Advances in Geospatial Technologies for Natural Resource Management

Timely and reliable information on natural resources, regarding their potential and limitations, is a prerequisite for sustainable development.Geospatial technologies offer immense potential in providing such information in a timely and cost-effective manner.Using orbital sensors data in conjunction with airborne and proximal sensors data to generate information on soils and agricultural resources, forests, mineral resources, fossil fuel, wetlands, water resources, and marine resources, this book focuses on the advancements in technologies applicable to managing these resources.It addresses global issues like climate change and land degradation neutrality and introduces spatial data infrastructure (SDI) as a mechanism for sharing geospatial data.This book also provides an in-depth discussion on drones, crowdsourcing, cloud computing, Internet of Things, machine learning, and their applications. FEATURESContains a comprehensive resource on the latest developments in geospatial technolog