This book focuses on the use of open source software for geospatial analysis. It demonstrates the effectiveness of the command line interface for handling both vector, raster and 3D geospatial data. Appropriate open-source tools for data processing are clearly explained and discusses how they can be used to solve everyday tasks.A series of fully worked case studies are presented including vector spatial analysis, remote sensing data analysis, landcover classification and LiDAR proc...

If you have an idea for a game but lack the skills to create it, this book is the perfect introduction. There’s lots of handholding through all the essentials, culminating in the building of a full 3D game.Key FeaturesKick start your game development, and build ready-to-play 3D games with ease.Understand key concepts in game design including scripting, physics, instantiation, particle effects, and more.Test & optimize your game to perfection ...

"This library is useful for practitioners, and is an excellent tool for those entering the field: it is a set of computer vision algorithms that work as advertised."-William T. Freeman, Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyLearning OpenCV puts you in the middle of the rapidly expanding field of computer vision. Written by the creators of the free open source OpenCV library, this book introduces you to computer vision...

Want to develop games for Xbox 360 and Windows Phone 7? This hands-on book will get you started with Microsoft's XNA 4.0 development framework right away -- even if you have no experience developing games. Although XNA includes several key concepts that can be difficult for beginning web developers to grasp, Learning XNA 4.0 shortens the learning curve by walking you through the framework in a clear and understandable step-by-step format.Each chapter offers a self-containe...

A short book with a lot of hands-on examples to help you learn in a practical way. This book is great for users, developers, and consultants who know the basic functions and processes of a GIS but want to know how to use QGIS to achieve the results they are used to a full-fledged GIS.

A Cookbook with wide range of recipes to allow you to learn game development with AndEngine quickly and efficiently. "AndEngine for Android Game Development Cookbook" is geared toward developers who are interested in working with the most up-to-date version of AndEngine, sporting the brand new GLES 2.0 branch. The book will be helpful for developers who are attempting to break into the mobile game market with plans to release fun and exciting games while eliminating a large portion of the ...

With over 60 recipes, this Cookbook will teach you both the elementary and finer points of the OpenGL Shading Language, and get you familiar with the specific features of GLSL 4.0. A totally practical, hands-on guide.Key FeaturesA full set of recipes demonstrating simple and advanced techniques for producing high-quality, real-time 3D graphics using GLSL 4.0How to use the OpenGL Shading Language to implement lighting and shading techniquesUse t...

If you want a basic understanding of computer vision’s underlying theory and algorithms, this hands-on introduction is the ideal place to start. You’ll learn techniques for object recognition, 3D reconstruction, stereo imaging, augmented reality, and other computer vision applications as you follow clear examples written in Python.Programming Computer Vision with Python explains computer vision in broad terms that won’t bog you down in theory. You get complete code samples...

The book will help readers discover the various facilities of ImageJ through a tutorial-based approach. This book is targeted at scientists, engineers, technicians, and managers, and anyone who wishes to master ImageJ for image viewing, processing, and analysis. If you are a developer, you will be able to code your own routines after you have finished reading this book. No prior knowledge of ImageJ is expected.

This is the definitive advanced tutorial for OpenCV, designed for those with basic C++ skills. The computer vision projects are divided into easily assimilated chapters with an emphasis on practical involvement for an easier learning curve.Key FeaturesAllows anyone with basic OpenCV experience to rapidly obtain skills in many computer vision topics, for research or commercial useEach chapter is a separate project covering a computer vision problem, writ...

The Intel Galileo board is the first in a family of Arduino-certified development and prototyping boards based on Intel architecture. Intel provides Intel IoT Developer Kit which you can build and deploy application on top of Intel Galileo board. This book helps you getting started with Intel IoT and Intel Galileo. The following is a list of highlight topics:* Preparing Development Environment* Working with Arduino IDE Software* Accessing Internal Linux OS* Conn...

Develop graphically sophisticated apps and games today!The smart phone app market is progressively growing, and there is new market gap to fill that requires more graphically sophisticated applications and games. Game and Graphics Programming for iOS and Android with OpenGL ES 2.0 quickly gets you up to speed on understanding how powerful OpenGL ES 2.0 technology is in creating apps and games for amusement and effectiveness. Leading you through the develop...