Jay Gao: Digital Analysis of Remotely Sensed Imagery (2008)
Filed under book | Tags: · georeferencing, image, neural networks, photography, technology
Written in easy-to-follow language with a minimum of technical jargon, Digital Analysis of Remotely Sensed Imagery provides exhaustive coverage of the entire process of analyzing remotely sensed data for the purpose of producing accurate representations in thematic map format. The book explores cutting-edge techniques and trends in image analysis, as well as the relationship between image processing and other recently emerged special technologies.
Filled with numerous references to the current literature, this essential imaging resource paints a vivid picture of the current status of innovative image analysis methods and future directions in the field. Find state-of-the-art information on storage of remotely sensed data…the image analysis system…image rectification…image enhancement…image classification…accuracy assessment…change detection…intelligent image classification…decision tree classification…integration of image analysis with GIS/GPS…and much more.
Publisher McGraw Hill Professional, 2008
ISBN 0071604650, 9780071604659
Length 645 pages
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Miriam J. Metzger, Andrew J. Flanagin (eds.): Digital Media, Youth, and Credibility (2007)
Filed under book | Tags: · digital media, internet, technology, youth
Today we have access to an almost inconceivably vast amount of information, from sources that are increasingly portable, accessible, and interactive. The Internet and the explosion of digital media content have made more information available from more sources to more people than at any other time in human history. This brings an infinite number of opportunities for learning, social connection, and entertainment. But at the same time, the origin of information, its quality, and its veracity are often difficult to assess. This volume addresses the issue of credibility—the objective and subjective components that make information believable—in the contemporary media environment.
The contributors look particularly at youth audiences and experiences, considering the implications of wide access and the questionable credibility of information for youth and learning. They discuss such topics as the credibility of health information online, how to teach credibility assessment, and public policy solutions. Much research has been done on credibility and new media, but little of it focuses on users younger than college students. Digital Media, Youth, and Credibility fills this gap in the literature.
Publisher MIT Press, 2007
ISBN 0262562324, 9780262562324
Length 202 pages
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Joseph William Singer: Entitlement: The Paradoxes of Property (2000)
Filed under book | Tags: · intellectual property, law
In this important work of legal, political, and moral theory, Joseph William Singer offers a controversial new view of property and the entitlements and obligations of its owners. Singer argues against the conventional understanding that owners have the right to control their property as they see fit, with few limitations by government. Instead, property should be understood as a mode of organizing social relations, he says, and he explains the potent consequences of this idea.
Singer focuses on the ways in which property law reflects and shapes social relationships. He contends that property is a matter not of right but of entitlement—and entitlement, in Singer’s work, is a complex accommodation of mutual claims. Property requires regulation—property is a system and not just an individual entitlement, and the system must support a form of social life that spreads wealth, promotes liberty, avoids undue concentration of power, and furthers justice. The author argues that owners have not only rights but obligations as well—to other owners, to nonowners, and to the community as a whole. Those obligations ensure that property rights function to shape social relationships in ways that are both just and defensible.
Publisher Yale University Press, 2000
ISBN 0300080190, 9780300080193
Length 241 pages
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