra and raster munging - no sarcasm intended *there*, I promise)
> made dull as dirt (with all respect due to soil scientists - frivolity
> intended *here*) with a dry treatment / presentation. Oh the humanity!
> Or lack thereof. :-)
>
> There must be few alternatives texts on raster modeling. Any good ones
> presently in print? Or how about, as an alternative, a bound collection
> of Joe Berry's GeoWorld articles? Or a collection of good articles on
> the topic vs. a textbook? Or simply the Spatial Analyst PDF from ESRI?
> I learned more from the Spatial Analyst documentation than I ever did
> from DeMers' "page turner."
>
> There. Had to be said. I feel better now. :-) I firmly believe we ought
> to be encouraging, not discouraging, the next generation of geospatial
> workers. Choice of textbook(s) can make a difference there.
>
> Dana
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